CCPE member: M. José Manuel SANTOS PAIS

Procureur-Général Adjoint à la Cour Constitutionnelle du Portugal

National documents

• Law on status of the Public Prosecution Department (Law No 60/98 of 27/08/98)

Replies to CCPE questionnaires

You will find the original questionnaires which have been sent to the members on the page "Preliminary works" devoted to each of the opinions.

• Reply from Portugal to the questionnaire on the role of prosecutors in emergency situations, in particular when facing a pandemic (Opinion Nr 15 / 2020)
• Reply from Portugal to the questionnaire on "The quality and efficiency of the work of prosecutors, including as regards the fight against organised crime and terrorism" (Opinion No. 11/2016)
• Reply from Portugal to the questionnaire on the "Action of prosecutors within the framework of criminal investigation" (Opinion No. 10/2015)
• Reply from Portugal to the questionnaire on Management of the means of the prosecution services (Opinion No 7 / 2012)
• Reply from Portugal to the questionnaire on Principles of public action in the field of justice for juvenils (Opinion No. 5 / 2010)

Translations of relevant documents (if available)

• Declaração de Bordéus sobre o papel dos Juízes e dos Procuradores numa sociedade democrática- 2 de Julho de 2009 (Opinion n°4 of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) on the relations between Judges and Prosecutors) 
• Recommendation Rec(2000)19 on the Role of Public Prosecution in the Criminal Justice System (translated in Portuguese)

Links to relevant Institutions

• Ministry of Justice
• Bureau de documentation et droit comparé