ecthr, as the us made a reservation on inhumane and degrading treatment in accordance with art. 7 ipbpr and art. 16 fok. from the ecthr ruling, the us concluded that these five techniques of interrogation were admissible under us law because it was not torture but, according to the ecthr, only inhuman and degrading treatment, thus allowed under us law. ireland requested on 4 december 2014, before the ecthr, the revision of the judgment, which alleged torture and not just inhuman and degrading treatment, which was rejected by the ecthr.