Archie Battersbee: ministers ask court to review UN request over ending life support
by Joe Middleton and agency from World news | The Guardian on (#620JX)
UN body wants 12-year-old in a coma to continue getting life-preserving treatment while it considers Barts' decision to switch it off
Ministers have asked the high court to urgently consider" a request by the UN to stop life-support treatment being ended for 12-year-old Archie Battersbee.
The letter, seen by PA Media, is from the government's legal department and written on behalf of Steve Barclay, the health secretary. It states that the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities has asked the UK government to refrain from withdrawing treatment until the case has been considered by the committee.
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