The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, delivered a Magna Lecture on “Studying Law, Being a Lawyer”, on 28th February 2023, in the Main Auditorium of the Law School of the University of Minho, in Braga, at the invitation of the Law Students’ Association of the University of Minho. The participation of the Ombudsman was part of the “Law Week” event, organized…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated, on 27 February 2023, in the Opening Session of the Post-Graduate E-Learning Course on “Gender Policy: Equality and Non-Discrimination”, promoted by the Academy of Sciences in partnership with the University of Évora under the UNESCO Chair in Education and Science for Development and Human Well-Being (EDUWELL). The EDUWELL Chair is the result of a…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the launch of the book “Women’s Human Rights”, that took place in the Assembly of the Republic on 23 February, 2023. The book “Women’s Human Rights” was organized by Margarida Martins, Mariana Cunha and Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque and published by the Portuguese Catholic University.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the swearing-in of the members of the Entity for Transparency, which took place on 15 February 2023, in the Public Acts Room of the Constitutional Court (Palácio Ratton, Lisbon). The members of the Transparency Body were sworn in that day: the President, Ana Raquel Moniz; the Members, Mónica Maria Bessa Correia and…
The Deputy Ombudsman participated via telematics in a meeting hosted by the European Commission on 13 February 2023, presenting the Ombudsman’s contributions to the Rule of Law Report 2023. In the context of preparing the edition of the (annual) Rule of Law Report, the European Commission consults various sources, including written contributions submitted by national authorities and entities, and conducts…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the ceremony organized by the Assembly of the Republic, on 1 February 2023, for the Evocation of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Deputy Ombudsman attended the concert Music in Theresienstdt, in the Senate Hall of the Assembly of the Republic, on the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day Evocation…
The Ombudsman participated as a speaker in the event promoted on 12 January 2023 by the Literary Guild on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Portuguese Constitution of 1822. Maria Lúcia Amaral delivered the lecture “On the 200 years of the Constitution of 1822”, moderated by the President of the Literary Guild’s Literary Council, Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, attended the Solemn Session to Open the 2023 Judicial Year, held on 10 January 2023, in the Main Hall of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the investiture ceremony of the President of the Bar Association, Fernanda de Almeida Pinheiro. The inauguration of the President of the Bar Association, members of the General Council and Presidents and members of the Superior and Fiscal Councils of the Bar Association for the three-year period 2023-2025, took place on 9 January,…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Coordinator of the Ombudsman Office, Elsa Dias, at the presentation session of the study “Guidelines on Shared Micromobility Regulation”, that took place at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento, in Lisbon, on 5 January 2023. The study was authored by the Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes (AMT) and may be consulted here.