Published: 28.02.2023.
On Compliance of Paragraph 58 of Transitional Provisions of the Immigration Law with Article 1, the First Sentence of Article 91 and Article 96 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia
Years
2023
Stages of the proceedings
Adjudicated
Outcome of the proceedings
Judgement
Type of the proceedings
Court sitting with the participation of the participants of the case
Applicant
Person
Applicant: Vera Fenčenko (Vera Fenchenko); Tatjana Viļkele (Tatiana Vilkel); Miroslava Pavļukaņeca (Miroslava Pavlyukanets); Anna Sokolova; Sergejs Savinkovs(Sergey Savinkov); Lidija Bondareva (Lidia Bondareva); Ludmila Klagiša(Liudmila Klagisha); Anna Baleiko(Anna Baleiko); Marija Sokolova(Maria Sokolova);Nataļja Titimova (Natalia Titimova); Jeļena Logunova (Elena Logunova); Oļegs Besedskis (Oleg Besedskiy); Nataļja Jemeļjanova (Natalia Emelianova); Alevtina Suncova (Alevtina Suntsova); Natālija Pavļenko (Natalia Pavlenko); Olga Truškova (Olga Trushkova); Nikolajs Žuravļovs (Nikolay Zhuravlev); Nikolajs Proņins (Nikolai Pronin); Olga Pastore; Galija Venlande (Galiya Venland), Marija Zeltiņa (Maria Zeltynya), Tatjana Plotņikova (Tatiana Plotnikova), Raisa Šaiduļļina (Raisa Shaidullina), Jevgēnijs Goļandins (Evgenii Goliandin), Tamāra Udoļeca (Tamara Udolets), Gaļina Savina (Galina Savina), Jeļena Muradova (Elena Muradova), Aleksandrs Ščerbakovs (Alexander Shcherbakov); Tatjana Venkova (Tatiana Venkova)
Date of the judgment: 15.02.2024.
Official publication: 20.02.2024.

On Compliance of Paragraph 58 of Transitional Provisions of the Immigration Law with Article 1, the First Sentence of Article 91 and Article 96 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia

The Constitutional Court held:
1. To terminate legal proceedings in the case in the part regarding compliance of Section 5 of the law of 22 September 2022 “Amendments to Immigration Law”, insofar Para 8 of Section 24 (1) of Immigration Law is deleted by it, with Article 1, the first sentence of Article 91, Article 96 of the Constitution and Article 4 of Protocol 4 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
2. To recognise Para 58 of Transitional Provisions of Immigration Law (in the wording that is in force since 20 April 2023) as being compatible with Article 1, the first sentence of Article 91, Article 96 of the Constitution and Article 4 of Protocol 4 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

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