The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, attended the opening of the cycle of conferences organised on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Data Protection Commission. The event took place on 20 February in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, attended the opening of the 6th edition of the PSP’s Police Management and Strategy Course, which took place on 14 February at the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security in Lisbon.
On 26 January, the Ombudsman’s Office, represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, signed a collaboration protocol with the National Centre for Legal Innovation (CNIJ), located in Bragança. The CNIJ embodies a long-standing collaboration between the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and Bragança City Council, under the slogan of a “University without walls”, with summer courses, conferences…
Four legal advisers from the Ombudsman’s Office took part in the 1st edition of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Academy, promoted by the Europe region and organised by the UK Ombudsman. This 1st edition of the IOI-Europe Academy took place on 16 and 17 January 2024 in Manchester and was particularly focused on working methods to involve and support the…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, attended the swearing-in ceremony of the Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Counsellor Judge Graça Amaral.
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, attended the audience to present New Year’s greetings to the President of the Republic, which took place on 10 January at the Belém Palace in Lisbon. Also present were the President of the Constitutional Court, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the President of the Supreme Administrative Court, the President of the Portuguese…
The Ombudsperson has recommended that the Minister of Justice ensure that the Institute for Financial Management and Justice Equipment (IGFEJ) adopts appropriate practices in the face of requests to hide personal data in insolvency proceedings. The law stipulates that access by third parties to data from insolvency proceedings available on the Citius Portal ceases when the proceedings are archived and…
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The Portuguese Ombudsman was represented at the XXIX General Assembly and XVIII Congress of the Ibero-American Ombudsperson Federation (FIO), which took place in Asunción, Paraguay, on 29-31 October. The Portuguese delegation was made up of Ricardo Carvalho, Head of Office, and Cristina Sá Costa, Advisor to the Law and International Relations Office. The central theme of this year’s Congress was…
The Ombudsman’s Office, represented by Sofia Duarte, was present at the Annual Assembly of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), held in Brussels on 28 and 29 October, which brought together more than 30 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from across Europe. The highlight of the meeting was the debate on ENNHRI’s new strategic plan for the…
