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The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) is a U.S. non-governmental organization committed to engaging people of faith to work together to ensure that the United States does not engage in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of anyone, without exceptions. NRCAT’s founding principles state that: “Torture violates the basic dignity of the human person that all religions, in their highest ideals, hold dear. It degrades everyone involved -- policy-makers, perpetrators and victims. It contradicts our nation's most cherished ideals. Any policies that permit torture and inhumane treatment are shocking and morally intolerable.”〔http://www.nrcat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=64〕 NRCAT's mission statement says that the organization "mobilizes people of faith to end torture in U.S. policy, practice, and culture."〔http://www.nrcat.org/about-us/what-is-nrcat/mission-statement-and-goals〕 ==History== NRCAT was created in January 2006 at the conference, “Theology, International Law and Torture: A Conference on Human Rights and Religious Commitment.” Dr. George Hunsinger〔http://www.nrcat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=69〕 of Princeton Theological Seminary convened the conference to better equip the multiple religious communities in the United States to take a more prominent role in the effort to end U.S.-sponsored torture. 150 leaders of a variety of faiths attended the Conference. From January 2006 to May 2007, NRCAT was a project of the Churches’ Center for Theology and Public Policy, a national ecumenical research center located at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. In May 2007, NRCAT became an independent organization and hired Rev. Richard L. Killmer 〔 as Executive Director, who served in the position until December 2013. Rev. Ron Stief began as Executive Director in January 2014. In December 2007, the NRCAT Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) entity, was created. The Action Fund is responsible for lobbying and election campaign activities around the issue of U.S.-sponsored torture.〔http://nrcataf.nonprofitsoapbox.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=64〕 In 2008, NRCAT worked urging Presidential candidates, Members of Congress, the President-elect and the President himself to issue an executive order halting torture. On January 22, 2009 President Obama issued Executive Order 13491 titled "Ensuring Lawful Interrogations,” which halted U.S.-sponsored torture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Religious Campaign Against Torture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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