Read the 2009 NRCAT Report (PDF)

NRCAT realized the fruit of its previous year’s efforts on January 22, 2009 when President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order halting torture just two days after taking the Oath of Office.  Despite President Obama’s Executive Order, there is much more to be done to assure that government-sanctioned torture ends once and for all.

The report of NRCAT’s work in 2009 includes:

• History and goals.
• Deepening and broadening the involvement of the religious community in ending U.S.-sponsored torture.
• Programmatic opportunities designed to educate and increase the commitment of people of faith across the nation that torture is always wrong.
• Efforts to impact legislation that would end U.S.-sponsored torture.
• A planning process to determine if NRCAT should expand its areas of work in 2010.