The 12-year-old’s parents want the UN to step in after they lost their case to continue life support.
The parents of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life support dispute have made a “last ditch” application to the United Nations to stop treatment being withdrawn.
Archie Battersbee was found unconscious at home in Southend, Essex, on 7 April.
His parents are making an application to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (UNRPD).
On Thursday the Supreme Court refused to intervene in the case.
Archie’s parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, want the UNRPD to consider Archie’s case, arguing it has a protocol that allows individuals and families to “make complaints about violations of disabled people’s rights”.
Lawyers for the family are trying to seek assurances from the Royal London Hospital, run by Barts NHS Health Trust, that they will not withdraw treatment while the family make their UN application.
A spokesman for the Christian Legal Centre, which supports the family said: “The parents of Archie Battersbee have made a last-ditch application to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (UNRPD) following the refusal of the UK’s Supreme Court to intervene in the case yesterday.”
The Supreme Court rejected an application to appeal a ruling by the Court of Appeal that it was lawful for treatment to end.
Ms Dance said: “Words cannot describe how devastated we are. The pressure put on us from the beginning to rush through the process of ending Archie’s life has been disgraceful.
“All we have ever asked for is for more time. The urgency from the hospital and the courts is unexplained when other parties have been happy for us to have more time.”
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