The parents of a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage have asked the United Nations to intervene. Archie Battersbee's mother and father, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, have made a "last-ditch" application to a UN Committee after losing life-support treatment fights in London courts, a family spokesman said on Friday.
The spokesman said Archie's parents wanted the UN Committee On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities to consider the youngster's case. A High Court judge said ending treatment was in Archie's best interests.
Archie's parents, who are separated but both live in Southend, Essex, failed to persuade Court of Appeal judges to overturn that ruling and Supreme Court justices have refused to intervene. His parents are being support by a campaign organisation called the Christian Legal Centre. A spokesperson for the centre announced its latest move and said it had made a "last-ditch application".
