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.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, attended the military ceremony commemorating the 113th anniversary of the National Republican Guard (GNR). The event took place on 3 May at Praça do Império, in Lisbon.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, attended the opening of the cycle of conferences organised on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Data Protection Commission. The event took place on 20 February in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, attended the opening of the 6th edition of the PSP’s Police Management and Strategy Course, which took place on 14 February at the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security in Lisbon.
The Ombudsman’s Office took part in the 14th Meeting of the CoE-FRA-ENNHRI-EQUINET Collaborative Platform on Economic and Social Rights, organised by the Council of Europe in Vilnius on 1 July. The event was attended by more than 30 representatives of national human rights and equality promotion institutions and focussed on young people’s access to social and economic rights at a…
The Ombudsman’s Office took part in the 11th edition of the INDH Academy, an annual initiative of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and the Organisation for Security and European Cooperation (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), which took place from 17 to 21 June in Bratislava. The 2024 edition addressed securitisation issues and…
The Ombudsperson took part in the commemorations of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, organised by the Syndicate of Greuges in Barcelona on 1 July 2024, presenting the paper “The Portuguese penitentiary system and its monitoring by the National Preventive Mechanism”. NPM coordinator Miguel Feldmann was also present. The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture…
Within the scope of the Collaboration Protocol with the National Centre for Legal Innovation (CNIJ), set up by the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in Bragança, the Ombudsman’s Office held its first Annual Meeting on 28 June to publicise its attributions and activities. This first initiative centred on the recent Report on Citizen Service in Public Services.…
The Ombudsman’s Office took part in the 14th Meeting of the CoE-FRA-ENNHRI-EQUINET Collaborative Platform on Economic and Social Rights, organised by the Council of Europe in Vilnius on 1 July. The event was attended by more than 30 representatives of national human rights and equality promotion institutions and focussed on young people’s access to social and economic rights at a…