Five techniques

The five techniques were illegal interrogation methods which were originally developed by the British military in other operational theaters and then applied to detainees during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. They have been defined as prolonged wall-standing, hooding, subjection to noise, deprivation of sleep, and deprivation of food and drink. The five techniques were classified as torture by the European Commission of Human Rights in 1976, however this was overturned in 1978 by appeal to the European Commission of Human Rights.