Social Communication - Deontological Principles

Main national legal provisions on the rights of children and young people in relation to media content and services:

- Article 26(1) and (2) of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic,

- Article 8 of Code of Ethics for Journalists

- Article 32(1) of the Radio Law,

- Articles 27 and 34 of the Law on Television and On-demand Audiovisual Services,

- Articles 14, 17(1), 20-A and 20-B of the Advertising Code, approved by the Decree-Law No 330/90 of 23 October 1990, and amended by Law No 30/2019 of 23 April 2019, protects minors from advertising content and limits their transmission times.

- Article 90 the Law on the Protection of Children and Young People in Danger - Media

Ethics Council for Journalists - Recommendation on interviews with children and references to belonging groups

Children and youth in media in 2023 and 2024 - ERC

Recommendation of the Ethics Board: Information processing of crimes involving children

Resolution ERC/2020/21 (CONTJOR-TV) - Participation forwarded by the National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth against CMTV for the dissemination of images of aggression against a minor.

Public Prosecution Service - Note for the Media - State of play of the Supernanny case

Constitutional Court ruling on the Supernanny case

Resolution ERC/2018/93 (CONTPROG-TV) - Participations against SIC - Supernanny TV Program

Resolution ERC/2016/249 (OUT-TV) - Criteria for assessing non-compliance with Article 27(3) and (4) of the Act on Television and Audiovisual Media Services