Catarina Santos Botelho

🇵🇹 Professor and Chair of Constitutional Law (UCP, Porto); Management Board Member of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights 🌍

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Today in Vienna, I officially began my five-year mandate as a Full Member of the Management Board of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. Strengthening the protection of fundamental rights across Europe remains a shared responsibility and a vital commitment for us all.

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Muito obrigada ao José Maria Pimentel pelo convite! @45graus https://t.co/vPwI9j2KiV

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Grateful to Monica Claes and Maarten Stremler for inviting me to contribute to the book project “European Varieties of National Constitutional Scholarship”, hosted at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences🚲

[EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights @EURightsAgency]

Rising living costs are putting enormous pressure on families in the EU. Low-income households feel the impact the most with 1 in 5 already in poverty.

The EU and EU countries have a responsibility to reduce inequality and ensure access to basic needs for a fairer future.

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Grateful to Professor Serkan Yolcu (Bilkent University) for joining us his week at Católica Porto. He lectured our Master students in Constitutionalism, Democracy and Human Rights and shared his research on judicial strategy. A truly enriching exchange!

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I look forward to supporting the vital mission of FRA, an institution at the heart of our democratic values and human rights.

[EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights @EURightsAgency]

FRA’s Management Board held a retreat to review the key achievements and strategic direction of the Agency.

Remaining focused, agile, and responsive is central to FRA's commitment to uphold #FundamentalRights in this ever-evolving policy landscape.

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@Mutichilolaw Thank you!

[Catarina Santos Botelho @CSantosBotelho]

Today in Vienna, I officially began my five-year mandate as a Full Member of the Management Board of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. Strengthening the protection of fundamental rights across Europe remains a shared responsibility and a vital commitment for us all.

[Catarina Santos Botelho @CSantosBotelho]

@FrancescoBiagi Thank you!

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@sirpa_rautio Thank you!

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My sincere appreciation goes to Professor Luísa Netto, Leiden University, and the Organising Team. I wish to particularly acknowledge the inspiring keynote delivered by Professor Aoife Nolan, which offered clarity, profound insights, and much to reflect upon!

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Preocupa-me a divisão moral, quase a jeito de sinalização da virtude, implícita no rótulo "humanista" atribuido à posição maioritária do TC. Como se não houvesse humanismo nos juízes que votaram em sentido contrário. Distintas leituras da Constituição, igualmente legítimas.

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É com tanta alegria que, enquanto Coordenadores, anunciamos a abertura de candidaturas para a VIII Edição da PG Interdisciplinar em Direitos Humanos! Mais informações: https://t.co/0IYGk769dU

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Mais info da obra coordenada por Eduardo Figueiredo: https://t.co/OHbuekhqMG

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Salientar o potencial conciliador da serena moderação, num delicado equilíbrio entre, por um lado, a rejeição de superioridades morais apriorísticas e a concomitante recusa da substituição da educação pela doutrinação ideológica e, por outro lado, o respeito pela igual dignidade

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Um dia muito feliz! Nas brilhantes provas de doutoramento (aprovado com a nota máxima, por unanimidade) do Eduardo Figueiredo (Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra).

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"But where are the thrones and the temples, where are the vessels
Brimming with nectar, the songs delighting the gods?
Where are the words now that lighten, travel and strike?" (Friedrich Hölderlin) #50yearsoftheGreekConstitution

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"Greece, blessed land, the house of all the immortals!
See, what we heard in our young days is true.
Hall for a feast, whose floor is the ocean and tables the mountains
Truly for unique use built aeons ago!

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Many thanks to former Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos and to former Interim Prime Ministers Panagiotid Pikrammenos and Ioannis Sarmas. @Zappeion Megaron Hellenic Parliament

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What an honor to be invited, along with Justice Ana Maria Guerra Martins, Prof. Maria Isabel González Pascual and Prof. Antoni Abat Ninet, as keynote speaker on the conference celebrating the 50 Years of the Greek Constitution! @hellenic parliament

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50 years of the Greek Constitution! Incredibly honored to join the think tank Kyklos Ideon, in collaboration with diaNEOsis and the Delphi Economic Forum, and under the auspices of the Hellenuc Parliament at the Zappeion Megaron (Athens).