EU-AU Human Rights Dialogue, Addis Ababa, 20 November 2009: Joint Communique

The fifth successful round of the EU-AU Human Rights Dialogue shows that the Dialogue has become a valuable and useful part of the EU and AU cooperation in the human rights area, and brings about concrete common conclusions, recommendations and commitments. The open and constructive discussions held demonstrate that the dialogue has reached maturity and allows exchange on a wide range of human rights issues of interest to the two parties.