The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received this afternoon Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting addressed the concerns and recommendations that the Ombudsman, as National Human Rights Institution, has recently presented in the scope of the Universal Periodic Review. As part of this process, which this year focuses on Portugal, the 193 UN member countries…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participates in the debate "Gender Violence?" that takes place on April 10 in the cycle of conferences on gender equality and domestic violence promoted by the Commission for Gender Equality and Domestic Violence of the Order of Lawyers (OA). Teresa Anjinho speeks on the first panel: "Is there a need to talk about Gender Violence?"
On the eve of the European elections, "The State of European Democracy: How to Enable Citizen Participation" is the theme of the annual conference of the European Network of Ombudsmen, which will be held in Brussels on 8 and 9 April. Organized by European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, the conference will discuss measures to improve participatory democracy in the European Union…
Deputy Ombusdman,Teresa Anjinho, participates in the 6th conference of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators (APAH), in the panel where the conclusions of the most recent Barometer of Social Hospitalizations will be debated. In the afternoon, the Deputy Ombudsman participates in the XIX Conference of A.N.D.A.R, the National Association of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Teresa Anjinho takes part in the…
Portugal has a long-standing commitment to the recognition and protection of human rights and in the last decades efforts have been made to be in line with the highest international standards. Examples include the National Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings, the National Strategy for the Integration of Gypsy Communities, the National Strategy for Equality and Non-Discrimination and the ratification…
Following the legislative elections of March 10, 2019, the CPLP-Human Rights Network calls on the leaders of their countries to make efforts to strengthen the Institution of Human Rights of Guinea-Bissau, so that it is effectively independent, in accordance with the principles of Paris. At its last meeting in Lisbon on 13 December 2018, members of the Network noted with…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participates in the first of two days of the 1st Forum of the project "Healthy Night of the Cities of Central Portugal", which takes place at the Bissaya Barreto Foundation in Coimbra. Recreational contexts play an important role in the life of cities and young people, but in many situations they have an intrinsic connection…
The Ombudsman participates in the consultation of the United Nations Network on the implementation of the Global Pact for Migration, adopted in December 2018 in Marrakesh. The National Human Rights Institutions will play an important role in the implementation of this instrument, which aims to promote safe, orderly and regular migrations worldwide. It will be up to all of them,…
A delegation of the Ombudsman travels to the Autonomous Region of the Azores (RAA) from 25-29 March on a mission to publicize his activity as an independent state body that defends people who see their fundamental rights violated or are harmed by unfair or unlawful acts of the administration or other public authorities. As part of the Demos project, the…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received a reply from the Minister of Justice, Francisca Van Dunen, to the recommendation made to the Government to amend the law on the retention of data generated in the context of the provision of electronic communications services. "I will follow with concern the issues raised by your recommendation, and also note that in view…
