June), World Refugee Day ( June 20), International Day of Support for Victims of Torture ( June 26), World Day against Trafficking in Persons ( June 30), World Humanitarian Day (August 19), International Day in Memory of Commerce (August 23), International Day of Victims of Forced Disappearance (30 August), International Day of Democracy (September 15), International Day of Peace (September 21), International Day of the Elderly (1 World Day for Mental Health (10 October), International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17), Universal Children’s Day (November 20), International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November 2), International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (December 2), International Day of Disabled Persons (December 3), International Human Rights Day (December 10) and International Day of Migrants (December 18). It should also be emphasized that, within the context of the commemorations of the Children’s Day, this State body promoted a human rights awareness campaign at its headquarters and the Ombudsman, which was attended by Students from the Josefa Primary and Secondary School of Óbidos in Lisbon. In addition, this State organ organized, with the support of the Oriente Foundation, a concert by the Orquestra Geração de Vialonga, which took place on June 1, 2016 in the auditorium of the Museu Oriente, in Lisbon. The Ombudsman activities as a National Human Rights Institution, are materialized in the development of the protocol signed with the Ministry of Education, through the realization of an action to raise awareness of human rights with the school community. This event corresponded to a human rights awareness campaign, the United Nations and the Ombudsman, which took place with the school population of the Secondary School of Amora, on December 13. In developing the cooperation protocol which has been established between the Ombudsman and the (then) High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (current High Commissioner for Migration), on April 29, two collaborators from this State body carried out a workshop on the theme «Activity of the Ombudsman in promoting and defending the rights of foreign citizens». This event took place at the National Center for Immigrant and Migration Support, located in Lisbon, and consisted of a training program directed to the employees of the High Commission for Migration, civil society organizations and local authorities. It should also be mentioned that, in the course of 2016, the Ombudsman, in liaison with the Office of the High Commissioner for Migration, designed information materials on the role of this State body in promoting and defending Rights of migrants. These flyers will be published this year in five foreign languages ​​(French, English, Mandarin, Romanian and Russian), in addition to the Portuguese language, in order to reach a wider universe of its recipients. 88 |