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The Ombudsman sent a recommendation for legislative alteration to the Minister of National Defence in order to revise the legal regime of Sickness Assistance to Armed Forces Military Personnel (ADM).To read the recommendation click here [in Portuguese only].
The Ombudsman was represented by the Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism of the Ombudsman Office, Miguel Feldmann, at the Workshop on “Alternatives to Administrative Detention”, an initiative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Migration Agency. The meeting, which took place in Lisbon on 29 September, aimed to analyse, from a legal and practical point of…
Regime jurídico da Assistência na Doença aos Militares das Forças Armadas (ADM)
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, will be received in the Committee of Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees, on September 27, at 2:30 p.m., to present the Annual Report of Activities for the year 2021, including the Report of the National Preventive Mechanism. To learn more, click here.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the solemn session to commemorate the approval of the Constitution of 1822. The session took place on 23 September, in the Assembly of the Republic, in the scope of the Commemorations of the Bicentennial of Constitutionalism.
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment, David R. Boyd, on 21 September, in the scope of his official visit to Portugal. The meeting was part of the round of contacts with a view to evaluating the Portuguese State’s compliance with its obligations to give effect to the right to the environment,…
The Ombudsman was represented at the European Seminars on Access to Law, which were held at the Salão Nobre da Ordem dos Advogados, organised by the General Council of the Portuguese Bar Association and the Access to Law Institute. The Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism of the Ombudsman’s Office, Miguel Feldmann, participated in the session “The role of Lawyers…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the award ceremony for the António Champalimaud Vision Prize, which in its 2022 edition recognised Gerrit Melles (Netherlands) and Claes Dohlman (Sweden) for breaking new ground in the research and treatment of corneal diseases by restoring sight to millions of people and preventing others from going blind in the future.
In 2021, a record volume of 12,219 new cases were processed, as a result of a 6% annual increase in the number of complaints admitted. Based on 2017, the beginning of the first mandate of the current Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, the accumulated growth in the number of new complaints processed is 57%. A new high of 21 259 requests…
The Ombudsman was present at the Annual Meeting for Evaluation of the Activity of the Commissions for Protection of Children and Youth (CPCJ) that took place between June 22 and 24, in Reguengos de Monsaraz. Maria Lúcia Amaral gave the inaugural lecture around the theme of the Meeting – Children in a context of crisis. To read the Ombudsman’s communication…
