The NRCAT Action Fund engages in three areas of work:

1.)  Putting a permanent end to the use of torture by the U.S. as an interrogation technique. Necessary steps include:

    A.)  Accountability

    B.)  Codification

• The Golden Rule 
• International Committee of the Red Cross access to detainees
• Videotaping interrogations 

2.)  Ending torture and abuse in U.S. prisons.  Steps include:

    A.)  The Prison Abuse Remedies Act

    B.)  State legislation to end isolation

3.)  Using U.S. influence to encourage other countries to take steps to prevent torture.  Steps include:

    A.)  The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture

    B.)  A Torture Watchlist

    C.)  Incentives to prevent torture