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The Instituto Jurídico Portucalense (IJP) took part in the XXVIII Congreso Internacional y Semipresencial de Historia de los Derechos Humanos, held at the University of Salamanca from 24 to 26 September 2025 Since 1997, this congress — led by María Esther Martínez Quinteiro (Professor at the University of Salamanca and integrated researcher at the IJP) — has been a key forum for discussion in the field of human rights. The IJP’s participation reinforces its commitment to the international debate on human rights from multidisciplinary and intersectional perspectives. The Research Unit was represented by its Director, Maria Manuela Magalhães Silva, guest speaker with the lecture ‘Human rights and new challenges from a constitutional perspective’, and by Olívia de Carvalho, integrated researcher, who presented the paper ‘The protection of children in the legal system: From law to practice’. During the Congress, the e-book Women, Gender and Intersectionality in Perspective was also presented, a publication resulting from a selection of papers from the Working Group ‘Studies on Women, Gender and Intersectionality’, developed in the 2024 edition of the event. The group was coordinated by Zamira de Assis, who shares the coordination of the e-book with Maria Manuela Magalhães Silva and Maria Esther Martínez Quinteiro.

VII International Congress on Public Policies and Social Development The Portucalense Legal Institute will join as a partner in the VII International Congress on Public Policies and Social Development, organized by the UniProcessus University Center (Brasília, Brazil). The initiative aims to discuss how Procedural Law and Public Policies can serve as pillars for truly sustainable social development, with a particular focus on the challenges of ensuring justice for vulnerable groups. As part of the Congress, the seminar series “Vulnerable Groups and Justice: Procedural and Civil Challenges on the Path to Sustainable Social Development” will take place between October 3 and 24, featuring the participation of several IJP researchers and its research hubs. The opening webinar, titled “New Vulnerabilities in the Digital Age”, will be held on October 3 at 6:00 p.m. (Lisbon) / 2:00 p.m. (Brasília), with contributions from Lurdes Varregoso Mesquita (Coordinator of the IJP Research Group on Procedural Law), Susana Almeida (Coordinator of the IJP Leiria Hub), and Fernanda da Rocha Teixeira (Professor at UniProcessus). Registration is available via Sympla, and the session will be streamed live on the UniProcessus YouTube channel.