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Filipe Venade has just published a new interdisciplinary book
JusGov's researcher Filipe Venade has just published a new interdisciplinary book which combines Law, Sociology and Culture in relation to the topic of linguistic rights of deaf persons and Portuguese Sign Language as a human rights question. For more [...]
Alessandra Silveira was invited to give a communication in the Webinar “Que Europa depois da crise”, organised by CIEJD
As part of the Europe Day celebrations, Jacques Delors European Information Centre (CIEJD) organized, on May 11th, a Webinar to discuss the future of Europe after the pandemic crisis, in which JusGov’s researcher Alessandra Silveira was invited to give [...]
UNIO – EU Law Journal joins the RCAAP portal
UNIO – EU Law Journal is an open access online peer-reviewed journal with a blind review system. It falls within the scope of the Jean Monnet Chair entitled “Citizenship of Rights: European Citizenship as the Fundamental Status of Nationals of the [...]
(Partial) Translation of the Portuguese Tax Procedure Code
An English translation of a significant part of the Portuguese Tax Procedure Code, conducted by Anabela Ribeiro, master student in Multilingual Translation and Communication at University of Minho, is now available. Such translation was supervised by JusGov’s researcher Joaquim [...]
UMinho Prize for Initiation in Scientific Research – Ana Rita Simões Ribeiro
We are is pleased to announce that Ana Rita Simões Ribeiro will collaborate in the project InclusiveCourts, hosted at JusGov, under the terms set by the Regulation of the UMinho Prize for Initiation in Scientific Research, approved by Order [...]
Edited volume on Gender Equality – Igualdade de Género: Velhos e Novos Desafios – is now available in open access
The edited volume Igualdade de Género: Velhos e Novos Desafios [Gender Equality: Challenges Old and New], published in 2019 by the Research Centre for Human Rights, in cooperation with JusGov and the UMinho Law School, is now available in [...]
UMinho Prize for Initiation in Scientific Research – Call for applications
Applications are invited, until March 30th 2020, from students of the Law Course (daytime and post-labour regimes) of the University of Minho for participation in the project InclusiveCourts, hosted at the Research Centre for Justice and Governance (JusGov), under [...]
As part of the International Women’s Day Celebrations, JusGov researcher Eva Macedo was invited to participate in a dinner for Women Lawyers, promoted by the Braga Delegation of the Portuguese Bar Association | March 7th 2020
As part of the International Women's Day Celebrations, the Braga Delegation of the Portuguese Bar Association decided to organize a dinner for Women Lawyers, with the support of the Portuguese Association of Women Lawyers. The aforementioned dinner will take [...]
Patrícia Jerónimo was awarded the Scientific Merit Award 2020 by the University of Minho
On February 17th, JusGov’s Director, Professor Patrícia Jerónimo, was awarded the UMinho Scientifc Merit Award 2020, in the context of the celebrations of the 46th anniversary of the University of Minho. An interview with Patrícia Jerónimo for NÓS, the [...]
Joaquim Freitas da Rocha’s advisees published in the Nova Causa Edições Jurídicas
João Vinha Barreto and Ana Sofia Alves Pires published research developed under the framework of the Masters Course in Tax Law at EDUM in the Nova Causa Edições Jurídicas. João Vinha Barreto authored a study on Taxation of Real [...]
Patrícia Jerónimo coordinated the third issue of the e-boletim Lei & Justiça
The third issue of the e-Boletim Lei & Justiça (e-BLJ), dedicated to the topic “Nationality, Citizenship and Identity”, was coordinated by JusGov’s Director, Professor Patrícia Jerónimo. It is available online at the following link. E-Boletim Lei & Justiça (e-BLJ) [...]
Patrícia Jerónimo will participate in the “Encontro sobre Mobilidades e Direitos Humanos”, which will be held at the Monument to the Discoveries | December 10th 2019
JusGov’s Director, Professor Patrícia Jerónimo, was invited to speak at a meeting on mobility and human rights titled “Encontro sobre Mobilidade e Direitos Humanos”, which will be held at the Monument to the Discoveries, in Lisbon, on the 10th [...]
