What is the European Court of Human Rights and why does it trump British justice?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : It is effectively the supreme court of the EU and is responsible for ruling on matters of EU law, which includes the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU).
52% : The two overlap heavily but the CFREU has extra rights that only apply in EU countries and one of these is the right to asylum.
48% : The difference is that the ECJ only applies in the European Union.
47% : Among the protocols are: protection for property; the right to education; the right to take part in free, secret elections; the right to move freely; the right not to be discriminated against; and the restriction and abolition of the death penalty.
45% : Some Conservative MPs have expressed fury that the court, which is based in the French city of Strasbourg, could ground a UK flight, especially after Brexit.
45% : The Council of Europe has since grown and now contains 46 states, including many not in the European Union.

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