Roundtable: “The EU’s Facilitation Directive: An opportunity to Rethink EU Counter-Smuggling Responses”
Closing remarks by Christina Meinecke, OHCHR Regional Representative for Europe —
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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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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World Press Freedom Day – OHCHR Side Event
Welcoming Remarks
Christina Meinecke, OHCHR Regional Representative for Europe
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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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