The Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, participated in the Prison Guard Career 2023 Initial Training Course with the presentation of a class on “People Deprived of Liberty and Human Rights”, on 12 May 2023. The course takes place at the Training Centre of the General Directorate of Reintegration and Prison Services, in Caxias.
On 5th May, the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, attended the Last Class of Professor Rui Manuel Gens Moura Ramos, Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, marking his recent retirement. Afonso Patrão gave the last class of Rui Moura Ramos, fulfilling the tradition of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra that determines that…
The Head of the Ombudsman’s Office, Eva Gaspar, was present at the ceremony to award the third edition of the German-Portuguese Journalism Prize, that took place in the Goethe-Institut Auditorium, in Lisbon, on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, organized by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award distinguishes, every year, the best journalistic works published in…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in the commemorations of the centennial of Francisco Salgado Zenha’s birth, that took place in Braga, where he was born. The Ombudsperson closed the conference “The Necessary Testimonies“, dedicated to the honoured Francisco Salgado Zenha, organized by the Law School of the University of Minho, on 2 May, 2023. On this occasion, the Ombudsperson…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the Solemn Commemorative Session of the 49th Anniversary of 25 April 1974, that was held in the Hall of Sessions of the Assembly of the Republic. She was also present at the formal sitting to welcome the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, which took place on the same day in…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Coordinator of the Ombudsman’s Office, Miguel Menezes Coelho, at the Closing Session of the 1st Post-Graduate Course “The New Children and Young People’s Law – Prof. Doutor Guilherme de Oliveira“, organized by the Family Law Centre of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, on 11 February, 2023.
The Ombudsman’s Report – 2022, together with the annual report on the activity developed as the NPM – National Preventive Mechanism for Torture, will be delivered by the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, to the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, on 4 July, at 11am. Both reports will then be made available at the Ombudsman’s website…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, participated as a speaker in the seminar “Dealing with cultural diversity in the Courtroom”, integrated in the activities of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), that brought together European judges and prosecutors at the Centro de Estudos Judiciários, in Lisbon, on 25 and 26 May, for a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities…
The Ombudsman Office participated in the 38th plenary meeting of the National Commission for Human Rights, represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, the Coordinator of the NPM, Miguel Feldmann and the International Relations Officer, Cristina Sá Costa. The plenary meeting was held on 19 May, in Lisbon, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The National Commission for…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the military ceremony commemorating the 112th anniversary of the National Republican Guard (GNR), that was held in Praça do Império, in front of the Jerónimos Monastery, in Lisbon, on 10 May.
