The National Commission in the News

Children at risk: Most of the cases are domestic violence and neglect. (SIC News, 13/05/2025)

Child Protection Commission says system 'does not institutionalize' minors (Diary News, 15/01/2025)

What do I need to know if someone complains about my family to the CPCJ (Public, 09/01/2025)

Global study on sexual abuse? "Nothing happened" more than a year later. (Renaissance Radio, 28/11/2024)

Child Protection Commission Releases Book on Sexual Abuse Crime (Public, 17/11/2024)

Ana Valente succeeds Rosario Farmhouse in the Commission for the Protection of Children and Youth (Diário Notícias, 07/08/2024)

Interview with Antena 1. Rosario Farmhouse admits difficulties in the child protection system (Antenna 1, 29/07/2024)

Nearly 55,000 dangerous situations involving children and young people reported in 2023 (Diário Notícias, 22/05/2024)

Portrait of sexual abuse in society will be made from an existing study of INE (Public, 03/04/2024)

Campaign: It's not acceptable, point! (Newspaper, 14/02/2024)

Prescription of sexual abuse offences at age 23 "doesn't make sense" (Newspaper, 15/06/2023)

Social media exposure of children is a new form of child labour (Renaissance, 12/06/2023)

Child Protection Commissions accompanied 74,191 minors in 2022 (dnotícias.pt, 24/05/2023)

Human Blue Tie gathers 1,500 children in Terreiro do Paço (RTP, 28/04/2023)

Referred 45,132 communications on children in distress in 2021 (Observer, 18/01/2023)

Children: "Cuida Bem de Mim" book collection shows right to "be well cared for, loved, protected and respected" - Rosario Farmhouse (Ecclesia, 21/11/2022)

Child Sexual Abuse Victims Forced to Tell Eight Times (JN, 18/11/2022)

Protection Commission with project to ensure rapid action on child victims of domestic violence (RTP, 15/11/2022)

Approved in the specialty the diploma that creates Regional Coordination for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth (DN, 19/10/2022)

Students want to participate in school decisions and told the minister (SIC News 7/10/2022)

Rosario Farmhouse will chair the Steering Committee on Children's Rights of the Council of Europe (Renaissance Radio, 07/07/2022)

Activities of the Commissions for the Protection of Children and Young People are increasingly necessary (Government Portal, 28/06/2022)

“There are instructions from border states not to let out children, let alone orphaned children. Whoever is saying that they can get a child for x money is lying," says Rosario Farmhouse. (Renaissance Public and Radio, 24/03/2022)

"Ukrainian children are arriving totally unaccompanied" (CNN, 22/03/2022)

Most online sex abusers are young Caucasian adults (CNN, 01/02/2022)

“Sexual abuse occurs mainly in the family. Protection Commission calls for attention to signals” (Diário Notícias, 18/11/2021)

Portuguese traveled more than 2 thousand kilometers in 40 days for children's rights (TVI 24, 25/08/2021)

CPCJ report. The number of children and young people accompanied decreased in 2020

It has reduced the number of accompanied minors and cases in child and youth protection commissions. (RTP, 30/06/2021)

"Very affected." More than 2700 children in danger in a pandemic year"

The president of the National Commission for the Protection of Children and Youth, Rosario Farmhouse, confirms that the confinement has aggravated the situation of the youngest. "Serious or very serious" cases were detected. (TSF, 17/05/2021)

Children in Danger line received 854 calls

The telephone line "Children in Danger", created during the pandemic, has received since May 2020 "854 calls and 1,412 communications", said this Thursday the Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho. (TVI 24 01/04/2021)

Bad treatment in childhood. Most accompanied children are up to three years old (SIC news 01-04-2021)

There are about 35,000 children being accompanied for suffering ill-treatment. More than half are at most three years old. Child violence is an increasingly recurring problem in Portugal and can have serious consequences on the growth of children. (SIC 01/04/2021)

School closures: The situation is "worrying" for children suffering from abuse.

