As part of the commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Office of the Ombudsman – which in Portugal is the National Human Rights Institution – wrote an annotated version, illustrating each of the rights enshrined in it with cases and problems that The Ombudsman has been called upon to solve the problem over…
The second interim evaluation of the twinning project aimed at strenghtening the role of the Ombudsman of Turkey on enforcement of Human Rights, under the responsibility of the Ombudsman of Portugal, was held in Ankara on 30 April. The representatives of the two institutions, the European Union Delegation in Turkey, and representatives of the Turkish Government and Parliament were present.…
The DEMOS Project, integrated in the INTERREG 2014-2020 programme and financed by the European Regional Development Fund FEDER, aims to foster activities aimed at increasing the levels of development and socioeconomic integration of the outermost regions of Portugal and Spain, composed of the archipelagos of Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands. Within the scope of the Ombudsman’s Office participation…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, addressed a suggestion for a legislative amendment to the Minister of Labor Solidarity and Social Security in order to revising the invalidity pensions of the two social protection regimes which were penalized by the sustainability factor on the date of their assignment or when they were convoked in old-age pensions at 65 years of age.…
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received this afternoon Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting addressed the concerns and recommendations that the Ombudsman, as National Human Rights Institution, has recently presented in the scope of the Universal Periodic Review. As part of this process, which this year focuses on Portugal, the 193 UN member countries…
The Deputy Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, participates in the debate "Gender Violence?" that takes place on April 10 in the cycle of conferences on gender equality and domestic violence promoted by the Commission for Gender Equality and Domestic Violence of the Order of Lawyers (OA). Teresa Anjinho speeks on the first panel: "Is there a need to talk about Gender Violence?"
On the eve of the European elections, "The State of European Democracy: How to Enable Citizen Participation" is the theme of the annual conference of the European Network of Ombudsmen, which will be held in Brussels on 8 and 9 April. Organized by European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, the conference will discuss measures to improve participatory democracy in the European Union…
Deputy Ombusdman,Teresa Anjinho, participates in the 6th conference of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators (APAH), in the panel where the conclusions of the most recent Barometer of Social Hospitalizations will be debated. In the afternoon, the Deputy Ombudsman participates in the XIX Conference of A.N.D.A.R, the National Association of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Teresa Anjinho takes part in the…
Portugal has a long-standing commitment to the recognition and protection of human rights and in the last decades efforts have been made to be in line with the highest international standards. Examples include the National Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings, the National Strategy for the Integration of Gypsy Communities, the National Strategy for Equality and Non-Discrimination and the ratification…
Following the legislative elections of March 10, 2019, the CPLP-Human Rights Network calls on the leaders of their countries to make efforts to strengthen the Institution of Human Rights of Guinea-Bissau, so that it is effectively independent, in accordance with the principles of Paris. At its last meeting in Lisbon on 13 December 2018, members of the Network noted with…
