The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the 16th Congress organized by SIPE (Societas Iuris Publici Europaei), within the scope of its annual meeting, that took place in Lisbon, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, from 22 to 24 June 2023. The congress was dedicated to the theme “New Public Tasks in Times of Tension”…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Estrela Chaby, attended the closing conference of the CP4Europe Project, dedicated to the theme “Strengthening the national framework and action for child participation in Europe”, which took place on 15 June, in Lisbon. The CP4Europe Project is a joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe that aims to promote children’s participation rights at…
On 10 June, the Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was present at the Military Ceremony of the official commemorations of the Day of Portugal, of Camões and of the Portuguese Communities, that took place at Avenida do Douro, in Peso da Régua. This year, the commemorations of the Day of Portugal, Camões and Portuguese Communities began in South Africa. In Portugal,…
The Ombudsman was represented by the Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, at the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra’s 31st anniversary celebrations. The Deputy Ombudsman attended a concert performed by the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, which took place in the Grande Auditório of the Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon, on 10 June.
The Ombudsperson, Maria Lúcia Amaral, was part of the jury of the Lisbon University Prize that, on 5 June 2023, decided to award the 2021 prize to Prof. Maria do Carmo Salazar Velez Roque da Fonseca, in recognition of her exceptional career as a scientist, with relevant contributions in the field of molecular medicine and public participation in the promotion…
The Ombudsman’s Office participated in a continuous training session for magistrates on “The status of the prisoner as the subject of sentence execution”, which was held at the Judicial Studies Centre, in Lisbon, on 2 June. The Coordinator of the National Preventive Mechanism, Miguel Feldmann, presented the module “Monitoring the prison system – challenges of the daily life of inmates”.…
The Ombudsman received a response to Recommendation no. 1/B/2023, addressed to the Government on 23 March, in relation to the regime of protection and mobility in the event of illness of teaching staff. In relation to the aspects to be reviewed in the regime that currently regulates this mobility competition, the Government informs that the evaluation of its application will…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Ravi Afonso Pereira, participated as a speaker in the seminar “Dealing with cultural diversity in the Courtroom”, integrated in the activities of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), that brought together European judges and prosecutors at the Centro de Estudos Judiciários, in Lisbon, on 25 and 26 May, for a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities…
The National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), which works within the Ombudsman’s Office, focused part of its activity in 2022 on the conditions and procedures of detention in Police Commands, Police Stations and other units of the Public Security Police, having elaborated a thematic report, which is now disclosed. Regarding the material conditions, it was concluded that most of the detention spaces…
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…