(VOVworld) - Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Tom Malinowski, and Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Mari Carmen Aponte, traveled to Havana, Cuba, on Thursday to co-chair the US delegation for the US-Cuba Human Rights Dialogue.

The Dialogue took place today/ on Friday in Havana, where officials discussed the protection of universal human rights in Cuba and the United States. The US delegation included Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein, Special Representative for International Labor Affairs Sarah Fox, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs John Creamer, and interagency representatives from the US Department of Justice and the US Election Assistance Commission. Ambassador Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Ministry of Foreign Relations Deputy General Director of Multilateral Affairs and International Law, led the Cuban delegation.