Within the scope of the 
VIII International Congress on Human Rights and Public Policies, organized by the 
University of Salamanca at the Faculty of Law of Salamanca, two communications were presented on October 23, 2025: one in the thematic area “Ageing and Human Rights”, entitled 
“When Time Turns into Silence: Loneliness in Older People” (team: Fátima Gameiro, Beatriz Rosa, Paula Ferreira, Ana Paula Garcia and Carlos Poiares); and another in the thematic area 
“Public Policies and the Protection of Childhood and Adolescence”, entitled 
“Spaces of Imagination – Virtual Reality and Art in Inclusive Educational Contexts: ReViOP” (team: Ana Pedro, 
Fátima Gameiro, 
Paula Ferreira, 
Ana Paula Garcia, 
Jacqueline Marques, 
Nélson Ramalho and 
Hélia Bracons).