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Deputy Ombudsman at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
The Deputy Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho participated in the Working Group on Business and Human Rights and attended the United Nations Forum on the same topic. Both initiatives took place in Geneva on 26 and 27 November. The Working Group on Human Rights Issues, Transnational Corporations and Other Companies was established by the Human Rights Council in 2011 (resolution 17/4). The…
2019-11-28
Content type: News
Gender violence and equality under debate at the 24th FIO Congress
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participates in the XXIV Congress and General Assembly of the Ibero-American Ombudsman Federation (FIO), which takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from November 26 to 28, 2019. Representatives of national human rights institutions from more than 20 Ibero-American countries are gathering around the theme of "gender violence and its impacts on equality", including…
2019-11-26
Content type: News
Deputy Ombudsman participates in the Mediation Conference “Present and Future” – DEMOS Project
5th November – The Deputy Ombudsman, Joaquim Pedro Cardoso da Costa, participated in the Mediation Conference “Present and Future” that took place in Tenerife, within the scope of the DEMOS Project. To consult the program click here.
2019-11-05
Content type: News
EN327: Ombudsman recommends changes to national road to ensure safety of residents
The Ombudsman has sent a recommendation to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A. that, as a matter of urgency, appropriate measures should be considered and implemented to ensure the safety of anyone who might wish to cross EN327. The recommendation follows a request by the Ombudsman to intervene concerning the situation of two octogenarians…
2019-11-04
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Seminar “Accumulation Disorder: Law, Animal Welfare and Public Health” – Sintra – 06/11/2019
The Ombudsman, in collaboration with the Municipality of Sintra, joins the initiative of the National Observatory for the Defense of Animals and Diffuse Interests (ONDAID) in organizing the Seminar “Accumulation Disorder – Law, Animal Welfare and Health”. Public ”. The event will take place on November 6, 2019, in the auditorium of the Olga Cadaval Cultural Center in Sintra. The…
2019-10-30
Content type: Recommendations
EN327 – km 10,122 – circulação pedonal – perigo de vida (2/A/2019)
EN327: Provedora de Justiça recomenda alterações em estrada nacional para garantir segurança de moradores
Entity addressed: Presidente do Conselho de Administração da Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A.
2019-10-29
Content type: News
Ombudsman addresses seminar on “Collective Bargaining in Public Administration and the Legal Status of Civil Servants”
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2019-10-18
Content type: News
Ombudsman marks International Poverty Eradication Day
Today, October 17, marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a celebration created by the United Nations in 1993 to persuad us all of our duty to act, to the extent of our abilities and responsibilities, in the fight against poverty and misery. Although nearly 1 billion people have come out of poverty over the past 25 years,…
2019-10-17
Content type: News
October 14 – Ombudsman speaks at Luso-Brazilian seminar on the Portuguese judicial system and ombudsman
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated as a speaker at the Brazilian Portuguese seminar organized by the University Institute of Rio de Janeiro around the Portuguese Judicial System and the Ombudsman. The event, aimed at Brazilian magistrates, took place at the Autonomous University of Lisbon. on Lock
2019-10-14
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Portuguese Ombudsman conducts training with Ombudsman of Mozambique
The Ombudsman carried out a training session for the Mozambican Ombudsman, who sent a team of five persons to Lisbon from 7 to 11 October. Organized at the request of the Mozambican Ombudsman, Isaque Chande, the action focused on the methods and procedures for collecting and processing information for the production of reports and other disclosure documents on the…
2019-10-11
