National Religious Campaign Against Torture

National Religious Campaign Against Torture
FoundedJanuary 2006 by George Hunsinger
TypeNon-profit
NGO
Location
  • Washington, D.C.
FieldsProtecting and promoting human rights
Members
260 American Religious Organizations
Websitewww.nrcat.org

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."[1]

NRCAT's mission statement says that the organization "mobilizes people of faith to end torture in U.S. policy, practice, and culture."[2]

  1. ^ "History & Mission - National Religious Campaign Against Torture". www.nrcat.org. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
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