right to education

Meanwhile, in 2016, the United States signed onto a revision to the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, naming internet access a fundamental human right with ties to the right to education.

In April, the High Court in London heard the government's policy of adding VAT to private school fees would "interfere with the fundamental right to education".

The Palestinian Authority, which runs most of the towns and cities in the occupied West Bank, said the move was a "violation of children's right to education".

"He has been completely denied the right to education and stripped of other basic rights. His right to dignity was violated, including through two years spent in solitary confinement, and his right to health was disregarded due to ongoing medical neglect by the Israel Prison Service."

The government's policy of adding VAT to private school fees will "interfere with the fundamental right to education", the High Court has heard.