On 24 May, the Head of the Ombudsman’s Office, Eva Gaspar, and the Coordinator of the Ombudsman’s Office, Elsa Dias, participated in the Peer Review Exercise of the Portuguese National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct (PCN PT), undertaken by the Directorate-General for Economic Activities, in cooperation with AICEP Portugal Global, in a meeting that was attended by representatives of…
The Ombudsman Office participated in the 38th plenary meeting of the National Commission for Human Rights, represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, the Coordinator of the NPM, Miguel Feldmann and the International Relations Officer, Cristina Sá Costa. The plenary meeting was held on 19 May, in Lisbon, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The National Commission for…
Entries are open for the 9th edition of the King of Spain Human Rights Award, aimed at public or private entities that have distinguished themselves in the defense, promotion and realization of human rights and democratic values or that have driven programs to promote them values. Sponsored by the Defensor del Pueblo of Spain and the University of Alcalá de…
The Ombudsman’s Office has been receiving a significant number of complaints regarding various aspects of the measures adopted, since September 2022, in the context of mitigating the effects of inflation. The analysis and resolution of these complaints allowed the acquisition of vast information regarding the practical application of the measures, as well as the revelation of some problems of conception…
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated in the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) which held its annual meeting from 7 to 11 May 2023, in Vienna. In addition to organizational issues and strategic priorities, the IOI Council received and heard from the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dymtro Lubinet. To learn more about the agenda…
The Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, participated in the Prison Guard Career 2023 Initial Training Course with the presentation of a class on “People Deprived of Liberty and Human Rights”, on 12 May 2023. The course takes place at the Training Centre of the General Directorate of Reintegration and Prison Services, in Caxias.
The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the military ceremony commemorating the 112th anniversary of the National Republican Guard (GNR), that was held in Praça do Império, in front of the Jerónimos Monastery, in Lisbon, on 10 May.
The Ombudsperson recommended to the Secretary of State for Tax Affairs the suspension, for two years, of the period for reinvestment of the value of the sale of properties intended for own and permanent housing. The legislative Recommendation aims to ensure that individual taxpayers, within the scope of measures to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, are excluded…
On 5th May, the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, attended the Last Class of Professor Rui Manuel Gens Moura Ramos, Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, marking his recent retirement. Afonso Patrão gave the last class of Rui Moura Ramos, fulfilling the tradition of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra that determines that…
By initiative of the Justice and Governance Research Centre (JusGov) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Digital citizenship and technological sustainability: pursuing the effectiveness of the CDFUE in the digital decade (CitDig)”, of the Law School of the University of Minho, a meeting was promoted between representatives of the Ombudsman Office and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for Citizens’ Rights…
