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Presentations and articles

17.01.2025
The work of the Supreme Court is focused on efficiency and quality (in Latvian)
Speech at the Annual Report Plenary Session of the Supreme Court

17.11.2024
Without feeling and seeing justice, one does not feel safe (in Latvian)
Address to the judges of Latvia on the occasion of the Independence Day

23.05.2024
European Union law in the hands of judges (in Latvian)
Opening address at the conference "Values of the European Union – Responsibility of Every National Judge”

23.05.2024
The principle of judicial independence within the functioning of European Union law (in Latvian)
Keynote speech at the conference " Values of the European Union – Responsibility of Every National Judge "

17.05.2024
The modern-day judge must keep up with the times (in Latvian)
Keynote speech at the Latvian Judges Conference

02.05.2024
Challenges for the European Union judge in balancing the internal market and social policy (in Latvian)
Co-report at the Conference of the Court of Justice of the European Union "20 years since the accession of 10 States to the European Union: A new constitutional moment for Europe"

19.01.2024
We can achieve our goals through cooperation (in Latvian)
Speech at the Annual Report Plenary Session of the Supreme Court

12.01.2024 
The judiciary is able to deal with its own challenges and problems (in Latvian)
Speech at the launch of the book "Collection of the findings of the Judicial Ethics Commission 2017-2023"

05.12.2023
The Constitution provides for judges who are human beings, not robots (in Latvian)
Address at the Riga Regional Court conference "Ensuring the Rule of Law in the Digitalization of Legal Proceedings"

19.12.2023
Administrative courts on the threshold of their 20th anniversary (in Latvian)
Editorial in the magazine "Jurista Vārds"

21.09.2023
The mechanisms of democracy must be operated reasonably (in Latvian)
Opening and closing speech at the international conference "The Role of the Judiciary in Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights" organised by the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court

05.09.2023
Lack of reasoning in a judicial decision as grounds for disciplinary liability of a judge (in Latvian)
Publication in the magazine "Jurista Vārds"

19.05.2023
The judicial system is expensive, therefore it is our obligation to run it efficiently (in Latvian)
Address at the Latvian Judges Conference

27.04.2023
The unique challenge of the administrative court - to maintain its impartiality (in Latvian)
Speech at the seminar organised by the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union (ACA-Europe) in cooperation with the Supreme Court " The judge and inert administration. Administrative discretionary power"

27.01.2023
We are watched and expected to deliver (in Latvian)
Speech at the Annual Report Plenary Session of the Supreme Court

05.12.2022
Courts must not be idle (in Latvian)
Address at the Conference of the Riga Regional Court

14.10.2022
Corporate governance: legal or moral responsibility (in Latvian)
Speech at the 20th Anniversary Conference of the Commercial Law

09.09.2022
Limits of constitutionality review in Senate rulings (in Latvian)
Report at the Conference "The Role of the Supreme Court in Strengthening the Values ​​of the Constitution"

27.05.2022
Senate’s rulings have cultural and historical significance (in Latvian)
Address at the opening of the book “Senate reads the Constitution”

20.05.2022
Society's need for a fair and independent court (in Latvian)
Address and keynote speech at the Latvian Judges Conference

15.02.2022
A fair court (in Latvian)
Essay in the special issue of journal "Jurista Vārds" dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Constitution

10.02.2022
The judge's highest loyalty duty is towards the people (in Latvian)
Address at the opening of the biographical dictionary of the Supreme Court and regional courts’ judges "Latvian Judges 1990-2020"

21.01.2022
On the work of the Supreme Court in 2021 and objectives for 2022 (in Latvian)
Summary of the Annual Report Plenary Session of the Supreme Court

03.12.2021
A forum for judges for discussing the reasoning structure of court rulings should be promoted in the European judicial space (in Latvian)
Opening address of the conference “Efficiency of Legal Proceedings: Role of the Judgement of Cassation Instance and Drafting Technique Used by Court of Cassation”

07.10.2021
Our goal is to make Latvia an inconvenient place for money launderers (in Latvian)
Address at the International Symposium on Money Laundering: Current Trends and Future Challenges in Combating Money Laundering

31.03.2021
The position of a judge is not an easy burden (in Latvian)
Address to the judges of the Economic Court on the day the Economic Court commences operation

11.03.2021
Being a European judge today is a task that is not for the fearful (in Latvian)
An address in the webinar of the Constitutional Court “The Role of the Constitutional Court in Assessing the Compliance of Laws with the Law of the European Union”

22.01.2021
We are one court (in Latvian)
Address at the Annual Report Plenary Session of the of the Supreme Court

18.01.2021
Modern court management: court must ensure society’s expectations (in Latvian)
Address at the seminar of chairs and deputy chairs of courts at the Latvian Judicial Training Centre

11.12.2020 and 17.12.2020 
Congratulations on joining the circle of members of the judiciary! (in Latvian)
Address at the oath taking ceremony of the new advocates

11.12.2020
The rule of law cannot exist merely hypothetically, the operation of the law must be visible (in Latvian)
Commentary in the think tank of constitutional ideas organized by the Constitutional Court “How to strengthen the rule of law so that a person feels safe? Improving the efficiency of execution of Constitutional Court rulings”

17.11.2020
High-quality court work strengthens the Latvian State (in Latvian)
Address to the Supreme Court team at the event dedicated to National Day

06.11.2020
A quality bar has been set for others to strive for (in Latvian)
Address at the Notary of the Year Award Ceremony

02.10.2020
For 25 years, the Senate has been preserving and developing the values ​​laid down in the foundations of the cassation instance (in Latvian)
Address at the restored Senate 25th anniversary event on October 2, 2020

02.10.2020
There can be no hiding behind the judicial robe anymore (in Latvian)
From the discussion "Senator's Personality" at the renewed 25-year event of the Senate

28.09.2020
The institutional prestige or weight of the Judicial Council in the overall system of the State must be strengthened (in Latvian)
Address at the solemn sitting of the Judicial Council

16.09.2020
On the duty of a judge to participate in local government elections (in Latvian)
Application to the Judicial Ethics Commission

05.09.2020
The national economy depends on the work of the court (in Latvian)
Extract from the discussion "On Judicial Power and Justice" at the Conversation Festival LAMPA

03.09.2020
The rule of law must be strengthened by everybody according to their area of competence (in Latvian)
Extract from the discussion "Building the Rule of Law Together" at the Conversation Festival LAMPA

10.07.2020
There is no need to be afraid of "leaders from the sidelines" (in Latvian)
Address at the swearing in of the Prosecutor General

30.06.2020
The key elements: logic, simplification, focus on the essential (in Latvian)
Address at a meeting with State Revenue Service employees

30.03.2020
View on the situation and development of the Senate and the judiciary (in Latvian)
Hearing of the candidate for the position of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by the Judicial Council