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Policy Document

Changes in the Criminal Law

Year

2013

Country

Latvia

Topic

Family & Children

Subtopic

Marriage & Registered Partnerships

Keywords

Civil unions Family formation Family forms Registered partnerships Spouses

Main implications

Section 303 in the Criminal Law was changed in 2012 to strengthen the individual’s right to not provide evidence against one's family, relative, or a person sharing the same household during a criminal process. Therefore these changes recognise cohabitation de facto.

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Requirements for its application

The requirement of proving that the person who should give evidence and the person involved in the criminal process share the same household.

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

Changes in Criminal Law Section 303 protect persons sharing the same household, when one is involved in a criminal process.

Criteria for coverage

The Criminal Law does not contain specific criteria (age or gender) for persons who can benefit from these changes.

Does this document allow for registered partnership?

No

Does this document recognize cohabitation as a legal union?

No

Read the Law

Full Text Source in English

Criminal Law. http://www.vvc.gov.lv/export/sites/default/docs/LRTA/Citi/The_Criminal_Law.doc

Original full text source in native language

Krimināllikums. Latvijas Vēstnesis", 199/200 (1260/1261), 08.07.1998., "Ziņotājs", 15, 04.08.1998.
Grozījumi Krimināllikumā. "Latvijas Vēstnesis", 202 (4805), 27.12.2012.

Full text web source in English

http://www.vvc.gov.lv/export/sites/default/docs/LRTA/Citi/The_Criminal_Law.doc

Original full text web source in native language

http://likumi.lv/doc.php

Comments & Clarifications

Only part of the documents is translated into English.

Secondary Literature & Sources

Secondary literature

Putniņa, A., et al. “Reģistrētas un nereģistrētas kopdzīves faktoru salīdzinoša analīze”. Latvijas Universitāte, Publiskās antropoloģijas centrs, Riga, 2015. Available at: http://www.antropologija.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/projekti/antropologi

Links to databases and sources for the analysis or evaluation of this policy field

http://www.tiesibsargs.lv/files/content/Partnerattiecibu_konsultativa_padome/Partnerattiecibas_MK_atbilde_TS_16032012.pdf

Author

Ilze Mileiko
University of Latvia

Data collected in the framework of the Population Europe Research Finder and Archive (PERFAR)

Cite as

SPLASH-db.eu (2015): Policy: "Changes in the Criminal Law" (Information provided by Ilze Mileiko). Available at: https://splash-db.eu [Date of access].