Onyakeni wama-21 olandelanayo kusukela ngo-1993, ngeSonto zingama-3 kuLwezi, kugujwa uSuku Lomhlaba Lokukhumbula Izisulu Zomgwaqo. Lugujwa njengoSuku Lomhlaba, oluhlonishwe ngokusemthethweni yi-General Assembly yeNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene (UN).
Umoya walo mgubho ukuthi ukugqugquzelwa komphakathi kwenkumbulo yalabo abalahlekelwa izimpilo zabo noma impilo yabo emigwaqweni, emigwaqweni kazwelonke neyomhlaba kusho ukuqashelwa, okwenziwa yiMibuso nomphakathi, ngesimo esibi sezingozi. Usuku oluphinde luhloniphe amaqembu ezimo eziphuthumayo, amaphoyisa kanye nochwepheshe bezokwelapha ababhekana nsuku zonke nemiphumela ebuhlungu yezingozi.
Njengoba zibulala abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.2 unyaka ngamunye, iningi labo eliphakathi kweminyaka engu-5 no-44 ubudala, izinhlekelele zomgwaqo zingenye yezimbangela zokufa ezintathu eziphambili emhlabeni wonke. Bangaphezu kuka-3,400 abesilisa, abesifazane nezingane ababulawa nsuku zonke emigwaqweni yomhlaba behamba ngezinyawo, begibele amabhayisikili noma behamba ngezimoto. Abanye abantu abayizigidi ezingu-20 kuya ku-50 bayalimala unyaka ngamunye ngenxa yezingozi zomgwaqo.
E-Portugal, kulo nyaka kuphela (kuze kube yi-7 November) kube nokufa kwe-397 kanye nokulimala okunzima kwe-1,736, futhi phakathi neminyaka kunezisulu ezingenakubalwa zezingozi eziqondile nezingaqondile, izimpilo ezithintekayo phakade yileli qiniso.
Kulo nyaka, isiqubulo samazwe ngamazwe soSuku Lwesikhumbuzo - “ukubulala isivinini” – sivusa insika yesithathu yoHlelo Lomhlaba Wonke Lokuphepha Emgwaqeni 2011/2020.
Ukuhlelwa komgubho ePortugal kwaqala ngo-2001 futhi kuye kwaqinisekiswa kusukela ngo-2004 ngu-Estrada Viva (Liga contra o Trauma), ngokubambisana nezinhlangano zikahulumeni wasePortugal. Umkhankaso walo nyaka wokuqwashisa nokubungaza usekelwa yisikhungo Isigungu Sikazwelonke Sokuphepha Emgwaqeni (i-ANSR), iHhovisi Lomqondisi Jikelele Wezempilo (i-DGS), i-National Republican Guard (GNR) kanye namaPhoyisa Ezokuphepha Komphakathi (PSP), ngoxhaso lwe-Liberty. Seguros.
