Legislation and International Law Adviser to the President of Latvia

Kristīne Līce has represented Latvia at the European Court of Human Rights since May 2012, and since June 2019 she has also been the Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and since June 2022 – the Head of the Legal Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2021, Kristīne Līce was elected Chair of the Council of Europe's Human Rights Coordination Committee for two years.

Kristīne Līce joined the Foreign Service in 1994 as a Specialist in the International Law Division. She later became Head of the International Law Division and then worked at the Permanent Missions of Latvia to the UN in Geneva and New York.

Kristīne Līce holds a law degree from the University of Latvia, and has furthered her studies at Oxford University's Diplomacy Studies Programme.

Education

1998 – Diploma in Diplomatic Studies, University of Oxford

1996 – Qualification as a lawyer, Bachelor of Laws, University of Latvia

Languages

• Latvian – native
• English
• Russian
• French
• Italian

Professional activity

July 2022–July 2023 – Head of the Legal Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia - Representative of Latvia to international human rights institutions

June 2019–July 2022 – Representative of Latvia to international human rights institutions, Acting Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

May 2012–June 2019 – Representative of Latvia to international human rights institutions

August 2006–May 2011 – Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations in New York

October 2002–August 2006 – Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations in New York

September 2001–October 2002 – Representative of the Cabinet of Ministers to international human rights organisations

November 1998–August 2002 – Acting Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, later Director

July 1994–November 1998 – Specialist, Referent, Senior Referent, Head of the International Law Division of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs