Moratoria. Ombudsman clarifies the scope of bank loans to higher education students

14 Apr, 2021 0Comments

The Ombudsman consulted the Secretary of State for Finance, in order to ascertain the Secretary of State for Finance’s interpretation of the current version of Decree-Law no. 10-J/2020, of 26.03, and received a clarification from him, in line with the Ombudsman’s interpretation, that bank loans to higher education students are included within the scope of the public moratorium. This request…

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Ombudsman clarifies about bank fees

21 Apr, 2021 0Comments

The Ombudsman received a complaint from DECO, in which this association asked her to complain to the legislator about the elimination of the temporal application norm of Law no. 57/2020, through which the legislator limited the prohibition of certain bank commissions to new contracts. The Ombudsman responded negatively to DECO, in the terms of the letter that can be read…

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Covid-19. Ombudsman questions the Government on the impact of lay-offs and family support on the contribution career of workers and warns about the situation of unprotected unemployed people

08 Mar, 2021 0Comments

The Ombudsman sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Social Security, in which she draws attention to the negative impact that the payment of exceptional family support is having on the contribution career of workers who were obliged to resort to this support in order to provide assistance to their children, under the age of 12, due to…

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High-Level Conference Debates the Protection of Vulnerable Adults in Europe

30 Mar, 2021 0Comments

Deputy Ombudsman Joaquim Pedro Cardoso da Costa participates in the high-level conference "Protection of Vulnerable Adults in Europe – The Way Forward", scheduled for 30 March. Organized by the Ministry of Justice, with the support of the European Commission and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), within the scope of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the…

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Human Rights and Environmental Assessment: the FIO experience

07 Apr, 2021 0Comments

The Ombudsman, within the framework of its international cooperation with the FIO – Iberoamerican Federation of Ombudsmen, participated in the collective work "Recommendations for the incorporation of a human rights approach in environmental impact assessment". The work includes a set of recommendations to strengthen the environmental impact assessment procedure, improve the decisions of the Public Administration, anticipate future impacts and…

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Ombudsman requests inspection of the constitutionality of norms of the Electoral Law for Local Authority Bodies

19 Feb, 2021 0Comments

The Ombudsman sent a request to the Constitutional Court for a declaration of unconstitutionality, with mandatory general force, of the norms stated in nos. 4, 5 and 6 of article 19 of Organic Law no. 1/2001, of 14 August, that regulates the election of local authority office-holders, in the wording that was given by Organic Law no. 1-A/2020, of 21…

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National Network for Open Administration. Ombudsman informs about the opening of registrations for the submission of proposals

23 Feb, 2021 0Comments

The National Network for Open Administration, of which the Ombudsman is part, informs that registrations are open for the "Programme of workshops for the co-creation of proposals", which runs from 3 to 11 March, featuring 4 thematic sessions.    The aim is to co-create and develop proposals of ideas for potential commitments to be included in the future II Open…

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Covid-19. Ombudsman alerts the Government to delays in attributing support to companies

05 Mar, 2021 0Comments

The Ombudsman sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Social Security and to the Deputy Secretary of State and for Fiscal Affairs, in which she requested that efforts be made in order to overcome the situation experienced by companies that have been awaiting, for several months now, attribution of extraordinary support for progressive recovery of activity, wherein the…

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Ombudsman joins conference cycle on Business, Human Rights and the Environment

25 Jan, 2021 0Comments

  With the support of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the New Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment (NOVA BHRE) is organising, in partnership with the Portuguese Ombudsman, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, the Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum and NOVA 4 The Globe, a series of online conferences…

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