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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Ad Hoc Working Party on the Abolition of Torture (1976), 1976 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 linear ft. (1 folder)

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.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]