Ombudsman recommends amendment of the law on retention of data

The Ombudsman addressed a recommendation to the Minister of Justice to amend Act No. 32/2008 of 17 July on the retention of data generated or processed in the context of the provision of communications services publicly available electronic communications networks or public communications networks. This law transposed into the national legal order a European directive (Directive 2006/24 / EC) declared invalid…

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“Free and Equals”: Ombudsman marks 70 years of UDHR with CPLP countries and reflections by Maria da Glória Garcia and António Barreto

In 2018, the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed on December 10, 1948, was celebrated. In addition to other initiatives, the Ombudsman organized conferences to reflect on the areas of Portugal, which is simultaneously a National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture and a National Institution for Human Rights. "Free and Equal," which refers to the…

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IRS: Ministry of Finance finds it inappropriate to abide by the Ombudsman’s recommendation on taxation of income from previous years

The Ministry of Finance considers that "it is not currently timely to introduce an amendment to article 74 of the IRS Code". The reply sent to this organ of the State by the Secretary of State for Finance, António Mendonça Mendes, stems from the legislative recommendation addressed by the Ombudsman to the Minister of Finance at the beginning of October…

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“Human Rights and Globalization”: Ombudsman addresses the Oporto Court of Appeal on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the UDHR

The Ombudsman addressed the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the 40th anniversary of Portugal’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights organized by the Tribunal da Relação do Porto. To read the intervention of Maria Lúcia Amaral, "Human Rights and Globalization", click here.

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