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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
Content type: News
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 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
Content type: News
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
Content type: News
World Mental Health Day: Ombudsman recalls need for urgent improvements in Education Centers

Following visits to the country’s Educational Centers (EC), the Ombudsman, acting as head of the National Prevention Mechanism (NPM), made a recommendation in February 2019 to the Directorate General for Reinsertion and Prison Services (DGRSP) to overcome several identified shortcomings. The recommendation of the Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, urged the DGRSP to install, in articulation with the health authorities, still…
2019-10-10
Content type: News
Ombudsman / NPM recommends maximum term for stay of foreigners alone in detention facilities in airports

The Ombudsman, acting as head of the National Mechanism for the Prevention (MNP) of Torture and Mistreatment, addressed a recommendation to the Immigrants and Borders Service (SEF) to avoid situations of excessive isolation of persons detained in temporary installation facilities in airports, while awaiting the decision to enter the country. The Ombudsman’s recommendation calls on the SEF to establish, after…
2019-10-09
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