Reports and Resolutions Adopted by APA

2010 Amendments to the Ethics Code
Adds language reiterating that 'under no circumstances' may standards be used to justify violating human rights

Member Petition Resolution, adopted by Council February 2009
Psychologists may not work in unlawful detention settings outside of specific roles

Amendment to the Reaffirmation of the American Psychological Association Position Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and Its Application to Individuals Defined in the United States Code as "Enemy Combatants"
Resolution Adopted by APA on February 22, 2008

Reaffirmation of the American Psychological Association Position Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and Its Application to Individuals Defined in the United States Code as "Enemy Combatants"
Resolution Adopted by APA on August 19, 2007

Resolution Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Adopted by APA Council of Representatives, August 9, 2006

Council Votes to Approve Motions at its August 2005 Meeting in Response to the PENS Report

Report of the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Psychological Ethics and National Security
(2005) (The PENS Report) (PDF, 534 KB)

APA Ethics Committee Statement
APA Ethics Committee, June 2009