5 and 6 November 2026
Carvalho Guerra Auditorium | Portuguese Catholic University – Porto
About the Event
Marking 40 years of European integration, this conference aims to foster a debate on the European framework for preventing and combating violence against women, analysing developments from the Istanbul Convention to the most recent European Directive.
Over the course of two days, topics such as cyberviolence – specifically, the non-consensual sharing of intimate material, cyberstalking and online hate speech – will be discussed, alongside victim protection, precautionary and police measures, and the urgent removal of content. The conference brings together researchers, magistrates, lawyers and law enforcement officers, amongst others, to reflect on the legal framework and its practical application.
Participation in the event requires registration, which is free if you do not request a certificate, and costs €5 if you choose to receive one.
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Program
Thursday, 5 November
17:00 – 17:30 | Registration of participants
17:30 | Formal Opening Session
- Marta Portocarrero — Dean of the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
- Teresa Féria — Chair of the Board of the Portuguese Association of Women Lawyers
6.00 pm | Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 – Perspectives from Psychology and Reflections on Criminal Law
- Ricardo Barroso — Lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto
- Marlene Matos — Lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology,University of Minho
- Pedro Miguel Freitas — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
- Concepción Torres — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Alicante
Moderator: Conceição Ferreira da Cunha — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
Friday, 6 November
Cyberviolence: New Legal Categories?
Articles 5 to 8 of Directive (EU) 2024/1385
9.30 am – 10.30 am | Round Table 1
Article 5 of the Directive – legal analysis and perspectives from psychology and sociology
- Cláudia Cruz Santos — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra
- Conceição Ferreira da Cunha — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
- Isabel Ventura — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
Moderator: Mariana Vilas Boas — Researcher at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
10.30 am – 11.00 am | Coffee break
11.00 am – 12.00 pm | Round Table 2
Articles 6 and 7 of the Directive – legal analysis and a psychological perspective
- Sónia Fidalgo — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra
- António Brito Neves — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon
- Ada Luísa Conduto — Lawyer and Clinical Psychologist
Moderator: Nídia Moreira — Researcher at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
12.00 – 12.45 | Round Table 3
Article 8 of the Directive – legal analysis and anthropological perspective
- Ana Pais — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra
- Miguel Vale de Almeida — Anthropologist, Lecturer at the University Institute of Lisbon
Moderator: Clara Sottomayor — Judge at the Supreme Court of Justice
1.00 pm | Lunch at the Edifício Américo Amorim Restaurant
The architecture of protection: European experiences and the path forward for Portugal
2.30 pm | Precautionary and police measures: the criminal procedural framework and comparative experience
- Teresa Féria — Retired Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice
- Mercedes Llorente Sánchez-Arjoda — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Seville
- Verónica López Yagües - Lecturer of Facultad de Derecho da Universidade de Alicante
Moderator: Mariana Vilas Boas — Researcher at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
3.15 pm – 4.15 pm | Round Table 4
Police precautionary measures
- Catarina Roriz — Public Prosecutor
- Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Lisbon
- Cátia Moura — Commissioner at the Porto Metropolitan Command of the Public Security Police
Moderator: Pedro Miguel Freitas — Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UCP-Porto
4.15 pm – 4.45 pm | Coffee break
4.45 pm – 6.00 pm | Round Table 5
Article 23 of the Directive – urgent removal of content
- Carla Costa — Chief Inspector of the National Unit for Combating Cybercrime and Technological Crime, Judicial Police
- Mariana Machado — Judge
- Nuno Serdoura dos Santos — Public Prosecutor
- Paula Cabriz – Acting Director of ANACOM’s Directorate-General for Digital Affairs
Moderator: Manuel Masseno — Lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Beja
6.00 pm | Closing
Performance by the UCP Women’s Tuna
This work is funded by national funds through the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., as part of project UID/04859/2025, with the DOI identifier.
