Board of Religious Affairs
Acting chief:
Jekaterina Macuka
Contacts:
Address: Palasta 10 (4th floor), Riga, LV-1050
Tel.: 67210062
Fax: 67220585
E-mail: rlp@rlp.gov.lv
Religious Organizations Registration Division of BRA: 67212374
About us
Board of Religious Affairs is a governmental institution being under supervision authority of the Ministry of Justice.
Pursuant to the Article 5 part Five of Law on Religious Organizations, the Board of Religious Affairs shall be in charge of handling relations between the state and religious organisations and, if religious organisations so request, shall provide the required assistance in solving organisational, legal and other issues.
Article 51 of the said Law provides that the Board of Religious Affairs is a governmental institution being under supervision authority of the Ministry of Justice. The Cabinet of Ministers ratifies its Regulation.
The Board of Religious Affairs is led by a Chief who is appointed to the position and dismissed from the position by the Cabinet of Ministers at the Minister of Justice’s suggestion and who is responsible for the work of the Board and the performance of its functions.
Within the competence set by laws and other normative acts the Board of Religious Affairs ensures fulfilment and co-ordination of State’s policy on religious affairs, it deals with issues connected with mutual relations between the State and religious organizations, it monitors the effectiveness of State’s legal regulation on practicing religion and it proposes motions about measures to be taken to avert violations of human rights guaranteed in the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and in the international agreements on religious sphere as well as conditions promoting them.
* The Board of Religious Affairs is a legal entity with separated budget financing, separated property, an independent balance, a stamp with the supplemented small image of the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Latvia and the complete name of the institution, other attributes and a budget account at the State Treasury.
