This section provides an overview of national human rights structures across various governance levels, including public authorities, parliamentary committees, government agencies, and civil society. Some, like equality bodies and data protection authorities, are mandated by EU law, while others address EU fundamental rights when required by legislation. The roles and structures of these national bodies continue to change over time.
Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No 784 of 19 December 2023 on the statutes of the Child Protection Centre (Ministru kabineta 2023. gada 19. decembra noteikumi Nr. 784, ‘Bērnu aizsardzības centra nolikums’)
Directive 2011/93/EUof the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1)
Regulation (EU) 2016/679of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1)
Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No 237 of 29 April 2003 on the by-laws of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministru kabineta 2003. gada 29. aprīļa noteikumi Nr. 237 ‘Ārlietu ministrijas nolikums’)