On 25 September 2017, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of the Second and the Third Part of Section 573 of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norms The second part of Section 573 of the Criminal Procedure Law: “An […]

On 18 September 2017, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the Fifth and the Seventh Part of Section 28920 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norms Section 28920 (5) of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code: “If the judge, to […]

From 11 September to 14 September, the delegation of the Constitutional Court, headed by the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, attended IV Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (hereinafter – the Conference) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The theme chosen for the Congress of this year was “The Rule of Law and Constitutional […]

Today, on 13 September, a delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe [hereinafter – the Congress] visited the Constitutional Court in the framework of its monitoring visit. The Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova, the Justice of the Constitutional Court Daiga Rezevska and the Head of the Legal […]

From 11 September to 14 September the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, Justices of the Constitutional Court Gunārs Kusiņš and Aldis Laviņš, as well as the Advisor to the President of the Constitutional Court Laila Jurcēna will attend the IV Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (hereinafter – the Conference) in Vilnius, Lithuania. An official […]

On 4 September 2017 the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Sub-para “d” of Para 1 of Section 41(1) of Compulsory Civil Liability Insurance of Owners of Motor Vehicles Law with Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” Contested Norm Sub-para “d” of Para 1 of Section 41 (1) of Compulsory Civil […]

On 9 August 2017 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of the Sixth and the Eighth Sentence of Section 7(5) of the Law “On Official Secrets” with Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia” and of the Second Sentence of Para 12 of the Cabinet Regulation of 23 May 2006 No. 412 “Procedure […]

On 3 August 2017 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Section 5021(5) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia, insofar it Applies to a Decision to Refuse Mitigating the Regime for Serving a Sentence, with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested […]

On 19 July 2017, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On compliance of Section 7(2) and Section 8(4) of the Law on Religious Organisations with Articles 99 and 102 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and on compliance of Section 7(3) of the Law on Religious Organisations with Articles […]

On 19 July 2017, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On compliance of Section 1 of the law “Amendments to the Law on Privatisation of State and Local Government Residential Houses” adopted on 1 June 2017, and of the law “Amendments to the Law on Land Reform in the Cities of […]