1990 - 1994
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Latvia
Gvido Zemribo
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24th of January, 1990
When New York Committee of Lawyers of Human Rights had invited me to visit the USA, I had only one thought in my mind: to tell about our ideas, how we would like to reform our court system in Latvia. Unfortunately, circumstances are stronger than our plans. If democracy in Latvia dies, we won’t need neither courts, nor reforms of law. When I went to the USA during my previous visits, I usually told one word, and other nine I had kept in my mind (we, judges, all over the world are a bit conservative). But today I will tell you everything, what I really think of situation in Latvia, of historical, political and juridical aspects of these events.
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