Latvian parliamentarians claimed before the Constitutional Court that certain employers were not paying social insurance premiums into a fund for their employees; failure of State to ensure all social insurance premiums paid by employers; use of international human rights law; State obliged to develop efficient mechanism of implementation for guaranteeing right to social security; social insurance legislation ineffective.
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The case demonstrates the potential for Constitutional Courts to apply international and constitutional standards on economic, social and cultural rights and monitor the implementation of programmes designed to realise social security rights, particular the regulation of private actors.
Claimant: Representative of Deputies Leader of Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party Tel: 7087205 Email: Egils.Baldzens@saeima.lv Claimant’s Lawyer: Vairis REINHOLDS Blugers un PLaude Vīlandes ielā 12, Riga LV–1010, Latvia Tel: +371 7 225231, Tel: +371 7 220718, Tel: +371 7 221050, Fax: +371 7 820612 Parliament’s Lawyer: Gunârs Kusiòð Saeima Jekaba iela 11 Riga LV 1811 Latvia Tel: +371 708 7154 Fax: Saeima Presidium: 7830333 Email: gkusins@saeima.lv