violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions go to: Ethical APA Protest Site or to sign petition
- Psychologists who have withheld their 2007 or 2008 dues or who intend to
withhold 2009 dues from the American Psychological Association in protest over
the APA's current ethics are invited to join the withholdapadues listserve to
discuss how to organize as a group and how to maximize the impact of their
decision.
answered in brief - with links
paying dues?
NO! Neither of the insurance companies that provides
malpractice insurance to psychologists makes APA
membership a condition for coverage. However, if you have
another policy with the APA, such as life insurance or
disability insurance, this may be affected by your
membership status. If you would like to check this out for
yourself, you can reach the American Professional Agency at
800-421 6694, and the APAIT at 877-637-9700.
The PENS Task Force, APA Interrogation Policy,
and APA Ethics in General.
These issues are at the core of our conflict with the APA.
(link).
What happens to my membership?
Briefly put, you can withhold dues for two years and remain a
voting member of the APA but you will not receive the
journals. At the end of that time you will forfeit your
membership. You can rejoin the APA either by paying back
dues and late fees, or simply by paying dues for the year
that your are rejoining. Here is a link to the relevant APA
by-laws on membership. See particularly highlighted
Articles XIX:3, 10-9-1, 10-10-1, 10-10-2.
What about Division membership?
Several divisions, among them Division 9, Division 27, and
Division 48, do not make membership in the APA a condition
of membership. Division 39 has made provisions for
members withholding dues from the APA to remain "friends"
of the Division and retain all rights to membership in the
division. To remain in Division 39, send a check for $95.00
to Ruth Helein, Administration Office, Division of
Psychoanalysis, 2615 Amesbury Road, Winston Salem, NC
27103. (Write 2008 Division dues in the memo line of your
check.)
If you are a member of another division and want to remain a
member of that division, we suggest you speak to your Board
about making similar provisions or changing their bylaws.
What do I do now?
Once you have joined us you should write a letter to the APA
Chief Executive Officer, Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D.,
American Psychological Association, 750 First Street,
Washington, DC 20002-4242 stating that you are withholding
your dues in protest over the APA's continued collaboration
with the United States government in suppporting the use of
psychologists in Guantanamo Bay and other black op sites
where detainees are held in violation of international human
rights law and the Geneva Convention
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We commend the American Psychological Association for having recently amended its 2007
Resolution 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" (http://www.apa.org/governance/resolutions/amend022208.html) so as to
unequivocally condemn all techniques considered to be torture, thereby closing loopholes
that existed in the original Resolution (see below). However, the International Committee of
the Red Cross determined in 2003 that the conditions in such Centers are themselves
tantamount to torture. Yet psychologists maintain a presence in such sites and in 2007 the
elected and appointed leaders of the APA voted once again against an amendment that
would have prevented psychologists from working in facilities in which detainees are deprived
of their human rights except as health personnel.
- By continuing its collaboration with the US Government in its policy of holding detainees
indefinitely without due process in detention centers that are in direct violation of
International Human Rights Law and the Geneva Conventions, the APA is lending credibility
to unacceptable detention and interrogation practices, thereby undermining the integrity of
American psychologists throughout the world. The APA’s position is condemned by human
rights groups, by the ACLU, by professional groups such as the American Psychiatric
Association and The American Medical Association, by Britain’s medical journal The Lancet,
and by many of its own members.
- We withhold our dues and appeal to others to withhold theirs to promote 3 key aims:
1. To register our protest against the unethical policies of the APA.
2. To generate publicity and raise awareness among fellow psychologists and other
mental health professionals, our nation’s policy makers, members of the media, and
concerned citizens around the world.
3. To exert continuing and growing pressure on the APA to change its policy.
Association who have pledged to withhold their dues. (If you have joined the
listserve and you have questions about your name not yet appearing on the list, please
email Ghislaine_Boulanger@psychoanalysis.net).
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