Deputy Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho attends the high-level conference organized by the Council of Europe on the theme ‘"On the Road to Effective Equality: New responses to racism and intolerance needed?" The conference will take place on 26 and 27 September in Paris, the capital of the country currently holding the Presidency of the Council of Europe, signaling the 25th anniversary…
The Ombudsman participated on September 20 at the 42nd Session of the Human Rights Council – which took place in Geneva from 9 to 27 – where the report of the Universal Periodic Examination of Human Rights to Portugal was discussed and adopted. Represented by Adviser to the Cabinet Ricardo Carvalho, the position of this State body focused on the…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, welcomes the change in the income tax regime from previous years. The amendment to article 74 of the IRS Code, enshrined in Law No. 119/2019, published this week in Diário da República, is in line with what has been claimed by the Ombudsman for over a decade. Since 2005, this state body has received more…
A team from the Ombudsman traveled to the city of Praia on Santiago Island to share their experience in handling complaints and allegations about human rights violations with the staff of the National Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship. – CNDHC. The initiative took place at the CNDHC premises on September 16, 17 and 18 and was attended by technicians,…
A team from the Ombudsman is taking part in a training session on human rights, particularly in the context of migratory flows, in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. On the sidelines of this action promoted under the Demos project, the Ombudsman team, made up of Adviser to the Cabinet Ana Rita Gil and Coordinator João Portugal, was welcomed by the…
The Ombudsman welcomes the repeal of the Exceptional Temporary Regime for Urban Rehabilitation, which exempted the application of various technical building standards without any justification, and welcomes the legislative amendments that now require the seismic assessment and reinforcement of buildings, as well as compliance with technical building standards, in particular accessibility. The new legal framework, published today in Diário da…
The Ombudsman has asked the Constitutional Court to review the constitutionality of Articles 4, 6 and 9 of Law 32/2008 of 17 July, which transposes Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March, concerning the conservation of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or public communications…
Operators should consult the Institute of Registries and Notaries (IRN) database for the details of the vehicle identification holder when sending the very first notification to collect tolls. This is the wording of the recommendation sent by the Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, to Portvias, following a complaint lodged by a citizen who received the notification procedure for payment of tolls,…
From the beginning of this year until mid-August, the National Prevention Mechanism (NPM) has carried out 21 monitoring visits to places of deprivation of liberty. Of the 21 visits made, 13 went to prisons, four to Temporary Settlement Centers and Matched Spaces (EECIT), two to Educational Centers and two to places of detention by the police. It is noteworthy that…
July 30 was elected by the United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons. According to this organization’s data, more than 225,000 victims of trafficking have been signaled since 2003: women, children and men, exploited for various purposes. The World Report on Trafficking in Persons notes that in recent years the number of victims has increased. Virtually every country in…
