Official (constitutional) name of the country: Republic of Latvia
Organisation of the judicial system
Organisation of justice – judicial systems - Latvia (e-Justice website)
https://www.ta.gov.lv/UserFiles/TA_buklets_ENG.pdf
Judicial cooperation
General description of the national system for international judicial cooperation in criminal matters
In Latvia there are three central authorities who are competent for receiving the requests for judicial cooperation in criminal matters:
1) during the investigation stage - the Ministry of Interior
2) during the pre-trial stage - General Prosecutor's Office
3) during the trial stage - the Ministry of Justice
Text in original language, English and/or other available languages of the relevant national laws/provisions of the Criminal procedure codes on judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Webpage of Latvian legislative acts
The Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure Law
Latvian Administrative Violations Code
Link to the EJN website’ section on the status of implementation in Latvia of the EU legal instruments on judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Link to the national Fiches belges
Links to the relevant sections of the Council of Europe and United Nations Treaties Offices websites containing information on the conventions to which Latvia is party
Council of Europe Treaty Office
United Nations Treaty Collection
National case law relevant for judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Judicature Archive of case-law decisions Department of Criminal Cases of Supreme Court: http://at.gov.lv/en/court-proceedings-in-the-supreme-court/archive-of-case-law-decisions/department-of-criminal-cases/chronological-order/
Information on the organisation of the EJN
In Latvia there are eight Contact Points from three central authorities which are dealing with the internation cooperation in criminal matters during the investigation stage, pre-trial stage and trial stage.
There is one National Correspondent, who is the lawyer of the Department of International Cooperation in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia.
There are two Contact Points who are lawyers of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice. The National and also Tool Correspondent is one of the two lawyers from this department.
There are three Contact Points from the General Prosecutor’s Office and two Contact Points from the International Cooperation Beraeu of the State Police of the Republic of Latvia.
Additional information about the EJN on the web page of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia: https://www.tm.gov.lv/lv/starptautiska-sadarbiba/tiesiska-sadarbiba-kriminallietas
Also information about the EJN role und functions regulary is provided by competent expert (contactpoint) during trainings.
Useful national links