In Latvia, you, your representative or your attorney-at-law, can regularly ask the investigative judge, or the court, if the trial has started, to consider whether the grounds and the need to keep you in a mental health care institution still persist.

Investigative judge or the court

In certain cases, the review has to be initiated by the investigative judge or the court itself.

The Criminal Procedure Law explains who can initiate and conduct the review of your security measure, when it can be done and how.

Resources

Last updated 21/03/2024