...the United States understands that, in order to constitute torture, an act must be specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering and that mental pain or suffering refers to prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from (1) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering; (2) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality; (3) the threat of imminent death; or (4) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality.
Since we have already been a signatory to this treaty for 18 years I guess I don't know what all of the commotion is about. The prisoners do not get to decide what torture is the United States Senate has already done so.
You quoted from the specific reservations countries had, beyond the reservations stated, they are accepting the bill.
I gave the link to the actual agreement.
Tsk, tsk to you.
Go to my link:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cat.htm