Latvia should analyse judgments of the European Court of Human Rights on inviolability of private life to prevent duly imperfections of laws and to increase level of observation of human rights when performing preventive measures of operational activity – lecturers and representatives of law enforcement institutions, the Saeima and ministries, when meeting in the Supreme Court at a seminar about legal regulation and carrying out of operational activities.

Linards Mucins, who participated in drafting of Law on Operative Activity in the beginning of 90-ties of the 20th century, in the beginning of seminar discussions told about aims and process of creation of law. He stressed that the law is written well in its basis and there would be no need to write a new law. L.Mucins indicated several fields to be improved, for example, information acquired during carrying out of operative activity, should be linked more with criminal proceedings, as well as opportunity of provision of constitutional defence rights should be implemented and rights and responsibilities of subjects of operative activity should be established precisely.

Aloizs Vaznis, the sworn advocate drew attention that at present an advocate doesn’t have an opportunity to appeal against operative activity performed in special way, accepted by a judge. So, advocates are not able to verify, if human rights of a person are observed in process of carrying out operative activity performed in special way.

Walter Kego, the Senior Fellow of Swedish Institute of Security and Development Policy also participated in seminar, and he told about methods of Swedish police in combating crimes, as well as about peculiarities of carrying out operative activity measures in Sweden.

During discussion, participants also discussed legal regulation for carrying out operative activity measures in other countries, for example, Lithuania, Estonia and Germany.

Seminar “Operative activity: legal regulation and organisational problems” was organised by Riga University named by P.Stradins with support of the Division of Provision of Regime of Secrecy of the Supreme Court. Parliamentarians, officials of Prosecutor’s General office, Ombudsman’s Bureau, the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau, the Ministry of Defence, State Revenue Service, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice and the Constitution Protection Bureau, lecturers of Riga University named by P.Stradins, representatives of the Supreme Court and sworn advocates participated in the seminar.

 

 

Information prepared by

Rasma Zvejniece, the Head of the Division of Communication of the Supreme Court

E-mail: rasma.zvejniece@at.gov.lv, telephone: 67020396, 28652211