Protection of Minorities. Ombudsman receives Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe

29 May, 2019 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received a delegation of experts from the Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe for the Protection of National Minorities, within the framework of the first follow-up visit of this body to Portugal. The meeting dealt with the situation of human rights and cases of discrimination. In Portugal, the Ombudsman is also a National Human…

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Sustainability factor: Ombudsman calls for review of disability pensions penalized in the assignment or when they became old-age pensions

30 Apr, 2019 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, addressed a suggestion for a legislative amendment to the Minister of Labor Solidarity and Social Security in order to revising the invalidity pensions of the two social protection regimes which were penalized by the sustainability factor on the date of their assignment or when they were convoked in old-age pensions at 65 years of age.…

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Deputy Ombudsman intervenes in the First Forum on “Night of Healthy Cities of the Center of Portugal”

04 Apr, 2019 0Comments

The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participates in the first of two days of the 1st Forum of the project "Healthy Night of the Cities of Central Portugal", which takes place at the Bissaya Barreto Foundation in Coimbra. Recreational contexts play an important role in the life of cities and young people, but in many situations they have an intrinsic…

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Data protection: Ombudsman receives reply from the Minister of Justice on recommendation to amend the law

22 Mar, 2019 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received a reply from the Minister of Justice, Francisca Van Dunen, to the  recommendation made to the Government to amend the law on the retention of data generated in the context of the provision of electronic communications services. "I will follow with concern the issues raised by your recommendation, and also note that in…

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21 Mar, 2019 0Comments

The diversity of today’s societies forces us to deal with an ever-widening and complex multicultural horizon, which opens up a huge range of opportunities, but also challenges. Given the natural tendency to live with those who are similar, it is necessary to combat the cultural and racial prejudice that generates distrust of the one who is different. Celebrating today’s International…

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CPLP Human Rights Network expresses total solidarity with Mozambique

20 Mar, 2019 0Comments

The CPLP Human Rights Network expresses its deep regret for the catastrophe that has hit Mozambique and expresses its total solidarity with the Mozambican people. As the country faces a scenario of tremendous devastation, following what may have been the worst climate disaster ever to hit the Southern Hemisphere, the CPLP Human Rights Network is entirely at the disposal of…

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Education Centers: Ombudsman / NPM recommends urgent improvements in mental health and contacts with the outside

12 Mar, 2019 0Comments

Following visits to educational centers, the Ombudsman, acting as the National Prevention Mechanism (MNP), addressed a recommendation to the Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services (DGRSP) to overcome various identified shortcomings. The recommendation of the Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, urges the DGRSP to establish, in conjunction with the Health authorities, this year, a therapeutic unit for the treatment of acute…

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The Ombudsman welcomes amendment to the Regulation on Legal Entitlement to Drive

07 Mar, 2019 0Comments

In 2018, the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, recommended to the Minister of Planning and Infrastructures the amendment of the Regulation of Legal Qualification to Drive, so that the diploma would provide for the possibility of justification for any failure to attend examinations of driving. Already this year, the Secretary of State for Infrastructures came to give an account of the…

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