Mārtiņš Mits

Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia

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Mārtiņš Mits was born on 25 March 1972.

Graduated from the Faculty of Law, the University of Latvia, in 1995. In 1998, was awarded the Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law by the University of Nottingham, the United Kingdom. In 2000, obtained the Doctoral degree in International Public Law from the University of Lund, Sweden.

From 1993 to 1995, gained experience in the capacity of the Senior Advisor at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia, the Department of Case-Law Analysis. From 1995 to 2001, worked at the Institute of Human Rights of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, taking the position of Deputy Director, Acting Director, as well as served as the Editor-in-chief of Latvian Human Rights Quarterly.

Mārtiņš Mits has extensive academic and research experience. From 1999 to 2019, he taught at the Riga Graduate School of Law (Lecturer, Docent, Associate Professor). From 2008 until 2015, he held the position of the Prorector of the Riga Graduate School of Law. Mārtiņš Mits is the author of numerous scientific publications.

From 2007 to 2012, gained professional experience as Latvia’s Alternate Member on the Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. At the same time, he was also a member of the Constitutional Law Commission, created under the auspices of the President of the State of the Republic of Latvia. Whereas in the period from 2010 to 2012 and from 2015 to 2018, was an expert at the Latvian Council of Science.

In 2015, Mārtiņš Mits was elected to the office of a Judge of the European Court of Rights, where he served until September 2024. From 2020 to 2022, discharged the duties of the Vice-president of Section at the European Court of Human Rights.

On 15 February 2024, was approved as the Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia. He entered office on 4 September 2024.

Since December 2024, Mārtiņš Mits is a substitute member of Latvia to the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission).