American Psychiatric Association (A.P.A.) files - Committee on Human Rights, 1992
Scope and Contents
Files include documents re torture in Egypt (1992-01); Dadfar, A. Azam M.D.: “The Deep Scars of a Forgotten War, “ Psychiatry Centre for the Afghans; correspondence with Levon Z. Boyajian M.D. (1992-02); Croatian Medical Journal: “Medical Testimony of the Vukovar Tragedy”; memorandum re “Abuse and Misuse of Psychiatry in the United States” (1992-02); Committee to End the Chinese Gulag: “On behalf of Political Prisoners in China: How to Raise Human Rights Cases,” (1992-04); memoranda and correspondence re abuse of Palestinian physician (1992-05); APA Position Statement on Homosexuality and Civil Rights (1992-07); Americas Watch, Vol.4, Issue 7: “Dangerous Dialogue, Attacks on Freedom of Expression in Miami’s Cuban Exile Community,” (1992-08); Amnesty International French Section, Medical Group: “Corporal Punishment. A study on legislation and enforcement in 18 countries,” (1992); “Stop Torture in Korea (STIK)” (1998-08); APA Council on International Affairs: “International Inpatients Bill of Rights,” (1992-08); APA Communications Plan 1992-1994; APA: “Human Rights and the American Psychiatric Association,” (1992); memorandum and correspondence re abuse of psychiatry and psychiatrists in México (1992-100; US Department of State: “Renewing the U.S. Commitment to Human Rights,” Special Report No. 164; printed materials
Dates
- Creation: 1992
Creator
- From the Collection: Roth, Loren H. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bloom, Joseph D. (Person)
- From the Collection: Borissow, Kyrill (Person)
- From the Collection: Carpenter, William T. (Person)
- From the Collection: Farrand, Robert William, 1934- (Person)
- From the Collection: Hirschfeld, Robert M. A. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hopkins, William H. (William Hugh), 1942- (Person)
- From the Collection: Keith, Samuel J. (Person)
- From the Collection: Kleyman, Felix, Dr. (Person)
- From the Collection: Kovalev, A. A. (Andreĭ Anatolʹevich) (Person)
- From the Collection: Mercer, Ellen Robertson (Person)
- From the Collection: Monahan, John (John Thomas), 1946- (Person)
- From the Collection: Reddaway, Peter (1939) (Person)
- From the Collection: Regier, Darrel A. (Person)
- From the Collection: Smith, Carolyn (Person)
- From the Collection: Stern, Leon (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Series: 12.5 Linear Feet (24 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Russian
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
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