Provedor de Justiça

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Provedor de Justiça is Portugal’s independent ombudsman institution responsible for defending citizens’ rights and ensuring public authorities comply with the law and principles of justice.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Provedor de Justiça canonical 5
Ombudsman (Provedor de Justiça) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf independent state body ⓘ
ombudsman institution ⓘ
accessibility open to all persons regardless of nationality ⓘ
accountability Portuguese Parliament ⓘ
belongsToNetwork European Ombudsman Network ⓘ
International Ombudsman Institute ⓘ
canActOnOwnInitiative true ⓘ
canReceiveComplaintsFrom associations ⓘ
individual citizens ⓘ
legal persons ⓘ
corePrinciple good administration ⓘ
justice ⓘ
legality ⓘ
respect for fundamental rights ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
decisionNature issues non‑binding recommendations ⓘ
guarantees confidentiality of complaints ⓘ
impartiality ⓘ
independence from government ⓘ
hasHeadTitle Provedor de Justiça ⓘ
hasPower inspect services and bodies of public administration ⓘ
make recommendations to correct illegal or unjust acts ⓘ
request information from public authorities ⓘ
submit proposals for legislative or regulatory changes ⓘ
influenceMechanism moral and political authority ⓘ
jurisdiction Portuguese Republic ⓘ
linked to: Portugal
legalNature independent and impartial body ⓘ
mainFunction issue recommendations to public authorities ⓘ
mediate conflicts between citizens and public administration ⓘ
promote good administration ⓘ
protect fundamental rights ⓘ
receive and examine complaints from citizens ⓘ
nativeLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
nativeName Provedor de Justiça ⓘ
officialName Provedor de Justiça ⓘ
procedure free of charge for complainants ⓘ
reportsTo Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
role defend citizens’ rights ⓘ
ensure public authorities comply with the law ⓘ
promote principles of justice ⓘ
scope central public administration ⓘ
local public administration ⓘ
public services and entities exercising public powers ⓘ
regional public administration ⓘ
typeOfAuthority non‑jurisdictional oversight body ⓘ
websiteLanguage English ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ombudsman of Portugal → officialName → Provedor de Justiça ⓘ
Ombudsman of Portugal → nativeLabel → Provedor de Justiça ⓘ
Constitution of 1976 → establishesBody → Ombudsman (Provedor de Justiça) ⓘ
linked to: Provedor de Justiça
Provedor de Justiça → officialName → Provedor de Justiça ⓘ
Provedor de Justiça → nativeName → Provedor de Justiça ⓘ
Provedor de Justiça → hasHeadTitle → Provedor de Justiça ⓘ