CHARLES GARD AND OTHERS v UNITED KINGDOM

[2017] Med LR Plus 10

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (FIRST SECTION)

Before Judge Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, President, Judge Kristina Pardalos, Judge Aleš Pejchal, Judge Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Judge Armen Harutyunyan, Judge Tim Eicke, Judge Jovan Ilievski, and Abel Campos, Section Registrar

Rejected appeal – Treatment – Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment – Experimental treatment – “Best interests” – “Significant harm” – European Convention on Human Rights, articles 2, 5, 6 and 8.