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Portugal - OPCAT Situation

Updated 21.05.2013

Portugal ratified the OPCAT at the domestic level in December 2012 and deposited the instrument of ratification to the United Nations shortly after: it became the 66th State Party to the OPCAT in 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 SPT member Milos Jankovic is the SPT Focal Point for Portugal.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification January 15, 2013
UNCAT Ratification February 9, 1989
NPM Designated

Ombudsperson's Office

NPM Type

National Human Rights Institution

NPM Legal Framework

Resolution from the Council of Ministers (20 May 2013)

Information
Population 10 605 870
Area (sq km) 92 391
Number of prisons 49
Prison population 11 542
Quick links

CAT: Concluding Observations (November 2007)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (December 2009)

CPT: Report (February 2012) and Portugal's response

Commisioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (2012)