The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, attended the solemn commemorative session of the Lawyer’s Day, which took place on the 19th, at the Library of the National Palace of Mafra. In this session, the Gold Medal and the Medal of Honor of the Portuguese Bar Association were awarded, as well as the Medal of Honor for lawyers with 50 years of…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participated in the opening session of the Seminar on Juvenile Justice. Organized by Lusófona University, the seminar took place on May 18 and focused on public policies aimed at preventing deviant and disruptive behavior in the context of the pandemic.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, was present at the commemorative session of the creation of the Supreme Court of Justice, which took place on May 16.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, attended the XXII International Congress of Real Estate Law. The Congress took place at the Alfândega Congress Center in Oporto, under the themes “The Land Registry and Globalization” and “Sustainable Development – the role of the real estate registry in the challenges of the XXI century”.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the IOI-International Ombudsman Institute, held from 10 to 12 May, in New York. As part of the meeting, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the IOI and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), with a view to developing and implementing…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participated in the meeting “Sexual abuse of children: knowing the past, taking care of the future”. Promoted by the Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse against Children in the Catholic Church in Portugal, the meeting took place on 10 May at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participated in the annual conference of the European Network of Ombudsmen, on “The role of ombudsmen in times of crisis”, focusing on the humanitarian drama caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participated in the General Assembly of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI). More than 45 European representatives of National Human Rights Institutions met online to exchange information on crucial issues of the network, including the support for the Ukrainian counterpart institution and the situation of migrants in Europe. Speaking from ENNHRI’s Brussels…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, travelled to Luanda, Angola, to participate in the fifth Meeting of the Network of Ombudsmen, National Human Rights Commissions and other National Human Rights Institutions of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, CPLP Network – Human Rights. The meeting, which resulted in the Luanda Declaration, was promoted by the Ombudsman of Angola, Florbela Rocha Araújo, who…
The Ombudsman is regularly receiving communications from the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights following Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military invasion and aggression against Ukraine. At the same time, various organisations of which the Portuguese Ombudsman is a member continue to speak out on the conflict: IOI – International Ombudsman Institute ENNHRI – European Network of National Human Rights Institutions FIO…