The Foundation For The Defense Of Citizens Against State Abuses (FACIAS) informs that quarantine decisions issued by the Public Health Directorates (DSP) can be challenged in court.
According to Article 17 of Law 136/2020, any person who considers him/herself aggrieved by such a decision may challenge it in court within 24 hours of the communication of the decision.
The decision of the DSP may be appealed to the court in whose district the person is domiciled or resident or to the court in whose district the premises or health unit in which the person is quarantined or, as the case may be, isolated is situated.
By means of an appeal, the person may request the annulment of the contested administrative act, the revision or the termination of the measure, and this request is exempt from the payment of the judicial stamp duty. Applications are heard as a matter of urgency.