Latest Speeches and Communications

The ecosystem of human rights and current situation: Outcomes of the HR75 initiative

Statement by Elena Kountouri Tapiero

Acting Regional Representative Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Regional Office for Europe, Brussels,

Online conference 9 February 2024,

Organised by the The Institute for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.

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Introduction speech for the treaty on plastic waste

Paris, National Assembly on 24 May 2023

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History, Memory and Justice for Roma people in Europe

High-level opening Panel: Holocaust of Sinti and Roma: What did Europe learn?

Opening remarks delivered by Elena Kountouri Tapiero, Acting Regional Representative for Europe, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Regional Office for Europe

European Parliament Altiero Spinelli.

25 April 2023, 09:00 – 10:00 CET.

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Keynote by Birgit Van Hout, UN Human Rights, Regional Representative for Europe

European Civic ForumCIVIC PRIDE AWARDS: Civic actors in times of crisisAward Ceremony

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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.