Evans v. UK

This chapter discusses the 2007 Grand Chamber judgment of Evans v. The United Kingdom, in which the European Court of Human Rights stated that the destruction of frozen embryos against the will of the female contributor, who had invested her last egg cells in these embryos, did not violate the Convention. The chapter argues in favour of a different outcome. The alternative approach to Evans follows a method that stands on two legs. The first leg is a three-step model for addressing conflicts between human rights, that the author has developed in previous research. The second leg is an integrated perspective of international human rights law, that brings in insights from women’s rights and disability rights.