Date of the judgment: 25.03.2021.
Official publication: 30.03.2021.
On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 72 (5) of Law on the Protection of the Children’s Rights with the First Sentence of Article 91 and the First Sentence of Article 106 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
The Constitutional Court ruled:
1. To recognise paragraph 1 of Section 72(5) of the Law on the Protection of the Children’s Rights as being incompatible with the first sentence of Article 106 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and void as from 1 January 2022.
2. In respect of the claimant in civil case No C12173819, to recognise paragraph 1 of Section 72(5) of the Law on the Protection of the Children’s Rights as being incompatible with the first sentence of Article 106 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and void as from the moment when the infringement of the respective individual’s fundamental rights occurred.
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