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"The Role of Civil Society in Protecting Democratic Values” & Civil Dialogue Award 2025

Ceremony 3 December 2025; 09.00 - 14.00, Bruxelles Panel I – Civil Society as a pillar of democracy in the EU and beyond

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Roundtable: “The EU’s Facilitation Directive: An opportunity to Rethink EU Counter-Smuggling Responses”

Closing remarks by Christina Meinecke, OHCHR Regional Representative for Europe — 19 November 2025

Delivered at the roundtable on the revision of the EU Directive on the Facilitation of Irregular Migration.

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Racism and health, Third Conference and Workshop

29 October 2025

Opening remarks of Christina Meinecke, Regional Representative for Europe

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

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European Parliament Roundtable: Towards the first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy

15 October 2025, Intervention by Christina Meinecke, Regional Representative for Europe, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (checked against delivery).Event facilitated by the European Social Network.

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UN Human Rights Representation Office to the European Union

Based in Brussels since 2009, and initially conceptualized as a Regional Office for Europe, the Representation Office to the European Union is one of the 80+ field presences of the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) around the world working to advance the protection and promotion of human rights for all. We are supported by the Regional Hub for Europe and Central Asia, based in Vienna, and UN Human Rights headquarters in Geneva.