Republic of Ireland v. United Kingdom

British forces (defendant) fighting terrorism in Ireland during the 1970s used interrogation techniques on detainees that included prolonged stress positions with hooded heads, sleep and food deprivation, and constant loud noise. The United Kingdom itself recognized the problem with these methods and worked to eliminate them, but the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) still evaluated whether the techniques violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention), which bars torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.