Reservations to ICCPR at http://www.ohchr.org/english/countries/ratification/4_1.htm &quot; (3) That the United States considers itself bound by article 7 to the extent that `cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment &apos; means the cruel and unusual treatment or punishment prohibited by the Fifth, Eighth, and/or Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. &quot;
Reservations to ICCPR at http://www.ohchr.org/english/countries/ratification/4_1.htm &quot; (3) That the United States considers itself bound by article 7 to the extent that `cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment &apos; means the cruel and unusual treatment or punishment prohibited by the Fifth, Eighth, and/or Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. &quot;