Today, on 26 October 2009, Mr. Gunārs Kūtris, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia left for Moscow to participate in an international conference “Constitutional Control: Doctrine and Practice” devoted to the 20th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. In honour of the event, on 27 October 2009, in […]
On 19 October 2011, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in the case No. 2010-71-01 “On Compliance of Section 59.5 of the Credit Institution Law with Article 1 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Infringement of fundamental rights Restriction of property right of credit institution minority shareholders by establishing a procedure […]
On 14 September 2011, the Second Panel of the Constitutional Court examined the case “On Compliance of Section 16.2 (4) and 19 (5) of the Law “On Budget and Financial Management” with Article 1, Article 83 and Article 87 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia. Article 1 of the Satversme provides that Latvia is […]
The Second Panel of the Constitutional Court has initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 3 and 4 of 10 may 2005 Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 321 “Regulations regarding the Amount of the Blank Tape Levy and the Levy of Equipment Used for Reproduction and the Procedures for the Collection, Repayment, Distribution and Payment […]
Today, on August 17th after taking a judge’s oath, a justice Ms. Sanita Osipova starts working. Ms. Sanita Osipova was born on 1968. In 1991, she graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, and in 1998 she obtained doctor’s degree at the same University by presenting her thesis “The Rights of […]
During the last two days, the Constitutional Court has received a number of standard documents from persons expressing their will to joint certain complaints lodged before the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court Law gives a person the right to submit a constitutional complaint to the Constitutional Court in case if the person holds that the […]
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, in collaboration with the Venice Commission, will organize an international conference on constitutional rights “The Role of the Constitutional Court in the Protection of Constitutional Values” taking place on 29 and 30 September […]
The First Panel of the Constitutional Court has initiated a case “On Compliance of Section 9 Paragraph 1 Indent 19 (c) of the Law “On Personal Income Tax” (Wording of 22 November 2001) with Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Article 91 of the Satversme guarantees equality before the court. The […]
The First Panel of the Constitutional Court has initiated a case “On Compliance of Section 62 (1) of the Insolvency Law and Norms of Section 363.2 (2) of the Civil Procedure Law insofar as They Establish the Right to Release Persons from Payment of the Deposit with Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic […]
The First Panel of the Constitutional Court has initiated a case “On Compliance of Sub-Section 3.1 5 and Section 11 of 13 March 2001 Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 120 “Regulation on Funding of Residentship Education and Posting of Resident Doctors” and Section 11 of 25 August 2009 Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 972 “Regulation on […]