JusGov researcher Filipe Venade will participate in the “Congress on the European Convention on Human Rights and Additional Protocols”, which will be held at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Lisbon | June 6th 2019
The President of the Bar Association, Guilherme Figueiredo, and the judge of the European Court of Human Rights, the Full Professor Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, jointly organize the Congress on the European Convention on Human Rights and Additional Protocols, [...]
The “Report on citizenship law: Angola”, authored by Patrícia Jerónimo, was published today
The Report on citizenship law: Angola, authored by JusGov’s Director Patrícia Jerónimo, was published today by Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies in collaboration with Edinburgh University Law School. This report discusses citizenship in [...]
Public presentation of the edited volume Comentário Lusófono à Carta Africana dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos at Nova University of Lisbon (30 April 2019)
On April 30th the edited volume Comentário Lusófono à Carta Africana dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos (Lusophone Commentary on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights) will be presented at the Rectorate of Nova University of Lisbon, at [...]
The Me-CDPD 2018 report, written with the collaboration of the JusGov researcher Filipe Venade, has just been presented
In Portugal, compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is monitored by the National Mechanism for Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Me-CDPD). This mechanism results from an [...]
Petrony Editora has just launched the volume “Lei do Asilo – Anotada e Comentada”
JusGov informs that Petrony Editora has just launched the volume Lei do Asilo – Anotada e Comentada coordinated by JusGov's researcher A. Sofia Pinto Oliveira and Anabela Ferreira Alves e Russo, Judge of the Administrative Court of Appeal. This [...]
JusGov researchers will participate in the Seminar “Us and Them – Alterity, Public Policies and Rights”, which will be held at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto | April 5th 2019
The Faculty of Law of the University of Porto (FDUP), together with the Centre for Legal and Economic Research (CIJE), will hold the Seminar "Us and Them - Alterity, Public Policies and Rights", which will take place at FDUP [...]
Announcement for the opening of an international selection tender procedure for the hiring of one Doctorate
An international selection tender is now open for recruitment in the form of an uncertain term contract concluded under the Portuguese Labour Code, of one doctoral position for the exercise of scientific research activities in the scientific areas of [...]
Diana Coutinho was awarded with an Honourable Mention at the “Teresa Rosmaninho Prize – Human Rights, Women’s Rights”
JusGov researcher Diana Coutinho was awarded with an Honourable Mention at the “Teresa Rosmaninho Prize – Human Rights, Women’s Rights” for her work on reproductive rights in 21st century Europe, particularly with regard to surrogacy. Teresa Rosmaninho Prize, launched [...]
Maria Miguel Carvalho wrote a commentary in the collective work Código Cooperativo Anotado, with a presentation session at the Assembly of the Republic scheduled for February 6, 2019
The Código Cooperativo Anotado, a collective work coordinated by Professors Deolinda Meira and Maria Elisabete Ramos, for which the JusGov researcher Maria Miguel Carvalho wrote a commentary, will be presented at the Assembly of the Republic on February 6, [...]
Filipe Venade, JusGov’s researcher, has just been awarded with an Honourable Mention at the António Dornelas Prize
Filipe Venade has just been awarded with an Honourable Mention at the "António Dornelas Prize", as a reflection of the quality of the researcher's doctoral dissertation. This annual prize was launched in 2017 and awarded by the Ministry of [...]
The I Global Congress on Human Rights, to be held from the 16th until the 19th January, in Lamego, is co-organized by JusGov
The I GLOBAL CONGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS: New citizenship and sustainable development policies, to be held from the 16th until the 19th January, in Lamego, at Teatro Ribeiro Conceição, co-organized by JusGov, aims to reflect on the 17 Sustainable [...]
Filipe Venade’s Doctoral thesis has just been launched by Almedina
The doctoral thesis of Filipe Venade, JusGov’s researcher, has just been launched, by the publishing house Almedina, under the designation A Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência no Ordenamento Jurídico Português. Contributo para a [...]
JusGov Researcher Sónia Moreira will chair the conference on Animals in Restaurants – The new Legal Status of Animals | December 1st 2018
JusGov Researcher Sónia Moreira will chair the conference on Animals in Restaurants – The new Legal Status of Animals, to be held at Restaurante da Casa do Professor (Av. Central, 106-110, 4710-229, Braga), on December 1st, at 16.30 p.m. [...]