MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - The UK Conservatives want the UK Supreme Court to make the final decisions in controversial cases instead of the European Court of Human Rights, The Guardian reported Saturday.
"Decisions like 'do prisoners get the vote?' or 'can you send brutal murderers to prison for their whole lives?' seem to be outside our control," Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling was quoted as saying by the newspaper. "I want our supreme court to be supreme. Decisions that affect this country should be taken in this country."
He went on to say that this policy was a Conservative Party attempt to return power to the UK, as the party members believe the Strasbourg-based court has forced some unacceptable decisions on the country.
The bill that the party is working on would abolish the right to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the decisions made by UK courts.
The Conservative Party members will meet at the Conservative Conference 2014 that will take place from September 28 to October 1.
