Case No 2005-17-01

Applicant: Valsts Cilvēktiesību birojs
Date of the judgment: 06.02.2006.
Official publication: 09.02.2006.

On Compliance of the Words “to Mail Letters”, Included in Section 74 (1) of Latvian Sentence Execution Code with Articles 89, 92 and 104 of the Satversme

Case short name: The Convicted Persons' Right to Correspondence

Constitutional Court ruled:
1. To declare the words ”to mail letters”, incorporated in the first part of Section 74 of the Latvian Penalty Execution Code as conformable with Articles 89, 92 and 104 of the Republic of Latvia Satversme.
2. The term ”letters”, included in the first part of Section 74 of the Latvian Penalty execution Code shall be interpreted in a narrow meaning – as ”letters to private persons”.

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