Published: 12.07.2004.
On Compliance of Para 5 of Section 1(3), Para 2 of Section 2(2), Para 2 of Section 7(1) of Law On the Status of Former USSR Citizens, Who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State with Article 98 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia, Articles 2 and 3 of the Fourth Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Para 1 of Article 8 of August 30, 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Number of Stateless Persons
Years
2004
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 Valērijs Agešins, Boriss Cilevičs, Andrejs Klementjevs, Jānis Urbanovičs, Vitālijs Orlovs, Ivans Ribakovs, Jānis Jurkāns, Aleksandrs Bartaševičs, Oļegs Deņisovs, Igors Solovjovs, Aleksandrs Golubovs, Sergejs Fjodorovs, Martijans Bekasovs, Aleksejs Vidavskis, Jakovs Pliners, Andrejs Aleksejevs, Juris Sokolovskis, Nikolajs Kabanovs, Andris Tolmačovs un Vladimirs Buzajevs
Date of the judgment: 07.03.2005.
Official publication: 09.03.2005.

On Compliance of Para 5 of Section 1(3), Para 2 of Section 2(2), Para 2 of Section 7(1) of Law On the Status of Former USSR Citizens, Who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State with Article 98 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia, Articles 2 and 3 of the Fourth Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Para 1 of Article 8 of August 30, 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Number of Stateless Persons

Constitutional Court ruled:
1. to declare Article 1 (Item 5 of the First Paragraph) of the Law ”On the Status of Former USSR Citizens, Who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State” as unconformable with Article 98 of the Republic of Latvia Satversme and null and void as of September 1, 2005;
2. to declare Article 7 (Item 2 of the First Paragraph) of the Law ” On the Status of Former USSR Citizens, Who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State” as unconformable with Article 98 of the Republic of Latvia Satversme and null and void as of September 1, 2005;
3. to declare Article 2 (Item 2 of the Second Paragraph) of the Law ”On the Status of Former USSR Citizens, Who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State” as being in compliance with Article 3, Item 1 of the Fourth Protocol of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”.

Judgment_1 (Case No 2004-15-0106)