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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 of Europe and subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which issues decisions that are binding on all Council of Europe members. The Court maintains a searchable database of its case law (http://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/EN/Header/Case-Law/Hudoc/Hudoc+database/), and the Council of Europe's Theseus project also offers a database containing Court case law relevant to children's rights (http://www.coe.int/t/transversalprojects/children/caselaw/caselawchild_EN.asp). European Court of Human Rights Cases brought before the Court concerning children's issues in Portugal have dealt with international child abduction and parental access rights. European Committee of Social Rights Read a country factsheet on Spain and the European Social Charter: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/CountryFactsheets/Portugal_en.pdf European Union Portugal is a member of the European Union and is therefore subject to EU directives and other standards pertaining to children's rights.