To mark International Day of the Person with Disability, the Ombudsman presented a brief assessment of the activity developed by the telephone line especially dedicated to supporting these fellow citizens. Throughout 2022, in the period between 1st January and 30th November, the Disabled Citizens’ Line received 502 calls, a number that exceeds the total received in the previous year. Evolution…
The NPM – National Preventive Mechanism carried out joint visits to places of detention with its UK counterpart in November. The British NPM participated in the visits to the Detention Space at Lisbon Airport and to the Torres Novas prison establishment, and the Portuguese NPM team took part in the inspection of Garth prison, in Lancashire. The joint visits stem…
A Provedora de Justiça enviou ao Secretário de Estado do Ambiente e da Energia um ofício sugerindo alterações ao PAES – Programa de Apoio a Edifícios Mais Sustentáveis, destinadas a evitar, de futuro, a repetição de constrangimentos e iniquidades que levaram a mais de uma centena de queixas ao longo do último ano. Com base na experiência resultante da instrução…
Representing the Portuguese Ombudsman, the adviser Carla Vicente participated, on 31 October, in a Seminar on Responsible Gaming, organized by the Gaming Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association. The Seminar took place in the context of the procedure underway, in Brazil, to regulate the gaming market, and the topic was addressed in an interdisciplinary manner, with the presence of…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received a delegation from the Ministry of Justice of the Bavarian State Government, headed by Minister Georg Eisenreich and accompanied by the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Julia Monar, in an audience on 3 November. During the meeting, several aspects related to the history and the national and international activity of the Ombudsman…
At the start of the academic year and once the placement procedure that applied the new regime of mobility due to illness of teachers has been completed, the Ombudsman addressed an initial appraisal of this regime to the Minister of Education, requesting that he issue a statement, specifically in relation to the convenience of its integration within a suitable general…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received, on 25 October, the Parliamentary Secretary of State of the Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany, Benjamin Strasser, accompanied by the Head of Division for Coordination and Cooperation Affairs within the European Union, Lutz Roth, and the Minister Counsellor of the German Embassy, Ludwig Blaurock. During the meeting, issues related to the role of…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the solemn session to commemorate the approval of the Constitution of 1822. The session took place on 23 September, in the Assembly of the Republic, in the scope of the Commemorations of the Bicentennial of Constitutionalism.
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the solemn ceremony of the commemorations of the 112th anniversary of the implementation of the Republic, that took place in Praça do Município, in Lisbon.
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia AMARAL, participated on 21 October in the second and last day of the 16th Annual Meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council. The meeting took place in Gaia under the theme “The Independence of the Judicial Power”.