The Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia has adopted a law:

On Rehabilitation of Unlawfully Repressed Persons

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia has decided:

1. To rehabilitate all persons who, on the basis of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, have been repressed without court rulings, convicted, or against whom criminal cases have been terminated on the basis of non-exonerating circumstances:

1) for the activities in the territory of Latvia until introduction of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR on 26 November 1940 which, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Latvia, were not recognised as crimes;

2) for the activities provided for in Sections 58.1-58.14 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, except for the persons who, within the international legal understanding, are guilty of crimes against peace, crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and criminal offences against non-combatants, and also the persons who are guilty of falsifying criminal cases;

3) for the activities provided for in Sections 59.4-59.6, 60-62, 64, 66, 68-70, 79.1-79.4, 84.a, 87.a, 122, 192.a, Section 193.7, Clause "d", Section 193.10.a of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR;

4) for the activities provided for in Sections 59.10, 59.13, 81, 84, 121, Section 182, Paragraphs one and four of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR if they are related to committing such activities for which rehabilitation is intended.

2. Persons who have been rehabilitated in accordance with this legal act or other legal acts and who were held criminally liable for the activities provided for in Section 82 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR are rehabilitated also according to this Section.

3. To rehabilitate all persons who have been convicted or against whom criminal cases have been terminated on the basis of non-exonerating circumstances for the activities which were provided for in Section 7 of the USSR law of 25 December 1958 On Criminal Liability for Crimes against the State and in Section 65 (in the wording of decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Latvian SSR of 6 January and 21 August 1961, and also 23 February 1984) and Section 183.1 of the Criminal Code of Latvian SSR.

4. In the cases indicated in Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Law, any person to whom compulsory measure of medical nature has been applied by a court decision shall also be rehabilitated.

5. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this Law shall apply to the inhabitants of Latvia who have been convicted, repressed without court rulings, or against whom criminal cases have been terminated on the basis of non-exonerating circumstances in the territory of Latvia for the activities which have been committed in the territory of Latvia or outside it, and also to the inhabitants of Latvia who were repressed outside the territory of Latvia after 17 June 1940.

Chairperson of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia A. Gorbunovs

Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia I. Daudišs

Rīga, 3 August 1990

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