On 10 December, the United Nations and the European Union will jointly commemorate Human Rights Day at the Bozar cultural centre in Brussels. The event at the Bozar will begin with introductory remarks by the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere.

On 24 October 2010, the Regional Office for Europe will be part of the United Nations information village on the Grand Place of Brussels.

Forgotten Europeans – Forgotten Rights? OHCHR is organizing an international seminar on human rights of persons in institutional care in October.

On 6-7 September 2010, the Regional Office for Europe organized a workshop on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which was co-hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Slovenia.

Film directors from different parts of the world used documentaries to draw attention to human rights and development.

On 25- 26 May, OHCHR –Europe Regional Office, with the participation of the International Labour Office (ILO) Brussels, organised a Legal Colloquium on the applicability of existing international human rights norms to the situation of migrant domestic workers in Europe.

The UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay opened the first UN human rights office in Europe in Brussels today.