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    The provision setting out the transition period for claiming compensation for non-pecuniary damages is incompatible with Article 1 and the third sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution

    On 5 March 2021, the Constitutional Court passed a judgment in case No 2020-30-01 “On the compliance of para 2 of the Transitional Provisions of the law ‘On compensation for damages caused in…
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    A case initiated with respect to the restriction which does not allow an official with a special service rank to receive additional payment for work on holidays

    On 17 February 2021, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of Section 14(6) of the Law on Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government…
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    Justices of the Constitutional Court take part remotely in the XVIII Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts

    The XVIII Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts (the Congress) is taking place online on 24 and 25 February. On day one, the President of the Constitutional Court Sanita…
    The Court in Dialogue

    The provision criminalising negligent storage of firearm ammunition is compatible with the Constitution; the transitional provision of the amendments to the Criminal Law is not

    On 19 February 2021, the Constitutional Court passed a judgment in Case No 2020-23-01 “On the compliance of Section 236(1) of the Criminal Law (in the wording that was in force until 31 March 2013)…
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    Forty students from twenty-eight Latvian schools awarded in the competition on the significance of equality and responsibility, devoted to the Constitution of Latvia

    On Monday, 15 February, to mark 99 years since the adoption of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia (the Constitution), an online ceremony was held to award the prize winners in the drawings and…
    The Court in Dialogue

    Legal proceedings concerning the provisions that set out the minimum amount of disability pension are terminated; the contested regulation has been amended and changed in substance

    On 10 February 2021, the Constitutional Court decided to terminate legal proceedings in case No 2020-19-0103 “On compliance of Section 16(1)(2) and Section 16(2) of the law ‘On State Pensions’ and…
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    A case initiated with respect to the provisions that set out the procedure for calculating and paying the personal income tax for the performers of economic activity

    On 9 February 2021, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On the compliance of Section 11(31) and Section 111(61) of the law ‘On Personal Income Tax’ with Article 105 of the…
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    The need to strengthen an inclusive society emphasised during the formal sitting on the occasion of the opening of the Constitutional Court year

    A formal sitting of the Constitutional Court was held remotely on Thursday, 4 February, as a symbolic opening of the new working year of the court. The President of the Constitutional Court Sanita…
    The Court in Dialogue

    Prohibition on alcohol addicts becoming security guards

    On 28 January 2021, the Constitutional Court passed a judgment in case No 2020-29-01 “On compliance of Para 8 of Section 15 of the Security Guards Activity Law with the first sentence of Article 106…
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    A case initiated with respect of the Civil Law provision that prevents an individual convicted of violent offences to act as guardian

    On 26 January 2021, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On compliance of Section 242(5) with Articles 96 and 110 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested…
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