Tools for Providing Information on Access to Justice – Latvia’s Perspective Gustavs Gailis National Focal Point to the Aarhus Convention, Latvia Geneva,

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Tools for Providing Information on Access to Justice – Latvia’s Perspective Gustavs Gailis National Focal Point to the Aarhus Convention, Latvia Geneva, 25 February 2014

Provision of Information on Access to Justice Why? Required by the Aarhus Convention and Latvian law (the Constitution, the law “On Judicial Power”, procedural law) How? 1)Upon direct request to the respective authority; 2) Printed material; 3) Via online tools.

WHERE TO FIND WHAT THE LAW IS? The official publisher of the Republic of Latvia “Latvijas Vēstnesis” provides official publications and systemizes legal acts. Website: lv.lv Main directions of activity: 1) Official publication (i.e., function of the Official Journal; electronic only; free of charge); 2) vortal of legal acts – consolidated and systemized legal acts; free of charge;

3) a specialized portal for dialogue between the public and the state. Informative aid in state information and legal acts; free of charge; 4) journal “Jurista Vārds" - specialized weekly journal for judicial thought and practice; 5) book publisher – high quality legal literature.

ACCESS TO COURT ADJUDICATIONS The Latvian court portal allowswww.tiesas.lv searching anonymous court adjudications according to several criteria at the searcher’s choice: case number; name of the court; type of the case – civil, criminal or administrative, including administrative violations; text fragment.

ACCESS TO CASE-LAW The Supreme Court contributes by making available at its website court adjudications constituting case-law. Detailed search options available: case chronology; case classification depending on issue; regulatory enactments; court thesis.

CASE-LAW OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT Judgments and other material available online free of charge at: The website operates in Latvian, English and Russian languages. Detailed search options in Latvian.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE The Latvian court portal and the Constitutional Court website provide practical information on access to justice for potential applicants. For example, information on state fees, communication with judges outside the courtroom, etc. Mandatory requirement that decisions must contain an indication of the right to appeal.

ACCESS TO DECISIONS OF NON-JUDICIAL BODIES Available in accordance with the Information Transparency Law. Certain categories of decisions have to be published without request of the public.

Gustavs Gailis National Focal Point to the Aarhus Convention, Latvia Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia Phone: Fax: For further information, please contact:

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