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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…
    The Court in Dialogue

    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…
    The Court in Dialogue

    The Constitutional Court will continue the dialogue with the Council of State of France and the Constitutional Council of the Republic of France

    Latvia and France have agreed upon the new political declaration on the strategic partnership of Latvia and France and the action plan for 2018 ‒ 2022, the draft of which has been approved by an…
    The Court in Dialogue

    Delegation of the Constitutional Court on an official visit to the Supreme Court of Estonia

    On 22 and 23 March, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and the Constitutional Court judges Aldis Laviņš and Artūrs Kučs, as well as the Advisor to the President of the…
    The Court in Dialogue

    The Constitutional Court is visited by the USA Ambassador to Latvia Nancy Bikoff Pettit

    On Friday, 16 March, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele met the Ambassador of the United States of America (hereinafter – USA) to Latvia Nancy Bikoff Pettit. During the meeting,…
    The Court in Dialogue

    Provisions laying down the procedures by which the court decides to refuse to initiate appellate proceedings in an administrative violation case are incompatible with the Constitution

    On 15 March 2018, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in Case No 2017-16-01 “On Compliance of Section 213, Parts five and seven of Section 28920 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code…
    Legal Proceedings