EU policy that can directly intervene if a child’s human right to access to education is being violated by an EU member country.

In EU member country Cyprus only two invasive medical choices are being offered as a choice for children to access education:

1. An invasive nasopharyngeal rapid test with frequent exposure to ethylene oxide and possible risks of damage or complications. No external saliva test is allowed.

2. A clinical trial vaccine.

If the parents do not consent to these two invasive option the child is offered the following choice:

1. Leaflets of the lesson to be sent on viber or Microsoft teams with no teacher.

2. After 123 days of not attending school in person the child automatically fails their year even if they completed the leaflets sent.

It is illegal and a violation of human rights [1] to deny children access to education because the parents are exercising their legal and human right to withhold consent to any invasive medical procedure, test or vaccine.

Alternatives to education or invasive tests need to be offered so as not to deny access to education:

1. The Ministry of Education of the country violating human rights to education must be made via an EU policy to offer an alternative option for access to education such as online learning with a teacher, and for this option to count as a school year.

or

2. The Ministry of Health must offer an alternative free non-invasive saliva-based COVID test so the child can access school with equality and no discrimination.

Legal consent requires legal alternatives that do not oppress, punish, or violate citizens, their legal choices, or their legal rights — when voluntary consent is not given to an invasive medical procedure.

1: Article 14 - Right to education

https://fra.europa.eu/en/eu-charter/article/14-right-education