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    In the centenary year of Latvia, the Constitutional Court invites representatives from 25 countries to discuss the role of courts in the globalised world

    From 24 May to 25 May, the Constitutional Court is organising the conference “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in the Globalised World of the 21st Century”. This conference will be the major…
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    Justice of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš participates in the Congress of the Association of Constitutional Justice of the Countries of the Baltic and Black Sea Regions

    From 16 May to 17 May, Justice of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš will participate in the Third Congress of the Association of Constitutional Justice of the Countries of the Baltic and Black…
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    Para 31 of the Transitional Provisions of the Medical Treatment Law is incompatible with the equality principle enshrined in the Satversme

    On May 15 2018, the Constitutional Court pronounced the judgement in Case No. 2017-15-01 “On Compliance of Section 531 (7) of the Medical Treatment Law with the First Sentence of Article 91 and…
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    Justices and an employee of the Constitutional Court awarded Badges of Hounour of the Justice System

    On Thursday, 3 May, an awards ceremony of the Ministry of Justice and the justice system was held at the National Library of Latvia, during which the Badges of Honour of the Justice System, awarded…
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    The norms that prohibit newly established congregations from establishing a religious association (church) before the registration period of ten years expires or if one church has already been registered in the respective denomination

    On 26 April 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in the case “On compliance of Section 7(2) and Section 8(4) of the Law on Religious Organisations with Articles 99 and 102 of the…
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    The Constitutional Court terminates legal proceedings in the case regarding a norm that regulates the decision to refuse initiating appellate legal proceedings in a case of an administrative violation

    On 25 April 2018, the Constitutional Court adopted the decision in case No. 2018-01-01 “On Compliance of the Seventh Part of Section 28920 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code with the…
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    Ineta Ziemele, the President of the Constitutional Court, acts as an arbiter at a prestigious moot court competition at the University of Oxford

    On Friday, 13 April, Ineta Ziemele, the President of the Constitutional Court will go to the University of Oxford, the United Kingdom, where she will participate in the arbitration of the Price…
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    The norms, which as of 1 January 2018 decrease the amount of compulsory land lease, are incompatible with the Satversme

    On 12 April 2018, the Constitutional Court pronounced the judgement in case No. 2017-17-01 “On compliance of Section 1 of the Law “Amendments to the Law on Privatisation of State and Local…
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    The norms that established the procedure for transferring the over-paid amount of value added tax are incompatible with the right to property that is enshrined in the Satversme

    On 11 April 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2017-12-01 “On compliance of Part 123 and Part 125 of Section 12 of the Law “On Value Added Tax” (in the wording that was…
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    The Justice of the Constitutional Court, as the only expert from the Baltic States, will research criteria for assessing judicial independence at an international seminar

    From 11 to 14 April, Sanita Osipova, the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court, will participate in an international seminar on judicial independence that will be held at the Utrecht University…
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