Latest Speeches and Communications

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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“THE INFORMATION BATTLEFIELD: DIGITAL WARFARE, CENSORSHIP, AND RISKS TO WOMEN JOURNALISTS IN CONFLICT”

World Press Freedom Day – OHCHR Side Event

Welcoming Remarks

Christina Meinecke, OHCHR Regional Representative for Europe

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Opening Statement – Side Event to World Press Freedom Day

Access to Information and Media Pluralism in the Face of Artificial Intelligence and Power Concentration

05 May 2025
UN House in Brussels, Belgium

Welcome Remarks by Christina Meinecke, OHCHR Regional Representative for Europe

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Celebrating European Independent Living Day with the European Network on Independent Living

Screening of “Struggle to have a life – Disability Politics in Sweden”

UN House Brussels
5 May, 17:00 - 19:30

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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.