Rosario Farmhouse, Chair of the Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Young People, underlines that stopping all teaching activity means greater concern for minors in more fragile family environments. (TVI24 22/01/2021)

Covid-19: National Commission Calls for Increased Community Attention to Child Protection

The National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth (CNPDPCJ) today called for increased community attention to possible cases of children in danger at a time when schools are closing again. (S+, 21/01/2021)

Interview with Rosario Farmhouse to the news of 7pm of TSF

Dora Pires, TSF journalist, interview with Rosário Farmhouse, President of the CNPDCJ, on the context of the pandemic that we are experiencing, specifically the closure of schools, from 22 January (TSF, 21/01/2021)

The number of children and young people accompanied by protection commissions rose last year Domestic violence is the most reported situation of danger to CPCJ in 2019, but negligence remains the most diagnosed situation by committees. In May and June this year, during the pandemic, there were 800 dangerous situations reported by schools. (Public, 01/07/2020)

Violence against children: 15% of whistleblowing calls went to MP

The telephone line [of the CNPDPCJ] for reporting violence against children and young people received, in the first month of operation, almost one hundred calls, 24% made by parents and 15% were forwarded to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Government reported today.

Report / Interview Morning 1

Interview with Rosario Farmhouse, President of the National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth, on the morning program of Antena 1.

Rosario Farmhouse, yesterday, Children's Day, at RTP2

Interview of the President of the CNPDPCJ, to the Ecclesia program, in the context of Children's Day.

SIC prohibited from issuing SuperNanny program without CPCJ authorization

"The Constitutional Court (TC) has upheld the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) in the case of the SuperNanny program." (TSF, 21/05/2020)

Constitutional gives reason to Supreme and puts Supernanny in the hands of CPCJ

“The Constitutional Court (TC) upheld the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) in the case of the SIC programme. Programme may only be shown with the authorisation of the Commission for the Protection of Children and Youth (CPCJ).” (Diário Notícias, 21/05/2020)

Consent of the Constitutional Court

See here the Constitutional Court's ruling on the Supernanny program

During the pandemic, signaling of children at risk fell by 52%

“The reduction can be justified by cutting off the direct contact of authorities reporting abuse with children and young people. In March and April, 3829 flags were reported.” (Public, 20/05/2020)

Telephone hotline set up to report violence against children and young people

“The National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth (CNPDPCJ) has set up a telephone line to report abuse and violence against minors, calling on friends, neighbours and family members to remain vigilant during the lockdown.” (SIC Notícias, 19/05/2020)

“Protecting children is everyone’s business” recalls new national campaign

“National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth (CNPDPCJ) launches today a new campaign to underline the importance of communicating situations of children and young people in danger, calling for the special involvement of all civil society.” (Barlavento, 19/05/2020)

Beja: Childhood Abuse Prevention Month Ends with Virtual Exposure of Blue Ties

“The CPCJ of Beja joined this campaign of the National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth and promoted various activities throughout the month, always with the symbol of the blue tie behind.” (Voice of the Plain, 30/04/2020)

CPCJ of Ílhavo in a campaign of the National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth for the month of April

“I will be what you give me... let it be love” is the motto of the campaign of the National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth for the month of April. The Month for the Prevention of Bad Treatment in Childhood deserved the involvement of the Commission for the Protection of Children and Young People of Ílhavo through the dissemination of various activities.” (Terra Nova, 3/04/2020)

"Neighbours, watch out." Risk of child abuse increases during lockdown

“April is International Child Abuse Prevention Month. But at this time, many minors are at increased risk because they are in domestic confinement with potential aggressors.” (TSF, 1/04/2020)

April with COVID 19 – Child Abuse Prevention Month

“I will be what you give me ... that is love”, is the motto of the campaign of the National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Young People for the month of April, the month of the Prevention of Bad Treatment in Childhood.” (Correio de Lagos, 1/04/2020)

April is the month of prevention of childhood abuse in Porto Santo

"April, as everyone knows, is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse. This year it will not be possible to conduct a face-to-face campaign, given the current pandemic and the social isolation that has been imposed on us due to the state of emergency.” (Jornal da Madeira, 1/04/2020)

Interview with Elizabeth Di Paolo on the Morning 1 program

Sandra Henriques interviews Elizabeth di Paolo, coordinator of the positive parenting project of the National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth (Antena 1, 3/01/2020)