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    Discontinuing the disbursement of the remuneration for performing the duties of a guardian if the guardian moves for permanent residence abroad is incompatible with the Satversme

    On 16 May 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-21-01 “On Compliance of Section 4 (1) and Para 2 of Section 20 (1) of “Law on State Social Allowances”, insofar these…
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    VIDEO: Guest Lecture by the Judge of the International Court of Justice Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade “International Tribunals: Their Common Mission of Realization of Justice”

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    Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, the Judge of the International Court of Justice, pays an official visit to Latvia upon the invitation by the Constitutional Court

    From 13 to 14 May, the Judge of the International Court of Justice Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade pays an official visit to Latvia upon the invitation by the Constitutional Court. The Judge is…
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    A case initiated with respect to a norm that establishes the amount of payment by a credit institution for financing the operations of the Financial and Capital Market Commission

    On 9 May 2019, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2.11. of the Regulation of 2 December 2018 of the Financial and Capital Market Commission No. 198 …
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    Constitutional Court hosts representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Latvia

    Today, on May 8, the judges of the Constitutional Court met with representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Latvia (hereafter – the diplomatic corps). The meeting was organised in order to…
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    The norm that regulates remuneration for overtime work for the officials with special service ranks is incompatible with the equality principle included in the Satversme

    On 2 May 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-14-01 “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 14 (71) of the law “Remuneration of Officials of State and Local Government…
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    Justices of the Constitutional Court participate in a discussion, held in Germany, on the culture of dialogue within the European legal space

    On 30 April – 1 May, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova participated in the Heidelberg Discussion Group …
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    A case initiated with respect to norms that prohibit a member of the Saeima, against whom criminal prosecution has been commenced, from participating in the work of the Saeima

    On 29 April 2019, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the Second Part of Article 17 and Article 19 of the Rules of Procedure of the Saeima with the second…
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    “Amendments to Education Law” and “Amendments to General Education Law” of 22 March 2018 comply with the second sentence of Article 91 and Article 114 of the Satversme

    On 23 April 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-12-01 “On Compliance of the First Part of Section 1, the Words of the Second Part of Section 1 “on the level of pre…
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    The norms of the Cabinet Regulation on the implementation of the mandatory electricity procurement – control of self-consumption and calculation of overcompensation – comply with Article 64 of the Satversme

    On 18 April 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-16-03“On Compliance of Para 91, Para 92, Para 98 and Para 99, and Para 2 of Annex 8 of the Cabinet Regulation of 10…
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