Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Sophia, 20 September 2016 Protection of Fundamental Citizens’ Rights and National Security: Latvian Experience Are questions of state security justiciable? The state has a relatively large discretion in deciding upon the matters of national security.[1] Nevertheless, any decision, either political or legal, is limited […]

  Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia  Kishinev, 29 June 2016 Effects of the judgments of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia The Constitutional Court in Latvia performs both abstract and concrete constitutional review as part of its competence. The Constitutional Court judgments are directly applicable legal […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Riga, 26 May 2016 Highly Esteemed President of the State, Honourable Chairman of the Council for the Judiciary, Honourable Presidents of courts and judges, Ladies and gentlemen,   I have the great honour and genuine pleasure to address you at the conference dedicated […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia XX Yerevan International Conference “The Role of Constitutional Courts in Strengthening the Independence of the Judicial Power: Doctrinal Approaches and Contemporary Challenges” Yerevan, Armenia on 8-10 October, 2015 [1] The status and the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court give it the possibilities for strengthening […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia International Conference “Relations of the Constitutional Court with other public authorities” Chisinau, Moldova  24-25 September 2015 [1] Cooperation of the Court with other authorities is significant in organising the work of the court, ensuring high quality execution of the rulings and maintaining the authority […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia XIX Yerevan International Conference “The Constitutional Status of Human Dignity” Yerevan, Armenia on 22-23 October. 2014 [1] The concept “human dignity” has a long history. The concept has been analysed and examined both by philosophers and theologians – each from their own vantage […]

Dr.iur., Docent Rodiņa Anita Vice-dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Latvia Mg.iur. Spale Alla  Assistant to the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Published in “Конституционное правосудие” 4(58)’12 The constitutional status of the Constitutional Court in Latvia is defined in one Article of the Satversme of the Republic of […]

Ms Laila Jurcena Adviser to the President, Constitutional Court of Latvia 5th conference of secretaries general of constitutional courts or courts with equivalent jurisdiction Yerevan, Armenia 13-14 April 2012 [1] A proper reaction to criticism is important to preserve authority of the judiciary and to protect its independence. In order to establish what “proper reaction” is […]

Mr. Gunars Kutris Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Ms Laila Jurcena Adviser to the President, Constitutional Court of Latvia Published in „Kонституционое правосудие” No 3(53)2011 Introduction I’ll start by saying that I do not want to contradistinguish the words “classical” and “modern”. I am convinced that the case law developed by […]

Aija Branta Justice of the Constitutional Court of Latvia XV Yerevan International Conference “Safegarding and protection of human constitutional rights in the practice of constitutional justice, taking into account the legal positions of the Europena Court of Human Rights” Yerevan, Armenia on 21-23 October. 2010 Honourable President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of […]