OuvirThe Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, is heard in the Eventual Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the State’s action in granting support following the 2017 fires in the Pinhal Interior area. The hearing takes place on December 2, at 3pm.
The Ombudsman welcomes the extension until 31 December 2021 of the validity periods for medical certificates of multipurpose incapacity that are in the process of being renewed or should be renewed by the end of 2020. This extension was operated by Decree-Law 99/2020 of 22 November for access to social, economic and fiscal benefits. This solution meets the concerns set…
This year, in which the world is facing a health drama on a global scale and without precedent, the United Nations Organization has chosen the motto "Better Recovery" to stress that it is now even more fundamental to combat pre-existing evils that were aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic, first and foremost discrimination and inequality. "This Human Rights Day is a…
Established in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly, today marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. On this date, and in view of the current context of the pandemic, it is all the more necessary to recall that we owe a renewed commitment to disabled citizens to make effective their rights to dignity, non-discrimination, autonomy and freedom of…
The Ombudsman welcomes the exceptional time given to self-employed workers and members of statutory bodies to submit applications for support to reduce activity in relation to previous months, according to a report published by Social Security on its institutional website. This possibility welcomed the suggestion that, on 22/06/2020, the Ombudsman addressed to the Secretary of State for Social Security,…
The Ombudsman joins in the dissemination of the IJCC- Improving Justice in Child Contac European campaign "Better justice for children in situations of domestic violence" promoted in Portugal by CESIS- Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social and UMAR – União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta. Following this work, two short animated films were made, respectively aimed at children and…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, will conduct the process with maximum speed to present a proposal for compensation to the family of the Ukrainian citizen Ihor Homeniuk. The Ombudsman’s intervention follows the Resolution of the Council of Ministers approved today, in which the State assumes responsibility for paying compensation to the family of Ihor Homeniuk, who died on 12 March…
The Ombudsman requested the Constitutional Court to abstractly review the constitutionality of the norm contained in no. 5 of article 168-A of Law no. 2/2020, of 31 March, that approved the State Budget for 2020, as amended by Law no. 27-A/2020, of 24 July, that approved the Supplementary State Budget, because it understood that this norm contains unconstitutional restrictions on…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, addressed a set of recommendations to the Secretary of State for Consumer Protection, with a view to protecting the rights of consumers, particularly the most vulnerable, in the context of television competitions which call for more expensive telephone calls. In accordance with Article 38 of his Statute, the Ombudsman’s recommendations are addressed to the body…
Following inspections, which confirmed irregular practices that harm citizens’ rights, the Ombudsman sent to the management of Social Security institutes and to the government a set of recommendations aimed at correcting such practices, as well as improving the methods and working conditions in these services responsible for the execution of forced collection processes for debts to Social Security. Motivated by…
