Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Working Party on the Abolition of Torture
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Ad Hoc Working Party on the Abolition of Torture (1976)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/792
Identifier: QM-Phy-792
Abstract
An Ad Hoc group to investigate the widespread use of torture around the world was appointed after Yearly Meeting in 1975. In 1976, Arthur W. Clark reported on its work and presented a program on Amnesty International. On the suggestion of Kay Camp, Yearly Meeting recommended that Representative Meeting establish a Working Party on the Abolition of Torture.
Dates:
1976
