17 October, 2017 The Council for the Judiciary believes that the requirements for judge's professional experience regarding application for a position of a judge at the higher instance court shall…
31 August, 2017 Appointment to the office of the chair of a court. The Council for the Judiciary agrees with the proposal of the Minister for Justice to re-appoint judge Iveta Krevica as Chair of…
25 August, 2017 The duty of the legislative and the executive branches is to ensure the functional existence of an independent judiciary. It also includes such remuneration of judges and prosecutors…
17 July, 2017 On 17 July 2017, the ENCJ (European Network of Councils for the Judiciary) Executive Board published a statement on the situation in Poland, in which it expressed concerns about the…
5 July, 2017 The Saeima (Parliament) has adopted and the President of the State has announced amendments to the Judicial Disciplinary Liability Law, which stipulate changes regarding the initiation…
29 June, 2017 Issue of the periodical "Jurista Vārds" (Lawyer’s Word) of June 27 is dedicated to the communication of the judicial system and society. Laila Jurcena, Advisor to the President of the…
29 June, 2017 One of the issues viewed at the 25th Plenary Meeting on 29 and 30 June of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) in Strasbourg is the commission's cooperation…
19 June, 2017 General Assembly of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ), which this year took place from 7 to 9 July in Paris, adopted the declaration “On resilient justice”. The…
13 June, 2017 The Council for the Judiciary supported the project for reorganization of district (city) courts in the courts districts of Riga, Kurzeme, Vidzeme and Zemgale. Project is prepared by…
13 June, 2017 In order to equalize the judges' workload and reduce the volume of pending cases in the first instance, Council for the Judiciary decided by 1 July 2017 to transfer one judicial…
