Human Rights
Health and human rights are interrelated. When human rights are promoted, health is promoted... Physicians have an important role to play in promoting health and human rights, and addressing social inequities. Ethics Manual, Fifth Edition.
Policy Statements
- The Health Effects of Economic Sanctions and Embargoes: The Role of Health Professionals
- The Role of the Physician and the Medical Profession in the Prevention of International Torture and in the Treatment of Its Survivors
- Physician participation in interrogation: (Revision to the American College of Physicians Ethics Manual, June 3, 2008)
College Advocacy for Humane Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees
- ACP calls upon the President to order a formal review of U.S. interrogation practices around the world to ensure humane treatment of prisoners, consistent with human rights and international law, Letter to President Bush: 17-May-2004, Letter: 23-October-2003, White House Responds to ACP Staff 12-October 2004
- College comments on Department of Defense Medical Program Principles and Procedures for the Protection and Treatment of Detainees in the Custody of the Armed Forces of the United States, Letter to DOD
- ACP supports proposed amendments to the Department of Defense Authorization Bill. The amendments prohibit cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of persons under custody or control of the U.S. Government and restrict interrogation of prisoners and detainees to techniques authorized in the Section on Intelligence Interrogation in the U.S. Army Field Manual. Letter To U.S. Senator John McCain
Other Human Rights Resources for Physicians
Physicians for Human Rights (physiciansforhumanrights.org/)
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