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title: "Conselho Superior da Magistratura"
summary: "Judges' governing body; court closures."
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> Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](csm.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time.

# Conselho Superior da Magistratura

**body**: A public body that decides, warns or polices: an authority, the government, a ministry, a municipality. [All body nodes](README.md). Also written: CSM.

Judges' governing body; court closures. (**evidence**; [observador.pt](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/), read 11 Nov, 01:50 UTC)

## Everything decided about it, as it stands

From the researcher's file for this service, [courts.json](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/entities/courts.json) (updated 11 Nov, 09:30 UTC); the decision graph is the source of truth.

| Decision | Status | Published | In effect | Label | Read | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Court presidents may close courts fully or partly on Wednesday; urgent acts must go ahead](../../entities/decision/csm-courts.md) *CSM vice-president's despacho, via Lusa (Observador 12:51:24, 14:32:02). National, not Madeira-specific: "Madeira's courts closed" (Wikipedia) NOT established. csm.org.pt answered (01:45Z) with no matching notice on its *  | happened | 10 Nov, 12:51 UTC | hours not stated; the source names the day, Wednesday | evidence | 11 Nov, 01:50 UTC | [observador.pt](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/) |
| [Registries, industrial property and forensic medicine services closed (telework where possible); DGAJ recommends court closures](../../entities/decision/mj-services.md) *Observador 17:43:17, "Na sequência da declaração de situação de alerta".*  | happened | 10 Nov, 17:43 UTC | hours not stated; Wednesday | evidence | 11 Nov, 01:50 UTC | [observador.pt](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/) |

## Conselho Superior da Magistratura decided or announced

- [Court presidents may close courts fully or partly on Wednesday; urgent acts must go ahead](../../entities/decision/csm-courts.md) · **evidence** · "Court presidents may close courts fully or partly on Wednesday; urgent acts must go ahead" · [observador.pt](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/), read 11 Nov, 01:50 UTC · from [decision csm-courts](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)

## Timeline rows that mention it (0)

No timeline row uses one of its names yet.

## Evidence (1 outside address)

- observador.pt, read 11 Nov, 01:50 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/)

## The same node elsewhere

- In the graph: `actor:csm` ([open it there](../../app/graph/index.html?node=actor%3Acsm), [its data](../../data/graph/storm.json))
- As data: [body/csm.json](csm.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)