[9 May 2012] - “Fiscal austerity measures implemented so far in Portugal have disproportionately affected the human rights of the most vulnerable social groups, especially children, the elderly and Roma. I welcome the government...
[9 February 2012] - The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure which was adopted at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, will be open for signature at a signing...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
Summary: Information about institutions in Portugal that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudsperson
Portugal has had an Ombudsperson (Provedoria de Justiça) since 1976, and the current Ombudsman operates under Decree law No. 279 of...
Summary: General overview of Portugal's national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.
National laws on children's rights
Status of the CRC in national lawThe Convention has the force of law in...
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Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child...
Summary: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international mechanism. This is done with the intention of identifying children's rights which have been repeatedly violated, as well as gaps in the issues...
Summary: This report summarises the status of children's rights in Portugal vis-a-vis European human rights mechanisms.Search CRIN's ratifications tables to find regional instruments to which Portugal is a party.
Portugal is a member of the Council...
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The peoples of Europe, in creating an ever closer union among them, are resolved to share a peaceful future based on common values.
Conscious of its spiritual and moral heritage, the Union is founded on the indivisible, universal values of...
