The book also examines a number of cases of human rights violations in Portugal and abroad.

“The plan aims to make protection more efficient," Pina told Lusa News Agency. "Portugal is a good student in adhering to international human rights treaties but they are not applied as we would want."

Pina’s plan is explained in her book, called 'Human Rights – what has yet to be done in the 21st century'. In it, Pina reflects on a number of cases she covered as a journalist and also as executive director of Lisbon-based Amnesty International Portugal from 2012 to 2016.

The book, which covers a range of human rights issues, from freedom of expression in the digital era to economic and social rights, the world economy, racial discrimination and refugees, has a foreword written by Angolan-Portuguese activist Luaty Beirão, whose story is also outlined in the book, and by Victor Nogueira, a former head of Amnesty International Portugal.

Towards the end of the book, Pina reflects on Portugal's approach to human rights.

While her plan is intended for Portugal, Pina said, it could be transposed to other countries - and even to the European Union as a whole.

She also said that the EU's approach to the refugee crisis is not working.

“In 2018 we have sufficient figures to understand that the number of deaths at sea has risen, despite fewer people trying to undertake the journey in the Mediterranean, which continues to be the most deadly,” she said.

Pina added that the EU's “ad hoc solutions” have led to “racist, nationalist and populist sentiments.”

The book also looks at racism in Portugal, with a focus on the recent case of 18 police officers accused of racism and torture in the Cova da Moura neighbourhood, in the Lisbon suburbs.