Mother in landmark right to die case appeals to UN for help The mother of Vincent Lambert, who has been in a vegetative state since an accident in 2008, tells the UN Human Rights Council why her son should be kept alive. It comes after France's highest appeals court said Friday that the life support mechanisms keeping a severely brain-damaged man alive can be turned off "from now", in the latest legal twist in a landmark right-to-die case. Lawyers for the parents are now threatening to press "murder" charges if his life support is halted. SOUNDBITE+RESENDING WITH CORRECT SPELLING OF VIVIANE+