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The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, May 5, 2014

Boko Haram Must Release Girls Abducted Three Weeks Ago

New York – I remain deeply concerned about the fate of over 230 girls violently abducted from their school by Boko Haram in Borno State, Nigeria on the night of…

New York Times, April 30, 2014

Bomb Hits Elementary School in Ravaged Syrian City

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A barrel bomb tore into an elementary school in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday morning, just as an exhibit of children’s art was about to…

Thomson Reuters Foundation, April 29, 2014

Mortar strike on Damascus school kills at least 14

BEIRUT, April 29 (Reuters) – Two mortar shells struck a school complex in central Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens, state media and a monitoring…

Al Jazeera and agencies , April 28, 2014

Pakistan seminary blast kills three children

CNN, April 24, 2014

Fmr. PM Brown: We must make schools safer

Isha Sesay speaks to former British PM Gordon Brown about the kidnapping of dozens of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram.[Watch the video here]

Huffington Post, April 23, 2014

Nigeria’s Boko Haram Targets Children Just Because They Go to School

Gordon Brown Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; UN Special Envoy for Global EducationLONDON — The world must wake up to an escalating tragedy now engulfing Nigeria. Today the lives…

Global Post, April 17, 2014

Generation TBD: War drives more than half of Syria’s students from school, into ‘black hole’

Dawn, April 16, 2014

Education guidelines

EDUCATION is the answer for Pakistan, everyone says, and indeed they may be right.

BBC, April 15, 2014

Nigeria unrest: Gunmen abduct ‘about 100 schoolgirls’

Gunmen reportedly arrived at the school in Chibok, Borno state, late last night, and ordered the hostel’s teenage residents on to lorries.

The Times of India, April 11, 2014

Reds planted 36 bombs in school building

PATNA: The members of CPI (Maoist), on April 9 night, had allegedly planted 36 cylinder bombs in the building of Narottampur High School under Kajra police station in Lakhisarai district.

The Nation Pakistan, April 8, 2014

The military use of schools

Between 1989 and 2003, Liberia suffered two bloody civil wars. During this time, nine out of every ten schools were seriously affected, either entirely destroyed or damaged and looted.

Human Rights Watch, March 30, 2014

Thailand: Separatists Targeting Teachers in South

(Bangkok) – Separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces should immediately end attacks on teachers and other civilians…

Human Rights Watch, March 26, 2014

India: Keep Schools Conflict-Free Before Elections

Maoist insurgents and government security forces in India should respect children’s safety and right to education…

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, March 13, 2014

Special Representative Leila Zerrougui highlights the plight of children in the ongoing crises during her presentation to the Human Rights Council

The Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, presented her Annual Report to the Human Rights Council

Times Higher Education, March 13, 2014

Under fire: bearing witness to assaults on the academy

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, March 12, 2014

Syria has Become One of the Most Dangerous Places to be a Child

After three years of conflict, Syria has become one of the most dangerous places to be a child.

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, March 7, 2014

Attacks on Education Should Lead Security Council Debate

New York, March 7, 2014) The United Nations Security Council should emphasize the protection of students, teachers, and schools at its annual debate on children and armed conflict…

Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC) , March 6, 2014

The Legal Protection of Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict: Legal Research Series

The obligation to protect education in times of insecurity and conflict, and to provide effective reparation for violations of the right to education…

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, February 27, 2014

Attacking Education a War Tactic Globally, Study Shows

(New York, February 27, 2014) – Schools and universities, as well as students, teachers, and academics are intentionally targeted for attack in conflicts worldwide, the Global Coalition to Protect Education…

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, February 26, 2014

Attacking Education a War Tactic Globally, Study Shows

(New York, February 27, 2014) – Schools and universities, as well as students, teachers and academics are intentionally targeted for attack in conflicts worldwide, the Global Coalition to Protect Education…