Prof. Ph.D. Ineta Ziemele President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Paper presented at the bilateral  meeting of the Constitutional Courts of Latvia and Slovenia Ljubljana, 2 October 2017 Dear President ot the Counstitutional court, judges and colleagues, Latvia’s legal system is an open legal system, since provisions of international law that […]

Dr.iur. Jānis Neimanis Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Paper presented at the bilateral  meeting of the Constitutional Courts of Latvia and Slovenia Ljubljana, 2 October 2017 The Scope of Constitutional Review of Tax Law Provisions Dear President ot the Counstitutional court, judges and colleagues, The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia […]

Prof. Ph.D. Ineta Ziemele President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Paper presented at the XVIIth Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts Batumi, 29 June 2017   Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by stating that general principles of law are a source of law in every democratic […]

Ineta Ziemele PhD (Cantab.) Professor of international law at the Riga Graduate School of Law Judge of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Innsbruck, 26 September 2016 Introduction Let me at the outset delimit the scope of my speech. There are several layers of legal regulation on human rights in Europe that may influence the concept […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Paper presented at the trilateral meeting of the Constitutional Courts of Latvia, Belgium and Czech Republic Brno, 25 October 2016 Dear colleagues, I would like to thank, in my own name and also on behalf of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Gdansk, 16 October 2016 Highly esteemed Mr. President of the Constitutional Tribunal, Highly esteemed Mr. Mayor of Gdansk, Honorable judges, Ladies and Gentlemen! I have the genuine pleasure to address this audience at the conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Constitutional Tribunal […]

Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Uldis Ķinis  Kiev, 7 October 2016   The Constitutional Complaint: in the Case Law of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia The constitutional complaint as an instrument of fundamental rights entered into force in the Constitutional Court Law on 1 July 2011. Pursuant […]

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 […]