| Miris document ID: 1049722021015 |
| Author: |
Constitutional Court of Latvia |
| Language: |
Latvian |
| Source: |
Constitutional Court of Latvia
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| Country: |
Latvia |
| Category: |
judgment/decision |
| Government level: |
National - State Level |
| Guiding principle: |
Electoral legislation of Latvia provides that persons who were active in the Communist Party, Komsomol, Interfront, and some veteran organizations after January 13, 1991, cannot run for both parliamentary and municipal elections. The Court ruled that these special provisions of electoral legislation (Items 5 and 6 of Article 5 of the Saeima Election Law and Items 5 and 6 of Article 9 of the City Dome, Region Dome and Rural Council Election Law) comply with Articles 89 and 101 of the Constitution of Latvia (Satversme), Article 14 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 3 of the First Protocol of this Convention as well as Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Court found that the restrictions were well-reasoned and legitimate, but recommended to introduce the time limit for them. Three judges had a dissenting opinion: they found no prove that there exists a necessity to determine restrictions of the passive election rights to the persons, mentioned in the disputable norms. |
| Date of
judgement:
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2000-8-30 |
| Document number: |
2000-03-01 |
| Official version: |
yes |
| Legally binding: |
yes |
| Subject areas: |
administrative authorities; freedom of association; identity; non-discrimination; participation; right to vote |
| Minority groups: |
all |
| Related laws: |
Constitution of Latvia; Saeima Election Law ; City Dome, Region Dome and Rural Council Election Law |
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