The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, attended the Solemn Session to Open the 2023 Judicial Year, held on 10 January 2023, in the Main Hall of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The Ombudsman sent a recommendation to the Government to ensure effective accounting of the evaluation of former members of the Armed Forces who entered the Public Administration under the scope of the “system of incentives for provision of military service”. Following the assessment of various complaints, it was concluded that, in most cases, the norm of the State Budget for…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the investiture ceremony of the President of the Bar Association, Fernanda de Almeida Pinheiro. The inauguration of the President of the Bar Association, members of the General Council and Presidents and members of the Superior and Fiscal Councils of the Bar Association for the three-year period 2023-2025, took place on 9 January,…
The Ombudsman drew the attention of the Secretary of State for Education to the need to conclude the regularization process of specialized technicians who guarantee training activities in state schools. After examining several complaints, it was noted that, despite the Extraordinary Regularization Program for Temporary Contracts in the Public Administration (PREVPAP) having begun in 2017, many trainers in schools, who…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Coordinator of the Ombudsman Office, Elsa Dias, at the presentation session of the study “Guidelines on Shared Micromobility Regulation”, that took place at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento, in Lisbon, on 5 January 2023. The study was authored by the Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes (AMT) and may be consulted here.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, was present at the opening ceremony of the 39th Training Course for Judicial Courts Magistrates, held on 5 January, in the Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio Auditorium, at the Judicial Studies Centre, in Lisbon.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the ceremony to award the 2020 University of Lisbon Prize, which took place in the Aula Magna of the Rectory of the University of Lisbon, on 5 January 2023, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres. The Ombudsman integrated the jury that deliberated the choice of the awardee. The University…
The Ombudsman’s Office pays a heartfelt and grateful tribute to the memory of Alberto Manuel de Sequeira Leal Sampaio da Nóvoa, recalling the decisive role he played in the founding moment of this State institution for the defense of citizens’ rights. Sampaio da Nóvoa was the author of the project that gave rise to Decree-Law 212/75, which established the creation…
Vulnerable families who are part of the convergent social protection scheme are still not receiving the extraordinary support to mitigate the effects of inflation created by Decree-Law 21-A/2023 of 28 March, and the Ombudsman recently renewed her call to the Secretary of State for Public Administration in July for the problem to be resolved. The law establishes that, among others,…
On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, the Ombudsman, in her triple capacity as guarantor of citizens’ fundamental rights before the public authorities, National Human Rights Institution and National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture and Ill-Treatment, welcomes and reaffirms the fundamental values enshrined therein,…