Latest Speeches and Communications

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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ANTI-RACISM AND DIVERSITY WEEK 2025: Reimagining Racial Justice in Europe

Keynote Address on Anti-Racism and Transformative Justice

Christina Meinecke, Regional Representative for Europe, Office of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

19 March 2025, Brussels

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Message on the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on 27 January

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Geneva, 24 January 2025

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Op-ed on antisemitism by Mr. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

30th December, 2024,

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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.