2008-05-12 » Under the Portuguese law, the National Agricultural Reserve (RAN - Reserva Agrícola Nacional) is intended to preserve and protect the most productive soils, which are defined as RAN soils, and to ensure that they are used to develop portuguese agriculture and to guarantee a correct landscape management. (Decreto-Lei 196/89, June [...]
2008-04-27 » - BUT SOME OF THEM ARE SPECIALLY SPECIAL.
From the Declaration of the Rights of the Child: (proclaimed by the United Nations at November 20th, 1959)
Principle 5. The child who is physically, mentally or socially handicapped shall be given the special treatment, education and care required by his particular condition.
NOTE: A [...]
2008-02-23 » From the CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD:
(Proclaimed and adopted by the United Nations, on November 20th 1989. Effective in the portuguese law since October 21st 1990)
"States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental [...]
2008-02-17 » was 2007, but has been extended to 2008.
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"Since Aristoteles, the dolphins have always fascinated men. To many people, they represent the Earth's heart and soul.
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More than twenty years ago, the roazes-corvineiros (local common name for Bottle-nosed dolphins) were usually seen by travellers sailing across the Tagus River from and to [...]
2008-02-17 » - from the United Nations Charter,
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (*)
(adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, December 10th, 1948)
(*) Included in the Portuguese law (Diário da República) nº 57/78, March 9th.
[originally posted on Jan 10th, 2008]
Category: UNIVERSAL TEXTS