I never comment on court decisions, Gil-Robles told journalists.
The court has been reading the verdict for 10 days. The hearings were adjourned till Monday.
In my opinion, the judicial system should be independent and suffer no political or economic pressure, he added.
The commissioner did not comment on the observation of human rights in Latvia, either. He said he would have commented on this issue if he was staying in Latvia at the moment.
Gil-Robles condemned the existence of 'non-citizens' in any country.
All people have rights and should be treated like people, he said.
On May 17, the Latvian government submitted to the country's parliament the draft law on the ratification of the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities with 2 provisions. This draft law withdraws Latvia's 450,000 Russian-speaking non-citizens from the jurisdiction of the convention.
