The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the swearing-in of the members of the Entity for Transparency, which took place on 15 February 2023, in the Public Acts Room of the Constitutional Court (Palácio Ratton, Lisbon). The members of the Transparency Body were sworn in that day: the President, Ana Raquel Moniz; the Members, Mónica Maria Bessa Correia and…
The Deputy Ombudsman participated via telematics in a meeting hosted by the European Commission on 13 February 2023, presenting the Ombudsman’s contributions to the Rule of Law Report 2023. In the context of preparing the edition of the (annual) Rule of Law Report, the European Commission consults various sources, including written contributions submitted by national authorities and entities, and conducts…
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 was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the ceremony organized by the Assembly of the Republic, on 1 February 2023, for the Evocation of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Deputy Ombudsman attended the concert Music in Theresienstdt, in the Senate Hall of the Assembly of the Republic, on the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day Evocation…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present in the conference organized by the National Trade Union of the Portuguese Justices of the Peace, on 27 January, dedicated to the topic: “20 years of the Justices of the Peace”. The Ombudsman participated in the Closing Session of the conference.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, participated in the 3rd edition of the Human Rights Training Programme for the Public Administration, organised by the National Administration Institute (INA). The Deputy Ombudsman intervened in the reflection webinar dedicated to the topic “Priorities of the National Human Rights Institution”, held on 27 January. The Programme aims to promote human rights and fundamental rights…
In view of the constraints resulting from the pandemic period, the Ombudsman questioned the Secretary of State for Fiscal Affairs about the need to extend, also for individual taxpayers, the deadline for reinvestment of the sale value of residential property, in the purchase, construction or improvement of another property for the same purpose, without losing the benefit of exclusion from…
The Ombudsman welcomes the rapid collaboration of the Agency for Administrative Modernization in correcting an inaccuracy contained in the Public Services Portal, in relation to continued employment after retirement. It was stated there that “After retiring, you can also continue working. And you don’t have to pay social security contributions”, which does not correspond, strictly speaking, to all possible situations.…
The Ombudsman’s Office is participating in the assistance program for Ombudsman-type institutions in the Balkan region, within the scope of the TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange) project, promoted by the European Commission in the perspective of their accession to the European Union (EU). The objective of this mission is to evaluate the independence and efficiency of the functioning of…
The Ombudsman participated as a speaker in the event promoted on 12 January 2023 by the Literary Guild on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Portuguese Constitution of 1822. Maria Lúcia Amaral delivered the lecture “On the 200 years of the Constitution of 1822”, moderated by the President of the Literary Guild’s Literary Council, Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins.