The Ombudsman promotes in Funchal, on November 8th, the Colloquium “Universal Declaration of Human Rights – An Atlantic Look”. The initiative takes place as part of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is sponsored by the European Union’s DEMOS program, aimed at training public administration officials in the fields of citizenship education and procedural transparency.…

A Provedora de Justiça decidiu avançar com um pagamento intercalar às vítimas dos incêndios de junho e outubro de 2017 que, após avaliação clínica, receberam a qualificação de “feridos graves” do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (INMLCF).   Em face do elevado número de requerimentos, da complexidade da avaliação de cada caso e da tipologia diversa de…

 You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

    You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

Today, February 20th, the World Day of Social Justice is celebrated. The creation of this date, unanimously approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2007, has its main purpose to stimulate the strengthening of the community efforts to eradicate poverty, promote full employment, decent work, gender equality, social welfare and justice. For 2018, the theme is:…

The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is celebrated today, February 6th. This practice reflects the strong gender inequality and constitutes a form of discrimination against women, a threat to health, well-being, self-esteem and life. The Ombudsman of Portugal stresses the date by recalling that such atrocity is a very serious human rights violation, and in Portugal,…

Today, January 27th, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is celebrated, to honor the millions of people who died and suffered and also to preserve the memory of this event in the world history.The Ombudsman of Portugal is marking the date to remind victims, violation of the most basic rights, racism, persecution, annihilation of national, ethnic and religious communities and the…

You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here