The Ombudsperson took part in the commemorations of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, organised by the Syndicate of Greuges in Barcelona on 1 July 2024, presenting the paper “The Portuguese penitentiary system and its monitoring by the National Preventive Mechanism”. NPM coordinator Miguel Feldmann was also present.

The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is celebrated annually on 26 June and is an opportunity to draw attention to this practice, which strikes particularly hard and seriously at the Principle of the Dignity of the Human Person.

2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1984.