nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210202-235854-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210202s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210202-235854-0 doi eng 342 23 Engīzers, Kalvis Author aut Defining the Modern Family The Latvian Constitutional Court, the Definition of “Family”, and Parliamentary Bitterness Engīzers, Kalvis Verfassungsblog 2021-02-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In November 2020, the Constitutional Court of Latvia recognised that the Constitution of Latvia (Satversme) obliges the state to protect all families, including those established by same-sex couples. The judgement was met with considerable political backlash and at the beginning of January prompted the right‑wing party Nacionālā Apvienība to submit an initiative to amend the Satversme with a new, excluding definition of family. Perhaps more worrisome is how the amendment and the associated campaign openly attack the authority of the Constitutional Court. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 family Latvian Constitutional Court LGBT Rights Melnika, Madara Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/defining-the-modern-family/ raw object