Suspension from school and the right to education: case-law of the European Court of Human Rights

Authors

  • José María de la Torre López Junta de Andalucía

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/REYD2021.1EXT.37694

Keywords:

Fundamental right to education, suspension, education law, European Court of Human Rights, proportionality

Abstract

This paper analyses the relation between the fundamental right to education, as described in article 2 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and suspension from school, a disciplinary action that may entail a long estrangement from the place where formal education occurs. It also considers some different attitudes towards the way education and punishment relate and sets out the reasons that lead to a long suspension according to the Spanish education law and the Spanish and the European Court of Human Rights case-law. Finally, it cites the cases in which the European Court of Human Rights has considered suspension from school a disproportionate measure and thereupon at odds with this fundamental right to education.

Author Biography

José María de la Torre López, Junta de Andalucía

Secondary school teacher

References

VAN DROOGHENBROECK, S. (2001) La proportionnalité dans le droit de la convention européenne des droits de l'homme: Prendre l'idée simple au sérieux, Bruselas: Presses de l’Université Saint-Louis.

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Published

2021-10-15 — Updated on 2022-02-14

How to Cite

de la Torre López, J. M. . (2022). Suspension from school and the right to education: case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. Education and Law Review, (1 Extraordinario), 96–116. https://doi.org/10.1344/REYD2021.1EXT.37694

Issue

No. 1 Extraordinario (2021): Higher education, human rights and sustainable development goal No. 4 (Education) in the context of the internationalization of higher education

Section

Line 2. Education and human rights

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