ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Viktorija Soņeca

Viktorija Soņeca is a Lecturer at the Riga Graduate School of Law, a Legal Adviser at the Supreme Court of Latvia, and an LL.M. and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Latvia.

POSTS BY Viktorija Soņeca

06 August 2025

Viktorija Soņeca

Rodina And Borisova V. Latvia And The Principle Of Self-Defending Democracy

The ECtHR, in its recent judgment on 10 July 2025 in the case of Rodina and Borisova v. Latvia, examined the applicants’ complaints regarding the refusals of domestic authorities to authorize the assemblies they wished to hold on 9 May and 23 September 2014. The ECtHR analyzed the freedom of peaceful assembly within the context of the principle of self-defending democracy. It reaffirmed that no one should be permitted to invoke the provisions of the ECHR to weaken or destroy the ideals and values of a democratic society. Continue reading >>