IPA Stance on Public Issue of Statements on Sensitive Global Issues  
Statement issued:  20/01/2026  
The IPA does not issue or distribute statements of a political nature. As a registered UK charity the IPA is only legally able to take actions which advance our charitable objective.
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Statement of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee about conversion therapies  
Statement issued:  25/10/2025  
The IPA – through its Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee – reaffirms that diversity in sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression must be safeguarded against coercive interventions.
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Position Statement on Corporal Punishment  
Statement issued:  11/06/2022  
The IPA unequivocally condemns the use of corporal punishment against children; there are no circumstances in which its use is acceptable.
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IPA Anti-Racism Statement 2021  
Statement issued:  02/08/2021  
The world is witnessing violent outbursts of intolerance to difference expressed through anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-indigenous, anti-Semitic, and all other forms of racism and State-inflicted violence.
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Statement of the IPA President regarding Violence towards Migrant Children  
Statement issued:  25/06/2018  
IPA Statement on the abuse of migrant children.
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IPA Statement on Democracy in the Professional Organisations of Psychoanalysis  
Statement issued:  03/07/2017  
IPA Statement on Democracy in the Processional Organizations of Psychoanalysis.
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Statement on Torture  
Statement issued:  17/07/2007  
IPA Procedural Code: Statement on Torture.
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