Original sentence: " The reason for this is that the United States Government lacks constitutional authority to enter into any treaty that violates any civil rights or other provisions within the Constitution of the United States.The United States has ratified the Convention, but in doing so lodged a declaration notifying other states parties that "... nothing in this Convention requires or authorizes legislation, or other action, by the United States of America prohibited by the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the United States
Edited sentence: Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights it was ruled makes such actions the lesser offense of "inhuman or degrading treatment".The European Convention on Human Rights (signed by the participating member states of the Council of Europe) recognized that the use of the five techniques of sensory deprivation and even the beatings of prisoners were ruled not to be torture.The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that sensory deprivations and beatings do not rise to the level of torture.The United States has ratified the Convention, but in doing so placed lodged a declaration notifying other states parties that "... nothing in this Convention requires or authorizes legislation, or other action, by the United States of America prohibited by the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the United States