On Compliance of Section 19 (5) of the Radio and Television Law with Articles 89, 91, 100 and 114 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia as well as with Articles 10 and 14 (in Interconnection with Article 10) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Articles 19 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Years
2003
Stages of the proceedings
Adjudicated
Outcome of the proceedings
Judgement
Type of the proceedings
Written procedure
Applicant
Not less than 20 deputies of Parliament
Applicant: 8.Saeimas deputāti: Boriss Cilevičs, Jānis Jurkāns, Jānis Urbanovičs, Nikolajs Kabanovs, Pāvels Maksimovs, Ivans Ribakovs, Dainis Turlais, Valērijs Karpuškins, Vladimirs Buzajevs, Anatolijs Mackevičs, Andris Tolmačovs, Sergejs Fjodorovs, Vjačeslavs Stepaņenko, Martijans Bekasovs, Aleksejs Vidavskis, Oļegs Deņisovs, Aleksandrs Golubovs, Juris Sokolovskis, Valērijs Agešins, Jakovs Pliners, Vitālijs Orlovs, Andrejs Aleksejevs, Andrejs Klementjevs un Aleksandrs Bartaševičs
Date of the judgment: 05.06.2003.
Official publication: 06.06.2003.

On Compliance of Section 19 (5) of the Radio and Television Law with Articles 89, 91, 100 and 114 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia as well as with Articles 10 and 14 (in Interconnection with Article 10) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Articles 19 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Constitutional Court decided to declare the fifth part of Article 19 of the Radio and Television Law as unconformable with the Republic of Latvia Satversme Article 100 and null and void as of the day of the publication of the Judgment.