Portuguese Catholic University, under the theme “Which Constitutional Revision?”, which was held on 13 March 2023, in the Carvalho Guerra Auditorium, in Porto. The Ombudsman participated in the Closing Session of the conference.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, the Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), Miguel Feldmann, Cristina Sá Costa (International Relations Officer) and Duarte Geraldes (Adviser), participated, by telematic means, in a bilateral meeting promoted by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), on 9 March 2023. The meeting was held as part of the preparations for the…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in the International Conference Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Constitutional Court, dedicated to the topic “Constitutionalism in the 21st century”, that was held on 2 and 3 March, at the Academy of Sciences, in Lisbon. The Ombudsperson moderated the first panel of the Conference, dedicated to the topic “Future of Constitutionalism”, on 2…
The National Prevention Mechanism (NPM), represented by Filipe Doutel, was present at the event organised by the Jesuit Refugee Service for the official launch of the White Paper 2022: “Building integration: Where to start?”. The official launch of the book, which took place on 1 March 2023, in the Auditorium of the National Library of Portugal (Lisbon), included a discussion…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, met with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Ukrainian Parliament, Dmytro Lubinets, on 29 March, in Amsterdam, in the margins of the conference on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights. The meeting allowed to address, in particular, issues related to the Ukrainian community living in Portugal, namely the one received under the special reception programme…
The Ombudsman sent a new recommendation to the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security highlighting the urgency of guaranteeing timely access to the Social Insertion Benefit (PSI) by persons with disabilities. The new recommendation arises from the continuous receipt of complaints that show that the effectiveness of the PSI is not guaranteed, primarily as a result of the delay…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in a conference on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, promoted by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatović. How to protect human rights, holistically and in all sectors of activity, in the face of accelerating reliance on digital technologies and automation based on access to personal data, and what…
The Ombudsman sent a Recommendation to the Government to promote approval of a new and appropriate regime of protection for teachers during illness, that includes the possibility of adapting the teaching load and functions exercised to the respective state of health. Regarding the system of teachers’ mobility due to illness, it was also recommended that the list of illnesses that…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, and by the Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, at the signature of a Protocol between the General Directorate of Reinsertion and Prison Services, the General Inspectorate of Internal Administration and the General Inspectorate of Justice Services. This Protocol aims to improve institutional communication in situations of…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present in the conference organized by the National Trade Union of the Portuguese Justices of the Peace, on 27 January, dedicated to the topic: “20 years of the Justices of the Peace”. The Ombudsman participated in the Closing Session of the conference.