02.11.2025.

Speech by the President of the Constitutional Court Irēna Kucina at the VI Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice

Session C “Access to Scientific Knowledge and new technologies” Speaker 1: Assoc. Prof., Dr. iur. Irēna Kucina President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Introduction Dear Colleagues, It is true that digital technologies are transforming the traditional work of the Courts. In this context, I would like to propose the method of three A’s – […]

05.09.2025.

Address by the President of the Constitutional Court Irēna Kucina at the international conference “EUnited in Diversity III: The Role of Constitutional Justice in the EU Common Legal Order”

Asoc. Prof., Dr. iur. Irēna Kucina President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Panel: Different National Constitutional Law “Constellations” Relevant for the EU Law “The duty of loyalty towards EU law in the constellation of protection of individual fundamental rights” Dear Colleagues, Allow me to begin by expressing heartfelt thanks to the Court of Justice […]

23.05.2025.

Address by the President of the Constitutional Court Irēna Kucina at the international conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova

Ms. Irēna KUCINA President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia “Legal Responses to Threats Against Constitutional Values” Honourable Madame President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova! Distinguished Representatives of Moldova’s State Institutions, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Venice Commission, Esteemed Judges, […]

25.04.2025.

Address by President of the Constitutional Court Irēna Kucina at the international conference “The Role of Constitutional Courts in Ensuring the Resilience of Common European Values in Face of Contemporary Challenges”

Esteemed Madam Minister for Justice, Honourable Acting President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Dear colleagues, judges, professors, implementors and participants of the project of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Support to Development of the Constitutional Justice in Ukraine, I warmly welcome you at the international conference “The Role of Constitutional Courts in Ensuring the Resilience […]

11.02.2025.

Lecture by Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson at the solemn session for the opening of the judicial year of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia

Rīga, 7 February 2025 History teaches us… Lessons of the past for our present turbulent times President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia, Irēna Kucina, esteemed judges, excellencies, dear friends! I am both honoured and pleased to be with you on this solemn occasion here in Rīga. I […]

07.02.2025.

Report by President of the Constitutional Court Irēna Kucina on the Development of Constitutional Law in Latvia in 2024

Honourable President, Honourable Former President of the Republic of Iceland, Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear audience – both here, in the courtroom of the Constitutional Court, and online, Colleagues and friends of the Court in Latvia and abroad, Dear people of Latvia, Already for the seventh successive time, the solemn hearing of the Constitutional Court […]

22.05.2024.

Contribution by President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš “Political and legal within the jurisdiction of the constitutional courts” at 19th Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts (CECC)

Contribution by President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš “Political and legal within the jurisdiction of the constitutional courts” at 19th Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts (CECC)[1] Chisinau, 22 May 2024 Distinguished Colleagues! There is no doubt that we, judges of constitutional courts, have extensive knowledge how the political considerations […]

09.05.2024.

Speech by the President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš at the opening of the meeting between the Constitutional Court of Latvia and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to be held within framework of the project “Support to development of the constitutional justice in Ukraine”, implemented as part of the joint programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Partnership for Good Governance”

Krakow, 9 May 2024 Dear Colleagues and Friends, Time goes fast, our project is also gaining momentum! Welcome at our meeting on exchange experience on the use of the right to file a constitutional individual complaint within the eagerly anticipated project, “Support for the Development of Constitutional Justice in Ukraine”. I will emphasize again that […]

18.04.2024.

Speech by the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Aldis Laviņš at the opening of the bilateral meeting with the European Court of Human Rights

Strasbourg, 18 April 2024 Dear Colleagues! Our visit today is a significant moment, because the judges of the Constitutional Court in a full composition visit the European Court of Human Rights for the first time in our 27 years history. So far, we have hosted only individual judges at the Constitutional Court of Latvia, organized […]

05.03.2024.

Opening address by the President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš at the conference “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in Concretising the Shared Values Uniting Europe”

President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Aldis Laviņš Opening address at the conference “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in Concretising the Shared Values Uniting Europe” Riga, 1 March 2024 Highly honourable Minister for Justice! Dear colleagues, Judges, professors and conference participants! Welcome to the International Conference of the Constitutional Court of Latvia “The […]

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