The Ombudsman’s Office, represented by Deputy Ombudsman Ravi Afonso Pereira and Advisor André Neves, took part in the International Ombudsmen Forum on Climate Change and Human Rights, held in Bacu, the capital of Azerbaijan, on 2 October. The event was organised by the Azerbaijani Ombudsman and comes ahead of the 29th United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP29),…
The Network of Ombudsmen, National Human Rights Commissions and other Human Rights Institutions of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries – CPLP Human Rights Network – held its seventh meeting in Lisbon on 26 September 2024. Chaired by the Ombudsperson of Portugal, Maria Lúcia Amaral, the meeting brought together the Ombudsmen of Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique and East Timor, the…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was heard by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees on 10 September, to present the Annual Activity Report for 2023, including the National Prevention Mechanism Report. To listen to the hearing, click here.
The Ombudsman’s Office, as a member of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AOM), took part in the association’s Extraordinary General Assembly held in Cyprus on 25 September. During the meeting, the Cyprus Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights was elected Vice-President of the AOM. The following day, the Ombudsman’s Office also took part in the Conference on ‘The…
The Ombudsman’s Office joined the launch of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) project ‘Rights without Borders: Cooperation to Strengthen Human Rights in Detention Centres for Migration Purposes in Portugal’. The initiative, which took place in Lisbon on 25 September 2024, is part of the mission to contribute to the promotion and defence of the human rights of foreign people…
On September 27, the Palácio de Vilalva in Lisbon hosted the conference “Five Decades of Freedom and Justice: Celebrating 50 Years of the Ombudsman and April 25”. The event, organized by the Ombudsman’s Office, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of this institution in Portugal. The initiative brought together members of the Network of Ombudsmen, National Human Rights Commissions…
The Ombudsman is recruiting legal advisors, under the terms of article 21 of Decree-Law no. 80/2021, of October 6, and Regulation no. 159/2022, of February 11. Admission requirements A degree in Law, with a final average of 14 or more; or a Master’s degree in Law, with a final average of 14 or more. To apply Send the following to…
The Ombudsperson participated in the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council by intervening in a panel discussion, which took place on September 11, 2024, in Geneva, on how to “Promote and protect economic, social and cultural rights in the context of combating inequalities”. In her remote intervention, the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, stressed the centrality of human…
On August 30, in Geneva, the Ombudsman, represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, took part in the Pre-Session of the 4th cycle of evaluation of Portugal under the Universal Periodic Review. This event, which precedes the formal evaluation to be carried out next November, was an opportunity for the Ombudsman to present his observations and recommendations on the…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, attended the swearing-in ceremony of the Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Counsellor Judge Graça Amaral.