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Content type: News
Free schoolbooks. Ombudsman receives response from the Minister of Education to the recommendation for legislative change
The Ombudsman received a response from the Minister of Education in which the ruler informs that he will not comply with the Recommendation to amend the legislation in order to extend the measure of free distribution of textbooks to all students who are proven to be in need and who attend private or cooperative education. To read the reply of…
2020-04-01
Content type: Other Decisions
Estado de emergência/Covid-19. Extensão apoios a advogados e solicitadores
Entity addressed: Secretário de Estado da Segurança Social e Secretário de Estado Adjunto e da Justiça
Type: Ofício
2020-03-30
Content type: News
State of emergency. Ombudsman suggests extension to lawyers and solicitors of support measures similar to those of self-employed workers
The Ombudsman suggests the consideration and adoption of measures for exceptional and temporary support to lawyers and solicitors similar to those that have been recognised for self-employed workers. To read the letters sent to the Secretary of State for Social Security and the Deputy Secretary of State for Justice, click here [in Portuguese, only].
2020-03-30
Content type: News
State of emergency. Communication from the Ombudsman on quarantines decreed by regional bodies
To read the communication addressed by the Ombudsman to the Director General of Health click here [in Portuguese only].
2020-03-27
Content type: News
State of emergency. Ombudsman sends recommendation to Minister of Justice on prison establishments
As part of the state of emergency, the Ombudsman sent the Minister of Justice a recommendation on prison establishments. To read the recommendation, click here [in Portuguese only].
2020-03-27
Content type: Recommendations
Sistema prisional. Prevenção do contágio. SARS-COV2 (4/B/2020)
Entity addressed: Ministra da Justiça
Type: Sugestão de medida legislativa
2020-03-26
Content type: News
State of emergency. Note on exceptional and temporary justified absences motivated by family assistance
The Ombudsman received several complaints from workers whose functions are incompatible with the teleworking regime and are forced to miss work to provide support to the elderly who are part of their household and depend on their permanent support, especially in the face of the recent closure of social responses in which they were integrated (day centers and homes). The…
2020-03-26
Content type: Other Decisions
Estado de emergência. Quarentenas regionais. Comunicação à Diretora-Geral de Saúde
Type: Ofício
2020-03-24
Content type: Recommendations
Estado emergência/Covid-19. Apoios extraordinários aos trabalhadores independentes (5/B/2020)
Estado de emergência/Covid-19. Provedora de Justiça envia recomendação ao Governo sobre apoios extraordinários aos trabalhadores independentes
Entity addressed: Ministra do Trabalho, Solidariedade e Segurança Social
2020-03-21
Content type: News
Ombudsman’s Statement on the State of Emergency
At this very serious moment in our collective life, many citizens are wondering about the meaning and scope of the State of Emergency, decreed on the 18th by His Excellency the President of the Republic. The questions, associated with natural feelings of unease and apprehension, are in themselves more than justified. Never before, during the almost forty-four years of the…
2020-03-20
