Portugal
CEPEJ Member: 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 - European Cyberjustice Network member (ECN)
Carlos GANDAREZ
Head of the Case Simplification and Analysis Unit of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice
National Correspondent
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
Pilot Courts
Tribunal de Comarca de Coimbra
Carlos OLIVEIRA
Palácio da Justiça – Rua da Sofia, 3004-502 Coimbra
Evaluation Exercise
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2022 Edition
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2020 Edition
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2018 Edition
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2016 Edition
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2014 Edition
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2012 Edition
- Study of 16 comparable countries (by Jean-Paul JEAN, President of the GT-EVAL working group) / 11/2010
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2010 Edition
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2008 Edition
- Portugal: Evaluation exercise - 2006 Edition
- Portugal: Pilot scheme
Events
- Conference in order to celebrate the European Day of Justice and the 34 years of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction on 27 October 2014 in Lisbon
- VIth Congress of the Solicitadores and main event to which the CEPEJ representatives participate in the framework of the European Day of Justice and Crytal Scales of Jutice Prize awarding ceremony - 16 to 18 October 2014
Translations of CEPEJ documents (if available):
- European ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial systems and their environment / Carta Europeia de Ética sobre o Uso da Inteligência Artificial em Sistemas Judiciais e seu ambiente
- Time Managment Checklist: Checklist of indicators for the analysis of lengths of proceedings in the justice system Checklist - gestão do tempo (Checklist de indicadores para análise da duração dos processos no sistema judiciário) (CEPEJ(2005)12Rev)
Links to relevant Institutions
- Ministry of Justice
- Legal Policy and Planning Office (Ministry of Justice)
- Judicial Statistics
- Official Journal (official search engine for portuguese legislation)
- Case-Law search engine
- Supreme Court
- Constitutional Court
- Ombudsman
- Appeals Court Coimbra
- Appeals Court Porto
- Centros de Estudos Judiciários
- General Directorate for the Administration of Justice
- European Judiciary Network on Civil and Commercial Matters
Resources
- Legal texts (Codes, laws, regulations etc.)
- Case-law of the higher court/s
- Other documents (e.g. forms)
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
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