Deputy Ombudsman takes part in a meeting at the European Parliament on the implementation of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum

06 May, 2026 0Comments

The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, took part on 5 May 2026 in a meeting at the European Parliament, in Brussels, within the working groups on the Asylum Pact–CEAS and Schengen and Borders of the LIBE Committee – Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. In his intervention, the Deputy Ombudsman outlined the monitoring work carried out by the Ombudsman, in…

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Deputy Ombudsman Attends GANHRI Annual Meeting in Geneva

20 Apr, 2026 0Comments

Deputy Ombudswoman Estrela Chaby attended the annual meeting of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), held from March 30 to April 1 in Geneva. Organized in partnership with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), this meeting brought together national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from more than 90 countries. It also benefited…

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Ombudsman submits communication to the Committee of Ministers on the execution of the ECHR judgment in the case Fernandes v. Portugal

20 Feb, 2026 0Comments

The Ombudsman submitted, on 29 January 2026, a communication to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in the context of the execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case Fernandes v. Portugal. Among its various responsibilities, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe supervises the execution of ECHR…

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Professora Doutora Maria Lúcia Amaral

10 Feb, 2026 0Comments

Maria Lúcia Amaral was born in Angola on June 10, 1957. She is Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and was member (April 2007-July 2016) and vice-President of the Portuguese Constitutional Court She dedicated her academic life to the study and teaching of Public law, in particular of Constitutional law. She is the author of…

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