The 12-year-old's life support was due to be withdrawn on Wednesday.
Archie Battersbee suffered brain damage in an incident at home on 7 April and has not regained consciousness
The family applied to the the ECHR after an appeal against the decision to end treatment was refused by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.Archie's mother Hollie Dance said the court's decision was "another heart-breaking development". The court would only grant such requests "on an exceptional basis" and "when the applicants would otherwise face a real risk of irreversible harm", it added.would breach a range of human rights safeguards, including right to life and right to a fair trial or hearing.Media caption,Following the ECHR ruling, Ms Dance said: "The NHS, the government and the courts in this country and Europe may have given up on treating him, but we have not.
But Prof Alastair Sutcliffe, Professor of General Paediatrics at UCL, said: "The UK is a world leader in health care and indeed the research behind therapies.
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