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    Delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe visits the Constitutional Court

    Today, on 13 September, a delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe [hereinafter – the Congress] visited the Constitutional Court in the framework of its…
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    Justices of the Constitutional Court attend IV Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice in Vilnius

    From 11 September to 14 September the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, Justices of the Constitutional Court Gunārs Kusiņš and Aldis Laviņš, as well as the Advisor to the…
    The Court in Dialogue

    A case initiated with respect to a norm that grants the right to an insurer, in case if an agreed statement is not submitted, to bring a subrogation claim against the driver of a vehicle, who has caused loss to a third person in a road traffic accident

    On 4 September 2017 the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Sub-para “d” of Para 1 of Section 41(1) of Compulsory Civil Liability Insurance of Owners of Motor…
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    A case initiated with respect to the procedure for refusal to issue an industrial security certificate

    On 9 August 2017 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of the Sixth and the Eighth Sentence of Section 7(5) of the Law “On Official Secrets” with Article 92 of the…
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    A case initiated regarding a norm of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia that prohibits appealing against the decision by the Head of the Prison Administration by which a convicted person has been refused mitigation of the regime for serving a sentence

    On 3 August 2017 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Section 5021(5) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia, insofar it Applies to a Decision to Refuse…
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    A case initiated with regard to the norms of the Law on Religious Organisations setting out requirements for establishing a religious association (church)

    On 19 July 2017, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a 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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    A case initiated with regard to the norms envisaging changes in the determination of compulsory land lease fees as from the beginning of next year

    On 19 July 2017, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On compliance of Section 1 of the law “Amendments to the Law on Privatisation of State and Local Government Residential…
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    Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova gives a presentation at an international symposium on the case law of the Constitutional Court in family law

    From 19 to 20 July the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova participates at an international symposium at the Faculty of Law, the University of Bialystok, Poland. The theme of…
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    Unalterable constitutional principles – the core of constitution – and the role of constitutional courts in protection thereof discussed at XVII Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts

    From 28 June to 1 July President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and her advisor Laila Jurcēna participated in XVII Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts, held in…
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    Norms of the Cabinet Regulation that define the minimum number of students in the 10th form or the secondary school of a district educational institution have been adopted by exceeding authorisation granted by the legislator

    On 29 June 2017 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in Case No. 2016-23-03 “On Compliance of Para 12.1.1 and Para 60 of the Cabinet Regulation of 13 October 2015 No. 591 “Procedure in which…
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