Archie Battersby’s ‘devastated’ parents make ‘last request’ to the United Nations

Archie Battersby’s “devastated” parents made a “last and final plea” for the United Nations to intervene in their life-threatening medical battles.

After mom and dad of 12 years, Holly Dance and Paul Buttersby failed to convince a Court of Appeals judge to overturn a ruling that doctors could legally stop their treatment, the Supreme Court declined to participate. .

The representatives of the family asked the UN Commission on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to consider the case of the adolescents.

They are supported by a campaign organization called the Christian Legal Center, which declares in a statement: Rights of people with disabilities.

“The family claims that the termination of treatment violates the UK’s obligations…under the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. “.

Ms Danza said: The pressure we put on ourselves early on to speed up the process of ending Archie’s life was shameful.

“We just asked for more time.

“Urgent from hospitals and courts when other parties are willing to have more time.”

I think there is nothing “dignified” about planning Archie’s death. For me, this is the most traumatic outcome. Parents need help, not pressure. What we have lived is exhausted.

“You shouldn’t have to fight the hospital endlessly in court because we think it’s the right thing to do for Archie.

“But the chief judge told us that this is the law. If so, the law should be changed.

We will continue to fight for Archie, we will not give up and now we are waiting for a response from the UN Commission.

Archie’s parents urged hospital authorities to continue treatment until the UN took over the case.

The justice of the peace heard that Mrs. Dance found Archie unconscious on April 7 with a ligature to his head. She suspects that she is participating in an online challenge.

The young man did not notice.

A doctor treating Archie at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, believes he is brain dead and says continuing life-sustaining treatment is not in his best interest.

The head of Barts Health NHS Trust, the hospital’s governing trust, demanded a decision on medical treatment in Archie’s best interests.

Judge Arbus Knot, a Superior Court judge, first heard the case and concluded that Archie was dead.

However, an Appeals Court judge upheld the parents’ appeal against Judge Arbusnot’s decision and said another Superior Court judge, Judge Hayden, should hear the evidence.

A spokesperson for the Christian Law Center added: “The UK is bound by international human rights law to comply with the interim measures recommended by the Commission.

“This obligation comes from the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

“The Voluntary Protocol creates a treaty compliance mechanism, a committee with the authority to monitor state compliance, investigate individual complaints and issue interim measures.

“Some UN treaties have similar optional protocols. The UK chose to opt in to some but not others.

“In the case of disability rights, the UK government has accepted the Choice Protocol and has made a conscious decision to be bound by the Commission’s decision.

“The NHS Trust is an outgrowth of the British state. So we expect governments and trusts to abide by their international human rights obligations.

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