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ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC
DRAFT RESOLUTION NO. 356 /X
RECOMMENDS THE DEFINITION OF A POVERTY THRESHOLD AND THE ASSESSMENT
OF PUBLIC POLICIES AIMED AT ITS ERADICATION
Considering that the Petition No. 407 /X/3 of the initiative of the National Commission Justice and
Peace and other citizens, in a total of 21268 underwriters, who " Request that the
Assembly of the Republic to recognize poverty as a violation of rights
humans, establish an official threshold and create a parliamentary mechanism of
observation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies for their
eradication " , was appreciated by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights,
Freedoms and Guarantees, having earned final report on April 30, 2008, in the
a sense of reaffirming what has been proposed in the Resolution of the Assembly of the Republic n.
10/2008, of March 19 on the " Monitoring of the poverty situation in
Portugal ", thereby giving generic reception to the pretensions of the petitioners;
Considering that, following the assessment of the said petition, the Commission of
Constitutional Affairs concluded that the solemn declaration that poverty leads to the
violation of Human Rights, formalized in the said Assembly Resolution of the
Republic, must be realized through the definition of precise objectives for the
combating poverty, in addition to the measures there envisaged;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (5) of the Law of Exercise of the Law of
Petition (passed by Law No. 43/90 of August 10 and amended by the Laws No 6/93, of
March 1, 15/2003, of June 4 and 45/2007, of August 24), the Commission
competent may present, together with the final report of the petition, a draft of
resolution to be discussed and vote when the consideration of the petition by the Plenary;
Considering that the Assembly of the Republic stated, in the recitals of the already
identified Resolution No. 10/2008, of March 19, that poverty " leads to violation
of Human Rights " and, in consequence, resolved to take up the monitoring of the
situation of poverty in Portugal as its specific mission, for the pursuit of
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what will be based specifically on the annual report on the implementation of the National Plan
of Action for Inclusion, to be submitted by the Government to the Assembly of the Republic;
The Assembly of the Republic resolves:
United In the wake of the Resolution of the Assembly of the Republic No 10/2008 of 19 of
March on the " Monitoring of the poverty situation in Portugal ",
declare solemnly that poverty leads to the violation of Human Rights;
To Recommend the definition of a poverty threshold depending on the level of
national income and standard living conditions in our society;
Recommend to Recommend Regular assessment of public policies for eradication of
poverty;
To Recommend that the established poverty threshold should serve as a mandatory reference
the definition and evaluation of public policies for eradicating poverty.
THE DEPUTIES,