The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated as a speaker in the XI Lisbon Legal Forum, which took place at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon on 26-28 June 2023. The Ombudsperson presented a lecture in the panel on “Risks for the Rule of Law and Defence of Democracy”, in the scope of Thematic Axis 1 (“Democratic…

The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the 16th Congress organized by SIPE (Societas Iuris Publici Europaei), within the scope of its annual meeting, that took place in Lisbon, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, from 22 to 24 June 2023. The congress was dedicated to the theme “New Public Tasks in Times of…

The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, attended the closing conference of the CP4Europe Project, dedicated to the theme “Strengthening the national framework and action for child participation in Europe”, which took place on 15 June, in Lisbon. The CP4Europe Project is a joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe that aims to promote children’s participation rights…

The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra’s 31st anniversary celebrations. The Deputy Ombudsman attended a concert performed by the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, which took place in the Grande Auditório of the Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon, on 10 June.

On 10 June, the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the Military Ceremony of the official commemorations of the Day of Portugal, of Camões and of the Portuguese Communities, that took place at Avenida do Douro, in Peso da Régua. This year, the commemorations of the Day of Portugal, Camões and Portuguese Communities began in South Africa. In…

The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was part of the jury of the Lisbon University Prize that, on 5 June 2023, decided to award the 2021 prize to Prof. Maria do Carmo Salazar Velez Roque da Fonseca, in recognition of her exceptional career as a scientist, with relevant contributions in the field of molecular medicine and public participation in the…

On 24 May, the Head of the Ombudsman’s Office, Eva Gaspar, and the Coordinator of the Ombudsman’s Office, Elsa Dias, participated in the Peer Review Exercise of the Portuguese National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct (PCN PT), undertaken by the Directorate-General for Economic Activities, in cooperation with AICEP Portugal Global, in a meeting that was attended by representatives…

The Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, participated in the Prison Guard Career 2023 Initial Training Course with the presentation of a class on “People Deprived of Liberty and Human Rights”, on 12 May 2023. The course takes place at the Training Centre of the General Directorate of Reintegration and Prison Services, in Caxias.

On 5th May, the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, attended the Last Class of Professor Rui Manuel Gens Moura Ramos, Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, marking his recent retirement. Afonso Patrão gave the last class of Rui Moura Ramos, fulfilling the tradition of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra that determines…

The Head of the Ombudsman’s Office, Eva Gaspar, was present at the ceremony to award the third edition of the German-Portuguese Journalism Prize, that took place in the Goethe-Institut Auditorium, in Lisbon, on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, organized by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.  The award distinguishes, every year, the best journalistic works published…