On 7 November, Deputy Ombudsman Estrela Chaby participated in a working meeting on the justice system, promoted by the President of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco. The initiative brought together representatives of the Government, parliamentary groups and officials from various entities in the sector, with the aim of identifying priority areas of convergence with a view to…

On 22 January, the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated as a speaker at the VII Seminar on Internal Security, on the theme of ‘Human Rights and Police Activity’, an event organised by the Military Academy, at its premises in Lisbon. The Ombudsperson gave the seminar’s final lecture, which you can read here [in Portuguese only].

The Deputy Ombudsman Ravi Afonso Pereira, and the Adviser Sofia Duarte, took part in the General Assembly and Annual Conference of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), held between 6 and 8 May in Geneva. More than 200 representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs), UN agencies and civil society took part in the event, where…

The National Preventive Mechanism, which is part of the Ombudsman’s structure and is coordinated by Miguel Feldmann, took part in the event “Monitoring Detention”, organised by JRS – Jesuit Refugee Service, which took place on 6 May at the Museu do Oriente in Lisbon. As part of this event, a Declaration of Commitment to Defend the Human Rights of…

The National Preventive Mechanism (NMP) took part in the international conference “Prisons and Detention Regimes in Portugal: before and after 1974“, with a paper presented by its Coordinator, Miguel Feldmann. The event took place in the Auditorium of the Portimão Museum on 19 and 20 April, as part of “The Portuguese Prison Photo Project – 2024“, an exhibition about…