Introduction

AuthorKristīne Dupate
Pages5-6
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1Introduction
1.1Basic structure of the national legal system
Latvia is a parliamentary State, where Parliament is the only legislator. This legislator,
however, has the right to delegate legislative functions to the Cabinet of Ministers and to
municipalities. Delegated legislative powers always have to be made explicit in the laws
adopted by Parliament. In the case of delegated legislative competence, the Cabinet of
Ministers adopts the regulations for the Cabinet of Ministers, and municipalities adopt
binding regulations for the municipalities. All documents mentioned have their own place
in the hierarchy: the laws adopted by Parliament are followed by the regulations of the
Cabinet of Ministers and the latter are of a higher level than the binding regulations
adopted by the municipalities.1 All issues concerning EU gender equality law are regulated
predominantly by laws of Parliament, and in exceptional situations, by the regulations of
the Cabinet of Ministers, but never by the regulations adopted by the municipalities.
The court system in Latvia is as follows: there are three courts levels: city (district) courts
(first instance); regional courts (second instance for appeal); and the Supreme Court (the
third instance for cassation). There are two types of courts: administrative (dealing with
relations between private persons and the state executive power) and regular (dealing
with criminal or civil cases). There is a Constitutional Court (Satversmes tiesa) which
supervises to ensure that the legal norms correspond to the Constitution. Private parties
have the right to lodge a constitutional complaint if they believe that the legal norms do
not correspond to the human rights as provided by the Constitution.
1.2List of main legislation transposing and implementing the directives
The main legislation transposing and implementing the EU gender equality law (Directive
2006/54/EC and Article 157 of the TFEU, Directive 92/85/EEC and 2010/18/EU) in the field
of employment is:
-the Labour Law;2
-the Law on the State Civil Service;3
-the Law on Service in the System of the Interior and Imprisonment System;4
-the Military Service Law;5
-the Home Guards of the Republic of Latvia Law;6
-the Law on Orphan’s Courts;7
-the Law on Judicial Authority;8
-the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office;9
-The Military Service Law;10
-the Law on the Prevention of Corruption and the Bureau for Combating Corruption;11
-the Unemployed and Job-seekers Support Law;12
1The Constitution of the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republikas Satversme), Official Gazette No. 43, 1 July
1993.
2Darba likums, Official Gazette No. 105, 6 July 2001.
3Valsts civildienesta likums, Official Gazette No. 331/333, 22 September 2000.
4Iekšlietu ministrijas sistmas iestžu un Ieslodzjuma vietu prvaldes amatpersonu ar specilajm dienesta
pakpm dienesta gaitas likums, Official Gazette No. 101, 30 June 2006.
5Militr dienesta likums, Official Gazette No. 91, 18 June 2002.
6Latvijas Republikas Zemessardzes likums, Official Gazette No. 82, 26 May 2010.
7Britiesu likums, Official Gazette No. 107, 7 July 2006.
8Likums “Par tiesu varu”, Official Gazette No. 1/2, 14 January 1993.
9Prokuratras likums, Official Gazette No. 65, 2 June 1994.
10Militr dienesta likums, Official Gazette No. 91, 18 June 2002.
11Korupcijas novršanas un apkarošanas biroja likums, Official Gazette No. 65, 30 April 2002.
12Bezdarbnieku un darba mekltju atbalsta likums, Official Gazette No. 80, 29 May 2002.

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