Ombudsman at the Opening Session of the Post-Graduate Course on Gender Policy: Equality and Non-Discrimination

27 Feb, 2023 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, participated, on 27 February 2023, in the Opening Session of the Post-Graduate E-Learning Course on “Gender Policy: Equality and Non-Discrimination”, promoted by the Academy of Sciences in partnership with the University of Évora under the UNESCO Chair in Education and Science for Development and Human Well-Being (EDUWELL). The EDUWELL Chair is the result of a…

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Ombudsman’s Office at the 28th anniversary of the Ombudsman of Uzbekistan

23 Feb, 2023 0Comments

The Ombudsman Office was represented at the celebrations of the 28th anniversary of the Ombudsman of Uzbekistan by the coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, through an online participation.To commemorate the date, an international conference was organized, in Samarkand, on 23 March, under the theme “Interaction and Cooperation for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”, which…

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Ombudsman at the inauguration of the members of the Transparency Authority

15 Feb, 2023 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the swearing-in of the members of the Entity for Transparency, which took place on 15 February 2023, in the Public Acts Room of the Constitutional Court (Palácio Ratton, Lisbon). The members of the Transparency Body were sworn in that day: the President, Ana Raquel Moniz; the Members, Mónica Maria Bessa Correia and…

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Deputy Ombudsman participates in the European Commission Report on the Rule of Law 2023

13 Feb, 2023 0Comments

The Deputy Ombudsman participated via telematics in a meeting hosted by the European Commission on 13 February 2023, presenting the Ombudsman’s contributions to the Rule of Law Report 2023. In the context of preparing the edition of the (annual) Rule of Law Report, the European Commission consults various sources, including written contributions submitted by national authorities and entities, and conducts…

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Ombudsman Office at the Closing Session of the Post-Graduate Course “The New Children and Young People’s Law – Prof. Doutor Guilherme de Oliveira” organized by the Family Law Centre of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra

11 Feb, 2023 0Comments

The Ombudsman was represented by the Coordinator of the Ombudsman’s Office, Miguel Menezes Coelho, at the Closing Session of the 1st Post-Graduate Course “The New Children and Young People’s Law – Prof. Doutor Guilherme de Oliveira“, organized by the Family Law Centre of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, on 11 February, 2023.

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Deputy Ombudsman at the Ceremony to Commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Assembly of the Republic

01 Feb, 2023 0Comments

The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the ceremony organized by the Assembly of the Republic, on 1 February 2023, for the Evocation of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Deputy Ombudsman attended the concert Music in Theresienstdt, in the Senate Hall of the Assembly of the Republic, on the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day Evocation…

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Deputy Ombudsman participates in the Human Rights Training Programme for the Public Administration organized by the National Administration Institute

27 Jan, 2023 0Comments

The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, participated in the 3rd edition of the Human Rights Training Programme for the Public Administration, organised by the National Administration Institute (INA). The Deputy Ombudsman intervened in the reflection webinar dedicated to the topic “Priorities of the National Human Rights Institution”, held on 27 January. The Programme aims to promote human rights and fundamental rights…

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Covid-19/Housing. Ombudsman questions the Government about extending the deadline for reinvestment without payment of capital gains tax, also for families

24 Jan, 2023 0Comments

In view of the constraints resulting from the pandemic period, the Ombudsman questioned the Secretary of State for Fiscal Affairs about the need to extend, also for individual taxpayers, the deadline for reinvestment of the sale value of residential property, in the purchase, construction or improvement of another property for the same purpose, without losing the benefit of exclusion…

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