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The American Psychiatric Association deplores and condemns Dr. Karadzic for his brutal and inhumane actions as the Bosnian Serb leader. Those actions deserve condemnation by all civilized persons, but psychiatrists issue that condemnation with particular offense, urgency, and horror because, by education and training, Dr. Karadzic claims membership in our profession. In fact, his actions as a political leader constitute a profound betrayal of the deeply humane values of medicine and psychiatry. In condemning him, we affirm those values and join all persons of goodwill in defending the right to life and to freedom from oppression of all human beings anywhere in the world regardless of race, religion, national origin, and ethnicity.
APA Council on International Affairs, Committee on Human Rights (The Board of Trustees approved this resolution at its March 1993 meeting.)