This question may seem easy to answer. But in fact, it is not!
Let yourselves think of the ways you have to claim a right and demand its application as an adult. Let us take the following example: the Ministry of Education has illegally sanctioned one social media post of yours where you denounce your country’s aggressions that led to a great war with a neighbouring country 100 years ago and you also mention that schoolbooks do not tell the truth. The Ministry fines you and makes a cut from this month’s salary. The Ministry has violated your right to express your opinion.
- First, you may address the issue to the principal and at the same time to the teachers’ trade union.
- Afterwards, you may write a formal letter to the Ministry.
- You have the right to publicize the issue and give a press conference or organize a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Education.
- You can then take the Ministry to administrative courts and if you are determined enough to even bring the issue to the European Court of Human Rights.
Let us now imagine that something similar has happened to a student. He posts a similar post mentioning that at their schoolteachers are very ethnocentric and do not permit deviation from the official interpretation of historical facts. The Ministry asks the head of school to punish the student with a 1-week expulsion. The Ministry violates the freedom of speech of the child.
Try to compare the means accessible to an adult (previous slide) and to the possible answer you will give in this case.
