Ombudsman at the inauguration of the President of the Bar Association

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the investiture ceremony of the President of the Bar Association, Fernanda de Almeida Pinheiro. The inauguration of the President of the Bar Association, members of the General Council and Presidents and members of the Superior and Fiscal Councils of the Bar Association for the three-year period 2023-2025, took place on 9 January,…

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Portuguese Ombudsperson participated in the General Assembly and Annual Conference of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

The Portuguese Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, and the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, participated in the General Assembly and Annual Conference of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), that took place between 14 and 16 March, in Geneva, on the occasion of the commemorations of the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and…

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Ombudsman’s Office at the 28th anniversary of the Ombudsman of Uzbekistan

The Ombudsman Office was represented at the celebrations of the 28th anniversary of the Ombudsman of Uzbekistan by the coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, through an online participation.To commemorate the date, an international conference was organized, in Samarkand, on 23 March, under the theme “Interaction and Cooperation for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”, which…

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TAIEX. Ombudsman’s Office participates in assistance program for Ombudsman-type Balkan countries

The Ombudsman’s Office is participating in the assistance program for Ombudsman-type institutions in the Balkan region, within the scope of the TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange) project, promoted by the European Commission in the perspective of their accession to the European Union (EU). The objective of this mission is to evaluate the independence and efficiency of the functioning of…

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Ombudsman at the 27th Assembly of the FIO

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in the XXVII General Assembly of the FIO, Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsmen, which took place in Mexico City from 28 November to 1 December 2022. The work brought together more than a hundred representatives of public human rights bodies from 21 countries. They focused in particular on the challenges posed by the pandemic and…

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National Preventive Mechanism carries out joint visits to places of detention with UK counterpart

The NPM – National Preventive Mechanism carried out joint visits to places of detention with its UK counterpart in November. The British NPM participated in the visits to the Detention Space at Lisbon Airport and to the Torres Novas prison establishment, and the Portuguese NPM team took part in the inspection of Garth prison, in Lancashire. The joint visits…

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