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The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice

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Country profile: PORTUGAL
CEPEJ Member		National Correspondent
João Arsénio DE OLIVEIRA Head of Department International Affairs Department Directorate-General for Justice Policy Ministry of Justice Av. D. João II, n.º 1.08.01 E, Torre H, Pisos 2/3 1990-097 Lisboa, Portugal Portugal +351 217 924 030 +351 217 924 090 joao.p.oliveira@dgpj.mj.pt		Sara NUNES DE ALMEIDA Legal Adviser Cabinet des relations internationales Direction Générale de la politique de la justice Minsitère de la Justice Av. D. João II, lote 1.08.01E Torre H, pisos 2/3 1990-097 LISBON +351 217 924 030 +351 217 924 090 Sara.a.almeida@dgpj.mj.pt
Member of the Lisbon Network		Pilot Court
Alexandre COELHO Co-ordinator International Department Centre for Judicial Studies + 351 21 884 56 70 + 351 21 884 56 04   coordenador-dri@mail.cej.mj.pt
Evaluation Exercise
PORTUGAL: Evaluation exercise - 2012 Edition Study of 16 comparable countries (by Jean-Paul JEAN, President of the GT-EVAL working group) / 11/2010 [fr] PORTUGAL: Evaluation exercise - 2010 Edition PORTUGAL: Evaluation exercise - 2008 Edition PORTUGAL: Evaluation exercise - 2006 Edition PORTUGAL: Pilot scheme
Translations of CEPEJ documents (if available):
Links to relevant Institutions		Resources
Ministry of Justice Legal Policy and Planning Office (Ministry of Justice) Judicial Statistics Superior Council for the Judiciary Official Journal (official search engine for portuguese legislation) Case-Law search engine Supreme Court Constitutional Court Ombudsman Appeals Court Coimbra Appeals Court Lisbonn Appeals Court Porto Centros de Estudos Judiciários General Directorate for the Administration of Justice European Judiciary Network on Civil and Commercial Matters		Legal texts (Codes, laws, regulations etc.)     www.dre.pt     www.pgdlisboa.pt     www.dgpj.mj.pt     www.citius.mj.pt Case-law of the higher court/s     www.dgsi.pt Other documents (e.g. forms)     www.citius.mj.pt
Recent developments in the judicial field
CEPEJ report on the dematerialization of judicial procedures and the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Courts - Portugal - June 2009 The Portuguese Ministry of Justice asked the Commission for the Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe (CEPEJ) to assess the recent policies undertaken to improve “procedural flows and judicial backlogs”. This report, dated September 2009, is mainly based on the documents provided for by the Portuguese Ministry of Justice and a three-day fact finding mission in Lisbon (February 25-27, 2009), in which CEPEJ experts exchanged information with executives of the Ministry of Justice, judges, and lawyers. New legislation has been introduced in the administrative and fiscal sectors. New civil procedural provisions are being trialled in some courts. The appeal procedures are being reformed and a new institutional act on the Ministry of Justice is being drafted.
Organisational chart of the system of justice
Organisational chart of the system of Justice - Portugal