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• Portuguese involvement in renditions to Guantanamo

  5 February 2008, by Reprieve
  UK charity Reprieve have today released a report – the ‘Journey of Death’ – which conclusively shows that Portuguese territory and airspace has been used to transfer over 700 prisoners to torture and illegal imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay

• Migrants’ Experiences of Racism and Xenophobia in 12 EU Member States

  4 February 2008, by European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
  This pilot study on migrants’ experiences of discrimination is based on country studies conducted between 2002 and 2005 in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and UK. According to the study in all these countries migrants subjectively experience discriminatory practices to a significant extent.

• Treaty Between the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of The Netherlands and the Portuguese Republic, establishing the European Gendarmerie Force

  22 October 2007, by Italian Republic, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Portuguese Republic, Republic of France
  The object of this Treaty is to establish a European Gendarmerie Force, which shall be operational, pre-organised, robust, and rapidly deployable, exclusively comprising elements of police forces with military status of the Parties, in order to perform all police tasks within the scope of crisis management operations.

• The Committee of Ministers Issues Recommendations on Minority Protection in Portugal

  24 September 2007, by Committee of Ministers
  The Committee of Ministers on September 5, 2007 adopted a resolution on the protection of national minorities in Portugal. This resolution contains conclusions and recommendations, highlighting positive developments but also a number of areas where further measures are needed to advance the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

• Amélioration des échanges d’informations dans le cadre de la coopération transfrontière

  19 juin 2007, par Parlement européen
  Le Parlement a adopté un rapport portant sur le transfert automatisé de profils ADN, de fichiers d’empreintes digitales et d’immatriculations de véhicules dans le cadre de la discussion commune sur la coopération transfrontière en matière de lutte contre le terrorisme et la criminalité. L’avis du Parlement est en l’espèce consultatif, mais les députés souhaitent modifier la base juridique utilisée, afin que le Conseil ne puisse passer outre ses recommandations à la majorité qualifiée.

• Rapports sur le racisme en Arménie, en Géorgie, en Islande, au Portugal et en Slovénie

  20 février 2007, par Commission européenne contre le racisme et l’intolérance du Conseil de l’Europe
  La Commission européenne contre le racisme et l’intolérance (ECRI), organe du Conseil de l’Europe spécialisé dans la lutte contre le racisme, publie aujourd’hui cinq nouveaux rapports sur le racisme, la xénophobie, l’antisémitisme et l’intolérance concernant l’Arménie, la Géorgie, l’Islande, le Portugal et la Slovénie. L’ECRI constate une évolution positive dans l’ensemble de ces cinq pays membres du Conseil de l’Europe.

• Reports on racism in Armenia, Georgia, Iceland, Portugal and Slovenia

  20 February 2007, by Commission européenne contre le racisme et l’intolérance du Conseil de l’Europe
  The Council of Europe’s expert body on combating racism, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), today released five new reports examining racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in Armenia, Georgia, Iceland, Portugal and Slovenia. ECRI recognises that positive developments have occurred in all five of these Council of Europe member countries.

• JHA «Troika» develops common agenda for 2007 - 2008

  23 October 2006, by Geyer Florian
  The interior ministers from Germany, Portugal and Slovenia met on 2 October 2006 in Berlin to agree on a common JHA agenda for their countries’ subsequent Council presidencies in the period from 1 January 2007 until 30 June 2008. The publicized results of the meeting in Berlin read in large parts as an exhaustive tour d’ horizon of all issues currently under discussion or implementation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs.

• Informal London Meeting on Counter-Terrorism

  29 August 2006, by Members of Informal London Meeting on Counter-Terrorism
  A joint press statement issued ahead of the Finnish Presidency review of the Hague Programme in Spetember 2006 and following the terrorist threats in the UK in August 2006.

• Portuguese government tests new eID card

  23 May 2006, by Schmitz Patrice-Emmanuel
  Portugal has tested an eID card, which is intended to replace the existing ID card and four others (the social security, public health service, tax-payer’s, and elector’s cards).