The Ombudsman sent a new recommendation to the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security highlighting the urgency of guaranteeing timely access to the Social Insertion Benefit (PSI) by persons with disabilities. The new recommendation arises from the continuous receipt of complaints that show that the effectiveness of the PSI is not guaranteed, primarily as a result of the delay…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in a conference on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, promoted by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatović. How to protect human rights, holistically and in all sectors of activity, in the face of accelerating reliance on digital technologies and automation based on access to personal data, and what…
The Ombudsman sent a Recommendation to the Government to promote approval of a new and appropriate regime of protection for teachers during illness, that includes the possibility of adapting the teaching load and functions exercised to the respective state of health. Regarding the system of teachers’ mobility due to illness, it was also recommended that the list of illnesses that…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, and by the Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, at the signature of a Protocol between the General Directorate of Reinsertion and Prison Services, the General Inspectorate of Internal Administration and the General Inspectorate of Justice Services. This Protocol aims to improve institutional communication in situations of…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present in the conference organized by the National Trade Union of the Portuguese Justices of the Peace, on 27 January, dedicated to the topic: “20 years of the Justices of the Peace”. The Ombudsman participated in the Closing Session of the conference.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, delivered a Magna Lecture on “Studying Law, Being a Lawyer”, on 28th February 2023, in the Main Auditorium of the Law School of the University of Minho, in Braga, at the invitation of the Law Students’ Association of the University of Minho. The participation of the Ombudsman was part of the “Law Week” event, organized…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated, on 27 February 2023, in the Opening Session of the Post-Graduate E-Learning Course on “Gender Policy: Equality and Non-Discrimination”, promoted by the Academy of Sciences in partnership with the University of Évora under the UNESCO Chair in Education and Science for Development and Human Well-Being (EDUWELL). The EDUWELL Chair is the result of a…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the launch of the book “Women’s Human Rights”, that took place in the Assembly of the Republic on 23 February, 2023. The book “Women’s Human Rights” was organized by Margarida Martins, Mariana Cunha and Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque and published by the Portuguese Catholic University.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the swearing-in of the members of the Entity for Transparency, which took place on 15 February 2023, in the Public Acts Room of the Constitutional Court (Palácio Ratton, Lisbon). The members of the Transparency Body were sworn in that day: the President, Ana Raquel Moniz; the Members, Mónica Maria Bessa Correia and…
The Deputy Ombudsman participated via telematics in a meeting hosted by the European Commission on 13 February 2023, presenting the Ombudsman’s contributions to the Rule of Law Report 2023. In the context of preparing the edition of the (annual) Rule of Law Report, the European Commission consults various sources, including written contributions submitted by national authorities and entities, and conducts…