Colloquium – Proceedings within the Competence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and Civil Registry Offices
Colloquium – Proceedings within the Competence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and Civil Registry Offices On 13 January 2026, at 5:30 p.m., the Colloquium “Proceedings within the Competence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and Civil Registry Offices” will take place in Auditorium 201 at the University Portucalense. The recently published book “Processos da Competência do Ministério Público e das Conservatórias do Registo Civil”, coordinated by Lurdes Varregoso Mesquita (Coordinator of the IJP Research Group “Processo”) and Rossana Martingo Cruz (researcher at JusGov), serves as the starting point for the discussion. Programme 5:30 p.m. Opening Session Maria Manuela Magalhães Silva, Director of the Portucalense Legal Institute 5:45 p.m. Opening Lecture Proceedings within the Competence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and Civil Registry Offices – From the Perspective of the Public Prosecutor Nuno Farias, Public Prosecutor 6:15 p.m. Panel Moderation: Lurdes Varregoso Mesquita, Adjunct Professor at P.PORTO and Professor at UPT; Researcher at IJP/UPT Procedural acts and the powers of the Civil Registry Officer under Article 5 of Decree-Law 272/2001J. P. Remédio Marques, Full Professor at FDUC and Professor at UPT Lack of opposition and the limits of confession: not all silence is goldenVitória Andrade e Silva, Civil Registry Officer Article 8 of Decree-Law 272/2001, of 23 October, in perspective: when the process still travels on paper Benedita Loureiro, Civil Registry Officer 7:00 p.m. Closing Session Rossana Martingo Cruz, Assistant Professor at EDUM, Researcher at JusGov 7:15p.m.Closure Coffee
