The Deputy Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, at the conference on “Mental Illness: from Imputability to Re-socialisation”, organised by the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) and by the Judicial Studies Centre (CEJ), which took place on 28 April, at the Noble Room of the STJ, in Lisbon.

The Ombudsman’s Office was present at the international seminar integrated in the “Economics without Borders” project, organized by the Katowice University of Economics, in Poland, that took place between 19 and 21 April. Coordinator Miguel Feldmann made a presentation on the importance and significance of Human Rights in the economic context (human rights and consumption), on the last day of…

The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira and Cristina Sá Costa (Head of International Relations) participated in the 109th Session of the CERD (United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination), in which the 18th and 19th reports on Portugal were discussed, held in Geneva on 18 and 19 April. The Ombudsman, as a national human rights institution, collaborates with…

The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the event organized by the Constitutional Court for the launching of the book “Deciding together – Collegiality and Deliberation in the Constitutional Court”, on 12 April. The book was presented by the authors Raquel Barradas de Freitas and Miguel Won, and by the former Assessor of the Constitutional…

The Ombudsman was present at the 40th anniversary dinner of the Constitutional Court, on 20 March 2023, at the National Palace of Ajuda, in Lisbon.

The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, in the conference organized by the Human Rights Commission of the Bar Association, with the theme: “Gender equality: what is necessary today to differentiate”, on the occasion of the celebration of the International Women’s Day. The conference took place on March 8, at the Portuguese Bar Association’s Noble Room,…

The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, participated in the 3rd edition of the Human Rights Training Programme for the Public Administration, organised by the National Administration Institute (INA). The Deputy Ombudsman intervened in the reflection webinar dedicated to the topic “Priorities of the National Human Rights Institution”, held on 27 January. The Programme aims to promote human rights and fundamental rights…

The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, was present at the opening ceremony of the 39th Training Course for Judicial Courts Magistrates, held on 5 January, in the Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio Auditorium, at the Judicial Studies Centre, in Lisbon.

The Ombudsman’s Office participated in a continuous training session for magistrates on “The status of the prisoner as the subject of sentence execution”, which was held at the Judicial Studies Centre, in Lisbon, on 2 June. The Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, presented the module “Monitoring the prison system – challenges of the daily life of inmates”.…

On March 22, the Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received the President of the National Commission for Human Rights of Guinea-Bissau (CNDH Guinea-Bissau), Fernanda Maria da Costa. During the meeting, issues related to the activity of both institutions in the promotion of human rights were addressed. Both institutions are part of the Network of Ombudsmen, National Human Rights Commissions and other…