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 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.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participated in the annual conference of the European Network of Ombudsmen, on “The role of ombudsmen in times of crisis”, focusing on the humanitarian drama caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participated in the General Assembly of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI). More than 45 European representatives of National Human Rights Institutions met online to exchange information on crucial issues of the network, including the support for the Ukrainian counterpart institution and the situation of migrants in Europe. Speaking from ENNHRI’s Brussels…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in the Training Week on the Construction of the Constitutional State, that took place between 20 and 24 September, and gave a lecture on the role of the Ombudsman. The initiative was promoted by the University of Coimbra (UC) in partnership with the intergovernmental organization G7+ and the Juridical Institute of the UC Faculty…
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Endowed with reason and conscience, they should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”Article 1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights On 10 December, the international community celebrates International Human Rights Day, marking the moment of the adoption, by the United Nations General Assembly, of the Universal…
The Ombudsman participated, on 8 October, in the XXI Seminar on Administrative Justice, organized by CEJUR-Centro de Estudos Jurídicos do Minho, with a presentation on “The Ombudsman and the protection of citizens in the Public Administration” [in Portuguese only].