United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Ombudsman Office participates in the 109th Session – discussion of the 18th and 19th reports on Portugal, in Geneva

12 Apr, 2023 0Comments

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…

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Constitutional Court. Deputy Ombudsman at the launch of the book “Deciding together – Collegiality and Deliberation in the Constitutional Court

12 Apr, 2023 0Comments

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…

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International Women’s Day. Deputy Ombudsman in conference: “Gender equality: what is necessary today to differentiate”, organized by the Portuguese Bar Association

08 Mar, 2023 0Comments

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,…

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Deputy Ombudsman participates in the Human Rights Training Programme for the Public Administration organized by the National Administration Institute

27 Jan, 2023 0Comments

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…

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Ombudsman’s Office participates in continuous training for magistrates

02 Jun, 2023 0Comments

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”.…

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The detention of migrant children in Portugal – concerns and recommendations

05 Jun, 2023 0Comments

On World Children’s Day, the Ombudsman was represented at the meeting on alternatives to the administrative detention of migrant children in Portugal, organised in Lisbon by IOM – International Organisation for Migration (the United Nations Migration Agency), by the Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, who presented a communication entitled “The National Preventive Mechanism and the detention of…

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Ombudsperson participates in the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the IOI

15 May, 2023 0Comments

The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) which held its annual meeting from 7 to 11 May 2023, in Vienna. In addition to organizational issues and strategic priorities, the IOI Council received and heard from the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dymtro Lubinet. To learn more about the…

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