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630. 'Civil rights' and the right to a fair hearing.

United Kingdom courts have held that the right to an education suitable to a person's needs¹ is not a 'civil right' for the purposes of the right² to a fair hearing³ and that a pupil already in attendance at a particular school does not have a 'civil right' not to be permanently excluded therefrom without good reason

(16) Right To Education

610. The right to education under the European Convention on Human Rights.

611. The right to education under domestic law.

612. The right to education in international law.

613. Negative right limited in scope.

614. Right to access only existing means of instruction.

615. State regulation of education.

616. School discipline.

617. The right to an effective education.

618. The right to official recognition of academic qualifications.

619. The right to be educated in accordance with parental convictions.

620. United Kingdom reservation.

621. 'Respect'.

622. 'Philosophical convictions'.

623. Establishing genuineness of conviction.

624. Specific examples of what constitutes 'convictions'.

625. Extent of parental rights.

626. Right of parents to influence curriculum.

627. Right to education not to be denied on basis of parental convictions.

628. In general.

629. The prohibition of torture.

630. 'Civil rights' and the right to a fair hearing.

631. Right to respect for private and family life.

632. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

633. The prohibition of discrimination.