The Palace of Justice () is a set of courthouses and administrative buildings in Riga. It is the location of sittings of the Supreme Court of Latvia, of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia and the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice.
Between 1918 and 1940 the highest judicial power in Latvia was the Senate of Latvia ('). The first section of the building was constructed between 1936 and 1938 as a new home for the Senate and the Ministry of Justice under the authoritarian regime of KÃÂrlis Ulmanis. The foundation stone was laid by War Minister JÃÂnis Balodis and it was officially opened by Justice Minister Hermanis Apsëtis. The building was not completed in full before the Second World War. The wing which today accommodates the Supreme Court was constructed during the Stalinist era.
During the alternating Nazi and Soviet occupations the building was home to the Reich Commissariat and the Latvian SSR Council of Ministers. Since the 1990s the usual meeting place of the Cabinet of Latvia has been the old Senate chamber.
The building is located on Brëvëbas bulvÃÂris (Freedom Boulevard) at the triangular intersection of Elizabetes iela, TÃÂrbatas iela (Tartu street) and Brëvëbas. Next door is the Riga Regional Court (Rëgas apgabaltiesa).