8th – 11th February 2016 – Participation in the Twinning Project Support to Establishment of Ombudsman Institution, Ankara, Turkey

The Portuguese Ombudsman will be in Turkey from 8th until 11th February. In this journey, made within the Twinning Project Support to Establishment of Ombudsman Institution, will be taking place several activities in order to discuss issues related with the exercise of this State body, mainly skills, decision-making procedures, and violence against women.The Portuguese Ombudsman will also strengthen the relations…

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The Portuguese Ombudsman marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation

Offenses against freedom, physical integrity, health and, ultimately, to the woman’s life cannot be, under any circumstances, based on a tradition anchored in a profound gender inequality. It is intolerable to conceive women (and children of the feminine gender) as unequal human beings, with their fundamental rights reduced. As an unshakeable advocate for human rights, the Portuguese Ombudsman strongly condemns…

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The Ombudsman marks the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

As time goes by, certain events acquire the lightness of a hazy memory, blurred by the frantic pace of everyday life. However, there are moments in our history that cannot be smoothed. In the World War II where thousands of people were killed because of their difference, decimated and abused on behalf of a (pseudo) perfection of the human being…

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