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The Prime Minister, António Costa, came today to the headquarters of the Ombudsman, at the invitation of the head of the institution, Maria Lúcia Amaral. The presence of the Prime Minister allowed, among others, to address the fulfillment of the international obligations of the Portuguese State under the National Prevention Mechanism (NPM) against Torture. Created in 1975, the Ombudsman…
Within the scope of the 5th assessment of the Portuguese State on compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, this State body, acting on its quality of National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), sent its contribution to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. This contribution highlights the need for social protection, in particular for people with disabilities, as…
Prestações sociais: Provedora de Justiça apela à rápida resolução de “constrangimentos aplicacionais” que dificultam atribuição
The Ombudsman sent letters to the Presidents of the Governing Councils of the Instituto da Segurança Social and of the Instituto de Informática where Maria Lúcia Amaral draws attention to the urgent need to establish articulation mechanisms in order to solve the “application constraints” that, according to the social security services, will be at the base of several problems in the attribution…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, travels to Madrid on January 20 for a working visit to Defensor del Pueblo, a similar institution in Spain, headed by Francisco Fernández Marugán. The two-day visit aims to strengthen cooperation and share good practices and experiences. As in the case of the Ombudsman of Portugal, the Defensor del Pueblo accumulates in Spain the original…
Provedora de Justiça pronuncia-se sobre reposicionamento salarial de docentes e inversão de posições relativas
One hundred and half complaints were received about the consequences attributed to the rules contained in Portaria No. 119/2018, May 4, when promoting the repositioning of teachers who entered the career of early childhood educators and teachers of basic and secondary education between 2011 and 2017. The analysis and consequent position of the Ombudsman can be consulted here [in Portuguese…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, addressed a Recommendation for legislative amendment to the Minister of Education to extend the free distribution of textbooks to all demonstrably disadvantaged students attending private or cooperative education. This Recommendation follows the receipt of more than a dozen complaints from citizens, associations and institutions that have challenged the constitutionality of the option to limit the…
