The new episode of the podcast Tversme: cooperation between the Latvian and Lithuanian courts aimed at promoting the rule of law and defending democracy
The Constitutional Court publishes the new episode of the podcast “Tversme”, in which the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Irēna Kucina is in conversation with Danutė Jočienė, the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, about shared challenges and the role of constitutional courts in promoting sustainability of democracy.
This episode of the podcast is available here:
Danutė Jočienė, the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, is the guest of honour at the Constitutional Court’s solemn hearing on the occasion of opening the Court’s judicial year. The solemn hearing will be streamed live on 3 February at 10 a.m Riga time.:
The conversation between the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Irēna Kucina and Danutė Jočienė, the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, was held in the framework of the international conference “Sustainability as a Constitutional Value: Future Challenges”.
The Constitutional Courts of the Republic of Latvia and of the Republic of Lithuania cooperate to reinforce their dialogue and the protection of fundamental rights and the values of a state governed by the rule of law, promoting effective functioning of the courts in both states. Joint conferences of the Latvian and the Lithuanian Constitutional Courts and visits is a long-standing tradition, dating back to 2000.