Medical information constitutes a special category of personal data requiring a particularly high level of protection. Attorney-at-law Ronalds Rožkalns explains lawyers’ obligations concerning the processing, storage and confidentiality of clients’ medical records and other health data. Read the original publication in Latvian
Attorney-at-law Ronalds Rožkalns commented for Latvian Radio on the legal issues surrounding the physical restraint of vulnerable patients in hospitals. The discussion addressed the need for clear legal safeguards, medical justification, proportionality, proper supervision and documentation. Read more and listen to the programme in Latvian
Attorney-at-law Ronalds Rožkalns participated in a TV3 discussion on medical errors, professional liability and patient safety, including the legal implications of failures in medical treatment and the risks associated with non-disclosure of medical errors. Read more and watch the discussion in Latvian
Attorney-at-law Ronalds Rožkalns participated in the Latvian Television investigative programme Aizliegtais paņēmiens, discussing current problems in the operation of Latvia’s Medical Treatment Risk Fund — the statutory compensation scheme for patients who have suffered harm as a result of medical treatment. The programme examined practical difficulties faced by patients seeking compensation and broader concerns regarding the […]
On 16 December 2019, the Council of Europe HELP course on Key Human Rights Principles in Biomedicine (Bioethics) was launched for a group of 35 judges, prosecutors, lawyers and healthcare professionals. European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) is aimed to train judges, lawyers and prosecutors, but also other professionals, where relevant, on European […]
Under the joint EU-Council of Europe project ‘European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals in the European Union’ (HELP in the EU) 75 judges and prosecutors and lawyers from 12 EU member states met in Strasbourg on 7 and 8 March 2019 for a seminar on bioethics and the launch of the HELP course.
Ronalds Rozkalns, attorney at law, as expert participated in international conference “Free and informed consent as a core principle of the protection of human rights in the field of biomedicine” in Minsk, Belarus, on 8 December 2017.
A collection of articles aimed at the principle of legal certainty and principle of protection of legitimate expectations as integral part of democratic society has been recently published by the publishing house “Tiesu namu aģentūra”. The collection of articles has been developed on the ground of thesis of conference ” The State Consequence in […]
As a part of the Council of Europe’s (CoE) ‘HELP in the 28’ programme the new interactive and self-paced course on the “Right to the integrity of the person (Bioethics)” was launched. The right to integrity of the person (RIOP) is based on what it means to be a person. Each person’s physical and mental […]
During Advocacy days Ronalds Rozkalns, attorney at law will provide free-of-charge legal consultations in medical law issues on 16.03.2015. Advance application by phone +371 29427866 or by e-mail: ronalds.rozkalns@medlaw.lv .