On November 2nd, at 12.30 p.m., Maria Lúcia da Conceição Abrantes Amaral PhD. takes office as Ombudsman before the Parliament in a ceremony presided by His Excellency the President of the Parliament.

You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

  You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here    

With this brief message, the Portuguese Ombudsman, as the National Institution for Human Rights and defender of the fundamental rights of all the citizens marks the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, which is celebrated today. In the year in which we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty for civilian crimes, it is…

  You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here

  The National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) presents a special report about the reality encountered during the visits conducted in the second semester of 2016 to the temporary detention centers (or equivalent facilities) of foreign nationals in an irregular situation in our country or asylum seekers, complemented by other data that meanwhile was made available. Thus, after brief overall considerations regarding…