Ombudsperson's Office (Provedor de Justiça)
Ombuds Institution
Resolution 32/2013 of the Council of Ministers (9 May 2013)
Ombudsperson's Office Law no. 9/91 (9 April 2013) and Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (relevant extracts)
Portugal ratified the OPCAT at the domestic level in December 2012 and deposited the instrument of ratification with the United Nations on 15 January 2013.
In May 2013, Portugal designated its Ombudsperson's Office as NPM, through the means of a resolution adopted by the Council of Ministers. The NPM started to be operational in March 2014.
The SPT member Margarete Osterfeld is the SPT Focal Point for Portugal.
Communication to the SPT: Official Correspondence from Portugal (23 May 2013)
UPR: Report of the Working Group (July 2014)
CAT: Concluding Observations (December 2013)
CPT: Report (May 2013)
Commisioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (2012)