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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Archie Battersbee: UN issues injunction to stop UK turning off brain-damaged boy’s life support

PA

The United Nations has issued an injunction stating that Archie Battersbee’s life support is to be kept on while it considers his case.

The injunction from the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) says the 12-year-old’s life support should not be removed after his parents failed to persuade the Supreme Court to intervene.

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