Aldis Laviņš Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Maetaguse 26 September 2019 1. Legal basis Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia provides that in case of unjustified infringement of rights everyone has the right to appropriate compensation. In civil relations, the right to compensation for moral damages […]
Professor, PhD Ineta Ziemele President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Salzburg 5 July 2019 Dear Professor Rainer, dear colleagues, ladies and gentleman! In my introductory talk I would like to discuss some of the traditional paradigms within which we function as lawyers and the challenges that globalization and European integration pose to […]
Professor, PhD Ineta Ziemele President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Vienna 3 July 2019 Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen! Contextual significance of the meeting day This year we celebrated 99 years since the Constitutional Assembly, the first Parliament of Latvia was elected by its citizens, convened for its first session with a […]
Professor, PhD Ineta Ziemele President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Vienna 2 July 2019 Safeguarding the rule of law and democracy – the role of the Constitutional Court Ladies and Gentlemen! Recent judicial pronouncements concretizing the rule of law A country with strong constitutional checks and balances is more immune […]
Professor, Dr. iur. Sanita Osipova Vice-President Sanita Osipova of the Constitutional Court Vienna 03 July 2019 Constitutional identity of the Republic of Latvia in judgments of the Constitutional Court The contemporary model of a state – constitutional representative democracy – has been in formation for centuries, if not millennia. Its foundation is in the heritage of […]
Dr.iur. Janis Neimanis Judge of the Constitutional court of Republic of Latvia Kiev 27 June 2019 The Role of Ordinary and Administrative Courts: Improving the Protection of Citizens’ Fundamental Rights Ladies and gentlemen! Comprehensive protection of persons’ rights and effectiveness of legal remedies are decisive for national security. If protection of rights has not been […]
Professor, PhD Ineta Ziemele President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Riga 14 June 2019 Ladies and gentlemen! Introduction: The XXI century has arrived together with the realization that technology, especially digital technology, not only opens up new possibilities for individuals and societies but it also allegedly blurs the borders of, and […]
Assoc. Prof. Dr. iur. Jānis Neimanis Justice of the Constitutional Court Brussels 11 June 2019 1. Rulings in the Constitutional Court’s judgments Article 31(10) of the Constitutional Court Law stipulates that in the resolutive part of its judgment the Constitutional Court shall answer the main question of the case, that is, whether the contested legal provision (act) […]
Professor, Dr. iur. Sanita Osipova Vice-President Sanita Osipova of the Constitutional Court Brussels 11 June 2019 Ladies and gentlemen! Humanists, first of all, but later enlightenment philosophers foregrounded the human being as the measure of all values and the point of reference. Constitutionalism, democracy and a state governed by the rule of law, i.e., a […]
Professor, PhD Ineta Ziemele President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Minsk 31 May 2019 Constitutional Case-Law as a Source of Law: the Role of Judges in the XXI century Ladies and Gentlemen! Introduction The principles of rule of law and separation of powers are the basic structural principles of the constitutional […]
