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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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“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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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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A spotlight on human rights defenders: enhancing the common agenda for protection

Video message by High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk

9 December 2024

European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

Full recording here

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