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

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

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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