Ombudsman meets with Spanish counterpart

20 Jan, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, travels to Madrid on January 20 for a working visit to Defensor del Pueblo, a similar institution in Spain, headed by Francisco Fernández Marugán. The two-day visit aims to strengthen cooperation and share good practices and experiences. As in the case of the Ombudsman of Portugal, the Defensor del Pueblo accumulates in Spain the original…

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Ombudsman announces position on teachers’ salary repositioning and inversion of relative positions

16 Jan, 2020 0Comments

One hundred and half complaints were received about the consequences attributed to the rules contained in Portaria No. 119/2018, May 4, when promoting the repositioning of teachers who entered the career of early childhood educators and teachers of basic and secondary education between 2011 and 2017.  The analysis and consequent position of the Ombudsman can be consulted here [in Portuguese…

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Free textbooks: Ombudsman recommends extending the measure to all students in need

08 Jan, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, addressed a Recommendation for legislative amendment to the Minister of Education to extend the free distribution of textbooks to all demonstrably disadvantaged students attending private or cooperative education. This Recommendation follows the receipt of more than a dozen complaints from citizens, associations and institutions that have challenged the constitutionality of the option to limit the…

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International Human Rights Day. Know who in Portugal defends them

10 Dec, 2019 0Comments

Today is International Human Rights Day, when the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which lists the basic rights for everyone. In Portugal, since 1999 Ombudsman has been, along with the role of defender of the citizen in the face of possible abuses of public administrations, the National Human Rights Institution, accredited…

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Citizen with Disabilities Line received 840 requests this year

02 Dec, 2019 0Comments

Today is the International Day of People with Disabilities, a date promoted by the United Nations to raise awareness among civil society and political power on disability issues and to alert disabled citizens to their rights. The Ombudsman has a toll-free telephone line specifically for the problems of people with disabilities, providing information on their rights and support, particularly in…

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Deputy Ombudsman at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

28 Nov, 2019 0Comments

The Deputy Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho participated in the Working Group on Business and Human Rights and attended the United Nations Forum on the same topic. Both initiatives took place in Geneva on 26 and 27 November. The Working Group on Human Rights Issues, Transnational Corporations and Other Companies was established by the Human Rights Council in 2011 (resolution 17/4). The…

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Gender violence and equality under debate at the 24th FIO Congress

26 Nov, 2019 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participates in the XXIV Congress and General Assembly of the Ibero-American Ombudsman Federation (FIO), which takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from November 26 to 28, 2019. Representatives of national human rights institutions from more than 20 Ibero-American countries are gathering around the theme of "gender violence and its impacts on equality", including…

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EN327: Ombudsman recommends changes to national road to ensure safety of residents

04 Nov, 2019 0Comments

The Ombudsman has sent a recommendation to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A. that, as a matter of urgency, appropriate measures should be considered and implemented to ensure the safety of anyone who might wish to cross EN327. The recommendation follows a request by the Ombudsman to intervene concerning the situation of two octogenarians…

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