On December 15 and 16, President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Aldis Laviņš participated in the 137th Plenary Session of the Venice Commission, where opinions on constitutional law issues affecting the Commission’s member states were approved. On December 16, at the plenary session of the Venice Commission, the President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia […]

At the application of the Senate, the case “On compliance of Section 19.1 (1) of Cabinet Regulation 1013 “Procedure for the owner of an apartment in a multi-apartment building to pay for services associated with the use of the apartment property” of 9 December 2008 (in the version effective between 1 October 2013 and 21 […]

On December 11, the 17th Annual Conference of the Constitutional Court of Latvia and the Constitutional Court of Lithuania was held, where judges discussed the impact of the geopolitical context on the settlement of constitutional disputes, as well as the latest developments in the case-law of both courts. In his opening address, President of the […]

The Constitutional Court held that the norms which established vaccination against COVID-19 as a precondition for participation in the work of the Saeima as a Member of the Saeima did not comply with the first part of Article 101 of the Constitution. The Constitutional Court emphasised that every Member of the Saeima had a fundamental role […]

The Constitutional Court held that the norms imposing an obligation on local governments to dismantle objects glorifying the Soviet regime, partly financing their dismantling from their own budget, were compatible with Article 1 and the first sentence of the second part of Article 101 of the Constitution. The Constitutional Court emphasised that the contested norms concretised the […]

A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court “On conformity of Section 13, Paragraph two, Clause 3 of the Insolvency Law, insofar as it establishes a prohibition for a person in respect of whom criminal proceedings for the commission of a deliberate criminal offence have been terminated for non-exonerating reasons, to work as an […]

The Constitutional Court recognised as compatible with the first sentence of Article 91 of the Constitution the provision which establishes calculation of the period for the revocation of Latvian citizenship in cases where, in the process of restoration of the rights of a citizen or naturalisation, a person has provided false information or concealed facts relating […]

The case ‘‘On compliance of Section 19 of Riga City Council binding regulations No RD-23-199-sn “Procedure for the registration and examination of applications for the enrolment of children to Year 1 in Riga municipal education institutions’ of 26 April 2023 with Articles 64, 91, and 110 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia” has […]

A case regarding compliance of Section 185, Paragraph four of the Law on Administrative Liability with the fourth sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia has been brought before the Constitutional Court. The contested provision stipulates that a complaint addressed to a court against a decision in an administrative offence case shall […]

A case regarding compliance of Section 185, Paragraph four of the Law on Administrative Liability with the fourth sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia has been brought before the Constitutional Court. The contested provision stipulates that a complaint addressed to a court against a decision in an administrative offence case shall […]