contributions requested by the institutions of the international system for the protection of human rights: one was the contribution to the 15th Session of the United Nations Committee on Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities; And the other on Portugal’s 15th and 17th reports in the framework of the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to the 91st session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. With regard to other requests, in 2016, the Ombudsman made the following contributions: • Questionnaire response for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights on cooperation between National Human Rights Institutions and National Parliaments; • Questionnaire response for the preparation of a study by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) on strengthening and harmonizing the intervention of the parties to international treaties with National Human Rights Institutions; • Questionnaire response to the of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on stateless persons; • Questionnaire response for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning the drafting of a special report on the rights of persons with disabilities; • Questionnaire response for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as a contribution of this State body to the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing; • Questionnaire response for the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) on cooperation between National Human Rights Institutions and Parliaments; • Questionnaire response for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on labor rights in the context of fiscal policy adjustment and consolidation; • Questionnaire response for the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture on the situation of persons deprived of their liberty and on matters relating to the prison system, police intervention and the role of the Ombudsman as a National Preventive Mechanism; • Questionnaire response for the National Institute for Rehabilitation, I.P. On Law No. 46/2006, of August 28, regarding the instruction of complaints in this State body regarding issues of discrimination on the grounds of disability and the existence of aggravated health risk; 86 |