Studies and presentations

Published: 14.08.2024.

Annual report of the Judicial Council 2023 (in Latvian)

Standard of length of court proceedings for 2024. Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council (in Latvian)

Performance indicators of courts in 2019 - 2023. Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council (in Latvian)

2024 Rule of Law Report

2024 EU Justice Scoreboard

OECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions – 2024 Results

The 2023 EU Justice Scoreboard (in English)

Performance indicators of courts 2019 – 2022. Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, R. Veinbergs (in Latvian)

Summary of the Report of the Working Group on the Evaluation of the Organisation of Court Work in Cases of Domestic Violence and Threats to Life or Health of a Person (in English)

Report on Court User Survey. Latvia, 2022-2023. Prepared by the association "Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS" (in English)

Standard for adjudication of cases in 2023. Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, R. Veinbergs (in Latvian)

European Commission's 2022 Rule of Law Report. Situation of rule of law in Latvia (in English)

Demographic structure of Latvian judges. Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, R. Veinbergs (in Latvian)

European Commission's 2021 Rule of Law Report

Country chapter – the situation of the rule of law in Latvia

The 2020 EU Justice Scoreboard

Overview of the results of the rule of law in the European Union 2021. Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, D. Šulmane (in Latvian)

Pilot study in Latvian courts by the Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS

Presentation "Court performance evaluation survey" (in Latvian)

Compilation of court visitor surveys (in Latvian)

Compilation of surveys of legal specialists (in Latvian)

Independence of the judiciary. A quantitative survey.

Research report. A. Putniņa, M. Alksne

Presentation. A. Putniņa (in Latvian)

Survey of Latvian judges on the judicial independence – summary of results (in Latvian)

European Commission's 2020 Rule of Law Report

Council of Europe compilation "Independence and Impartiality of the Judicial System" (in English)

European Commission Rule of Law Report 2020 "Country Chapter - Situation of the Rule of Law in Latvia" (in Latvian)

The 2020 EU Justice Scoreboard

Presentation "Review of the European Union Justice Scoreboard 2020". Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, D. Sulmane (in Latvian)

Working Group for Assessing the Length of Proceedings

Anita Zikmane. Report on the implementation of the Judicial Council Decision No. 11 of February 10, 2020

Causes and solutions of lengthy administrative proceedings

Table identifying the causes of the length of the proceedings and suggestions for remedying them

Causes and solutions of lengthy civil proceedings

Table identifying the causes of the length of the proceedings and suggestions for remedying them

Causes and solutions of lengthy criminal proceedings

Table identifying the causes of the length of the proceedings and suggestions for remedying them

Ingrida Labucka. Opinion of the working group established for the implementation of the Judicial Council Decision No. 11 of February 10, 2020

The findings of the ECtHR rulings in Latvian cases regarding the right to a trial within a reasonable time (compiled by the Office of the Latvian Representative before International Human Rights Institutions)

Legal remedies available to a person in Latvia

Latvian cases in ECtHR – rulings assessing complaints about the length of proceedings

Summary "Performance of the Judicial Council in the first decade (2010 - 2020)". Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, D. Sulmane

Presentation “The Role of Commissions for Selection of Court Presidents in Europe”. Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, D. Sulmane

Presentation "Judicial Disciplinary Cases in Europe". Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, D. Sulmane

Presentation "Judicial Disciplinary Cases in Europe". Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, D. Sulmane

Presentation "Review of the EU Justice Scoreboard 2019". Prepared by the Secretariat of the Judicial Council, D. Sulmane

Presentation "Economic Affairs Court". Ministry of Justice

Procedure for selection, apprenticeship and taking of qualification examination of a candidate to the office of a judge of the Supreme Court (in Latvian)

Assessment of the Latvian judicial system based on the methodology and instruments developed by CEPEJ

Evaluation of Insolvency Proceedings and Legal Protection Proceedings in 2008-2014

Reliability and perception of corruption in work of courts in Latvia

Study of ethical regulation of courts

Report of the Commission for Legal Environment Improvement on improving the work of the Council for the Judiciary

Approval in the office of judges and career advancement. Existing regulatory framework and necessary amendments

Ensuring the independence of judges in the existing legislation. Development of theoretical basis for the necessary changes

Social guarantees for judges

The impact of bonuses on remuneration

Collection of findings of the Judicial Ethics Commission: explanations, opinions, decisions 2008 - 2016