Latvia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- the constitutional law of 1991 integrated the 1922 Constitution
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law with traces of socialist tradition
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral Parliament (Saeima)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges confirmed by Parliament; Constitutional Court, judges confirmed by Parliament.
RELIGIONS
Lutheran majority, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Latvia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
- JANUARY 1, 2006LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
- APRIL 20, 2005LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Latvia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
- JULY 1, 2004LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Baghdad's decision to re-establish the death penalty...
Baghdad's decision to re-establish the death penalty ahead of the war crimes trial of Saddam Hussein evoked a mixed reaction in Europe, recalling the split across the continent over the war that toppled the Iraqi leader
- APRIL 21, 2004LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Latvia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime.
- APRIL 24, 2003LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Latvia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003LatviaDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law of Latvia envisages the death penalty...
The Criminal Law of Latvia envisages the death penalty for murder in especially aggravating circumstances, committed in wartime
- JANUARY 1, 2003LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Latvia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights banning the death penalty in all circumstances