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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Safeguarding human rights in simplification: EU’s proposal to amend the CSDDD

Regional Representative for Europe, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 23 September, 2025.

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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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UN Human Rights Regional Office for Europe

Based in Brussels since 2009, the Regional Office for Europe is one of the 100+ field presences of the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) around the world working to advance the protection and promotion of human rights for all, supported by headquarters in Geneva.