Today’s International Day of Support for Victims of Torture offers us one more opportunity to reaffirm the current relevance of the problem and the need to continue the fight against torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, thus contributing to not to leave in the penumbra the anonymous victims that deserve our support. Their right to live…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, receives her Turkish counterpart, Seref Malkoç, this week in Lisbon for a high-level study visit marking the closure of the training program that has been developed since November 2018 by the Portuguese Ombudsman in the framework of an initiative of the European Union. This last study session includes a visit to the Ombudsman’s Office, the…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was heard on June 19 at 11:00 am in the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees on the Activities Report of 2018 and the report on the activity carried out by the Ombudsman as a National Mechanism Prevention of Torture. To learn more, click here. To listen to the audition, click here.
Deputy Ombudsman Joaquim Pedro Cardoso da Costa was in Cairo as a "keynote speaker" to talk about the role played by the Ombudsman of Portugal in the process of compensation for the seriously injured and the relatives of the mortal victims of the great fires of the summer of 2017, where 115 people died. The intervention took place in the…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received a delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, which is preparing a report on the respect of the principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government by the Member States of this organization. The Charter was ratified by Portugal in 1990.
The Ombudsman took part in the international conference on consumer rights awareness organized by the Katawice University of Economics in Poland from June 16 to 18. Topics for discussion included education for sustainable and responsible consumption and protection of consumer rights in an increasingly global and digital marketplace. The adviser Miguel Feldmann represented and shared the experiences of the Ombudsman…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, concluded the proceedings for compensation to the relatives and heirs of the five mortal victims of the collapse of the Municipal Road 255, which took place on November 19, 2018, in the borough of Borba. There were 19 applicants who submitted compensation claims to this state body. They all accepted the proposals put forward by…
The Ombudsman participated in the IV Conference organized by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia on "Longevity and Neurodegenerative Diseases" and the importance of the humanization of the medical act, that took place in Lisbon on June 4. Maria Lúcia Amaral intervened in the panel that addressed "Ethics and Rights" from the perspective of people who are especially vulnerable and /…
