search results
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman receives the visit of the Defensor del Pueblo of Spain
The Portuguese Ombudsman receives, from September 20th to 21st, the Defensor del Pueblo of Spain. The visit main goal is to know the activity developed by the Portuguese Ombudsman and to exchange experiences concerning the promotion and defense of the migrants’ rights and the asylum Portuguese system, deepening the bilateral cooperation. The meeting registry can be seen here.
2017-09-20
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman points out the moral rehabilitation of the soldier João Ferreira de Almeida
The historical facts, as they are, can not be evaluated. They simply exist. However, what we can value is its moral dimension. And the judgement with meaning and historical perspective ― to which the balanced axiological dimension must be added, never forgetting the time and place in which they were practiced ― leads us to the valuation that comes to…
2017-09-18
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman asks the Government to regulate the unemployment possibility in the RPSC and adopt legislative measures to ensure equal treatment in the access to early retirement pensions as a result of long-term unemployment
You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here
2017-09-12
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman participates in the 36th session of the Human Rights Council
Today this body of State participates in the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, which occurs between September 11th and 29th, in Geneva. In this occasion a communication will be made following the report presented by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, received by the Portuguese Ombudsman on December 6th 2016.
2017-09-11
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman draws the attention of the Government to the lack of regularization problems of the social security taxpayers’ current accounts
You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here
2017-09-08
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman received in audience the Catalonia Síndic and IOI President for the European region
The Portuguese Ombudsman received in audience the Catalonia Síndic and IOI President for the European region. The meeting register can be seen here.
2017-09-05
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman asks the Constitutional Court the successive abstract inspection
You can find the Portuguese version of the communication here
2017-09-04
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman Newsletter 4/2017
The Portuguese Ombudsman presents its Newsletter n.4/2017, through which disseminates its activities in July and August. The Newsletter n. 4/2017 is available here.
2017-09-01
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman is marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Whether as a means of spreading terror, as a way of silencing political opponents, or as an instrument of repression against those who dare to be free or is simply different, the forced disappearance of people constitutes a serious offense against the most basic human rights. In order to fight this practice and to mark the struggle of the men…
2017-08-30
Content type: News
The Portuguese Ombudsman receives a delegation from the Armenia’s Human Rights Defender and UNHCR representative (update)
The Portuguese Ombudsman receives, from August 22nd to 24th, a delegation from the Human Rights Defender of Armenia and a representative from the United Nations Refugee Agency. Within this visit, a working session was held today to present the activities carried out by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia and by the United Nations Refugee Agency in Armenia, namely,…
2017-08-24
