The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, attended the military ceremony commemorating the 113th anniversary of the National Republican Guard (GNR). The event took place on 3 May at Praça do Império, in Lisbon.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, attended the opening of the cycle of conferences organised on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Data Protection Commission. The event took place on 20 February in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, attended the opening of the 6th edition of the PSP’s Police Management and Strategy Course, which took place on 14 February at the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security in Lisbon.
On 7 June, the Ombudsman obtained the renewal of its accreditation as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), maintaining the maximum ‘A’ status it has held since 1999. The demanding accreditation process takes place periodically under the auspices of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), in order to assess and certify the degree of compliance of NHRIs…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, spoke at the opening session of the 1st Forum of Professional Bodies. Organised by the National Council of Professional Bodies (CNOP), the event took place on 9 May in the Salão Nobre of the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, took part in the opening session of the IV European Congress on Child-Friendly Justice. Promoted by ComDignitatis, the Congress took place on 6 and 7 May at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, travelled to Tábua on 10 April to preside over the solemn session commemorating Municipal Day, at the invitation of the municipality.
The Ombudsperson, Mária Lúcia Amaral, took part in the conference organised by the League of Africans and Friends of Africa and the Angolan House of Culture on the theme ‘Portugal, what future for immigrants’.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received the Ukrainian Ambassador to Portugal, Maryna Mykhailenko, on 28 November, at the first hearing held in the Ombudsman’s new premises.
The Ombudsman was represented by the Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Miguel Feldmann, at the conference marking World Mental Health Day (10th October), organised by the National Coordination of Mental Health Policies and the National Health Service (Ministry of Health) in partnership with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Miguel Feldmann has taken part as a speaker in the conference on…