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Syrian Women´s Rights Civil Society Conference: Combatting violence against women as a barrier to women’s participation in decision-making and peace-building

Statement Birgit Van Hout UN Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Representative for Europe


EU-NGO Human Rights Forum 2021 - Thematic panel: Exploring the wide-ranging impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on fundamental freedoms

Statement Birgit Van Hout UN Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Representative for Europe


Ensuring respect for the human rights of migrants at borders: the role of national human rights institutions

Statement by Birgit Van Hout Regional Representative for Europe UN Human Rights Office


Joint statement in support of the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights

We, the undersigned organizations, wish to emphasize that an effective and independent National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), ombudsman institution and equality body are necessary features of any democratic State, underpinning human rights, good governance and justice.


Covid-19 policies and their impact on human rights in Europe

Intervention by Birgit Van Hout UN Human Rights Regional Representative for Europe


Conference "Democracy and Human Rights during the Corona Crisis" hosted by the Sigmund Freud University Vienna

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


UN75 Human Rights Dialogue: A Vision for the Next Decade

Presentation by Birgit Van Hout, Regional Representative for Europe at the London International Model United Nations


Children cannot wait: 7 priority actions to protect all refugee and migrant children

Joint statement from 78 organisations

Children cannot wait: 7 priority actions to protect all refugee and migrant children


UN Human Rights Annual Appeal 2017

2017 Annual Appeal Statement by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights


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