On 30-31 January 2012, OHCHR hosted the first meeting of the Roma Civil Society Group on the Right to Health as part of the inter-agency project “Scaling up action towards MDGs 4 and 5 in the context of the Decade of Roma Inclusion and in support of National Roma Integration Strategies”.

On 22 November 2011, government and civil society representatives from 18 countries from Central and Eastern Europe gathered in Prague for a sub-regional workshop on the rights of vulnerable children under three years of age organized by the OHCHR Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with UNICEF.

OHCHR Regional Office for Europe is concerned about collective forced evictions of Roma and Travellers which are increasingly becoming an openly acknowledged policy of choice in some European countries.

OHCHR Regional Office for Europe brought representatives of 27 States – EU Member States, candidates for EU membership and other European States – to Brussels for a one-day workshop on the innovations in reporting to International Human Rights Treaty Bodies.

From 10 to 14 August 2011 the first ever Pride took place in the City of Prague. The five-day cultural and human rights festival consisted of colorful events such as theatre and movie performances, photo exhibitions, public debates, expert debates, book readings, as well as entertainment.

Brussels: On June 28, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched two reports highlighting the human rights situation of persons in institutions in Europe and Central Asia.

UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, is visiting Brussels to meet with various EU interlocutors and Women’s Rights Organizations.

On 8 July the Regional Office for Europe held a Judicial Colloquium on the Implementation of Article 3 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).