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Latvia

This section offers a summary of the main legislation on transitional justice adopted by the member state and, when available, a pdf with the document, together with the main decisions of national and international tribunals in relation to these measures. This is a non exhaustive list and will be updated and completed in a permanent basis. We also offer images of the museums that deal with memory issues in each EU country.

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Legislation

 

Main provisions

Year

Law Concerning the Rehabilitation of Illegally Repressed People (see text here)

1990

Law Concerning Lands Reform in the Rural Areas of the Republic of Latvia (see text here)

1990

Law Concerning Amnesty for Persons Punished for Military Crimes

1991

Law Concerning the Free Development of National and Ethnic Groups and their Rights to Cultural Autonomy

1991

Decision Concerning the Anti-constitutional Activities on the Latvian Communist Party in the Latvian Republic

1991

Decision On the Cessation of the Activities of the Security Services of the USSR in the Republic of Latvia

1991

Law Concerning the Denationalization of Private Real Estate in the Republic of Latvia and Law Concerning the Return of Real Estate to Lawful Owners (see text here)

1992

Law on Citizenship (see text here)

1995

Saeima Election Law (see text here)

1995

Law Concerning the Determination of Repressed Status for Persons Who Suffered under the Communist and Nazi Regimes (amended in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2004)

1995

Commission of the Historians of Latvia (see progress report)

 1998

Declaration on condemnation of the totalitarian communist occupation regime implemented in Latvia by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (see text here)

2005

 

MAPS

Repressive regime