The commemoration of Children’s Day, this 1st June, provides an opportunity for the Ombudsman to present the community with a balance, albeit very brief, of the activity that has been developed in relation to the protection and defense of the rights of the youngest. Since 1993, the Provedoria’s services have made available a telephone line especially dedicated to issues related…
The Ombudsman submitted to the Constitutional Court a request for a declaration of unconstitutionality, with mandatory general force, of the norms included in numbers 5 and 6 of article 6, of Law nr. 27/2021, of May 17th, that approves the Portuguese Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Era. To read the appeal click here [in Portuguese only].
At the end of the Auto and IVAucher programs, the Ombudsman sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Fiscal Affairs, alerting to the receipt of various complaints in relation to both programs, in particular in relation to difficulties in access to the benefits granted by these programs due to reasons beyond the responsibility of taxpayers. Amongst the most…
The Ombudsman was present at the Annual Meeting for Evaluation of the Activity of the Commissions for Protection of Children and Youth (CPCJ) that took place between June 22 and 24, in Reguengos de Monsaraz. Maria Lúcia Amaral gave the inaugural lecture around the theme of the Meeting – Children in a context of crisis. To read the Ombudsman’s communication…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, attended the solemn commemorative session of the Lawyer’s Day, which took place on the 19th, at the Library of the National Palace of Mafra. In this session, the Gold Medal and the Medal of Honor of the Portuguese Bar Association were awarded, as well as the Medal of Honor for lawyers with 50 years of…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participated in the opening session of the Seminar on Juvenile Justice. Organized by Lusófona University, the seminar took place on May 18 and focused on public policies aimed at preventing deviant and disruptive behavior in the context of the pandemic.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, was present at the commemorative session of the creation of the Supreme Court of Justice, which took place on May 16.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, attended the XXII International Congress of Real Estate Law. The Congress took place at the Alfândega Congress Center in Oporto, under the themes “The Land Registry and Globalization” and “Sustainable Development – the role of the real estate registry in the challenges of the XXI century”.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the IOI-International Ombudsman Institute, held from 10 to 12 May, in New York. As part of the meeting, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the IOI and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), with a view to developing and implementing…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participated in the meeting “Sexual abuse of children: knowing the past, taking care of the future”. Promoted by the Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse against Children in the Catholic Church in Portugal, the meeting took place on 10 May at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon.