UK vs European Court of 'Justice'

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European Court of Justice

Ministers from 47 countries will meet in Brighton to discuss the UK's determination to limit the powers of the European Court of Human Rights.

The UK has criticized numerously the court's judgements, including giving prisoners the vote and deciding against the deportation of convicted Muslim terrorist Abu Qatada. The court's mingling with British law as infuriated Britain and has heaped ridicule on the ECJ from all over the world.

Terrorist and Muslim thug Abu Quataba

Prime Minister David Cameron wants the countries which use the court to limit its ability to overrule cases already determined by national courts. He wants to enshrine the principle of "subsidiarity" in the Brighton Declaration, which it is hoped ministers will agree at the end of the two-day conference.

Agreement is unlikely as Germany and Belgium strongly support the idea of absolute powers to the Strasbourg based court. The case of the Arab hoodlum, now in a high-security prison in England, will test the court's limitations. Britain is ready to hand over the terrorist to Jordanian authorities where he faces renewed charges of terrorism, murder and kidnapping, and faces the death penalty. The ECJ tries to argue that the Arab can appeal the extradition decision by the Home Office, a contention the British Government vehemently denies.

UPDATE 12:36
The Home Secretary reiterated this morning that Muslim extremist Abu Qatada's deportation case has "absolutely no right whatsoever" to be referred to the European Court of Human Rights.