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I study in an Indian college which is kind of liberal (you can skip classes, roam freely in the campus, exit and enter campus anytime, talk with people of opposite sex, etc.).

So there are different schools in my college (School of Technology, Pharmacy, Humanities, etc.). Each school is located in different blocks. Generally a student from any school can use the washroom which is located in a different school. So School of Tech student can use washroom which is in the block of School of Pharmacy. There's no rule which says that any student can use any washroom but it is de facto in some sense.

The college prioritises a specific school. Let's call it X. When a student tried to enter the washroom in school X, the security guard restricted the student from entering, saying that only students of school X can enter the washroom (they are following the orders of higher officials). Is this legal? Is this a human right violation?

I'll try to give some more context. The college is like a U-shaped building. It looks something like this:

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Source: https://x.com/CCTV/status/933252547455860736

So, all the blocks of the college are interconnected and all the students can move from one block to another without any restriction.

All students can access washroom of any other block (which can belong to a different school). Only school X is restricting entry and not following the de facto.

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    Which human right do you suspect is being violated here?
    – bdb484
    Commented Aug 8 at 19:15
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    @RandomPerson are suggesting that people who are not allowed to use that particular washroom inevitably die?
    – littleadv
    Commented Aug 8 at 20:09
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    @RandomPerson How does the inability to access this specific bathroom affect anyone's right to life?
    – bdb484
    Commented Aug 8 at 21:03
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    An acquaintance had some unfortunate health problems for some time and got a disability card that allowed him access to any publicly accessible toilet; he needed that. So restaurants, stores, and probably this college would have to allow him use of their toilets.
    – gnasher729
    Commented Aug 9 at 7:02
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    I'm still stuck on how this liberal institution allows you to talk to the opposite sex.
    – Tiger Guy
    Commented Aug 9 at 15:40

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The owner of a building can restrict access to it

As long as they do not do so for an unlawful discriminatory reason (e.g. race, religion, etc.), it's their building and they can decide who can come in.

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    The college as a whole could be in trouble if some students cannot find a toilet anywhere, but sending every student to their own department would be legit.
    – gnasher729
    Commented Aug 9 at 6:59
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    Discrimination is not in general illegal. Attending a different school within a college is not a “protected” characteristic (I.e. one for which discrimination would be illegal)
    – Neil Tarrant
    Commented Aug 10 at 9:14
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    @RandomPerson yes, it’s discrimination, but it’s not unlawful discrimination. Choosing which students to admit and reject based on their academic ability is also discrimination.
    – Dale M ♦
    Commented Aug 10 at 9:21
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    @RandomPerson It would be bad public policy, since it would cause excess congestion in the other lanes and they'd have to widen the road to accomodate that traffic. But immoral or illegal? No.
    – Barmar
    Commented Aug 11 at 19:49
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    @RandomPerson haven’t you just described a toll road? They discriminate against poor people
    – Dale M ♦
    Commented Aug 11 at 22:09

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