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Human Rights Watch, April 26, 2018
Israel: Army Demolishing West Bank Schools
According to Human Rights Watch, such actions could amount to war crimes
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, April 19, 2018
Britain Formally Pledges to Protect Schools in Wartime
Britain Becomes 74th Country to Join Safe Schools Declaration.
READ MOREGCPEA PRESS RELEASE, April 19, 2018
United Kingdom 74th state to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
U.K. announces endorsement during Commonwealth heads of government meeting in London.
READ MORENew York Times, April 19, 2018
Attacks in Afghanistan Leave Dozens Dead and 2 Schools Burned
Four attacks across Afghanistan on Saturday night and Sunday killed at least 26 government security officers, while two schools were also set ablaze.
READ MORENorwegian Refugee Council, April 18, 2018
Colombian conflict has devastating impact on education
NRC encourages the Colombian government to sign the Safe Schools Declaration, to ensure that schools are protected.
READ MOREThe Japan Times, April 4, 2018
How Japan can help turn bunkers back into classrooms
Children across Japan are returning to school this week for the new semester, but elsewhere in the world as many as 263 million children won’t be so lucky.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, March 21, 2018
Syria’s Kids Are Still Being Killed at School
Today, a coalition of Syrian nongovernmental groups arrived in Geneva with a simple demand: to Save Syrian Schools.
READ MOREUN News, March 9, 2018
Seven years of war in Syria has left ‘colossal human tragedy’ in its wake – UN refugee chief
43 per cent of 1.7 million school-aged Syrians are out of school
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release, March 4, 2018
Dominican Republic and Mali endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
73 countries have committed to protect education in armed conflict
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, March 4, 2018
Endorsing Safe Schools Declaration important to protect children from horrors of armed conflict
Human Rights Watch statement to HRC panel on Protecting the Rights of the Child in Humanitarian Situations
READ MOREBBC News, February 21, 2018
Nigeria’s Boko Haram crisis: More than 100 missing after school attack
More than 100 Nigerian schoolgirls are missing after an attack on a boarding school by Boko Haram jihadists
READ MORETheirworld, February 20, 2018
Girls and teachers escape as Boko Haram gunmen attack Nigerian school
Students and teachers fled for their lives when Boko Haram fighters attacked a girls’ boarding school in Nigeria.
READ MOREBBC News, February 15, 2018
One in six children ‘affected by conflict’ – Save the Children
Attacks on hospitals and schools have become the “new normal”.
READ MOREUN Special, February 14, 2018
How to protect students, teachers, and schools in war
Children continue to pay the heaviest price of attacks on schools, which leave them unable to learn or fulfil their potential. This is why the governments of Argentina and Norway…
READ MOREGCPEA, February 8, 2018
Safe Schools Declaration News #2 (Q4 2017)
Welcome to the second edition of Safe Schools Declaration News, covering the period from October-December 2017.The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack* coordinates advocacy for endorsement, and monitors implementation,…
READ MORENorwegian Refugee Council, February 6, 2018
Colombia: Conflict forces children out of school
NRC encourages the Colombian Government to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, and step up its efforts to ensure that schools are safe and protected.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, January 13, 2018
Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children
The Somali government has taken some steps to protect schools and students, Human Rights Watch said. In 2016 it endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, January 10, 2018
Syria: Children Under Attack in Damascus Enclave
The attacks on Eastern Ghouta, 15 kilometers from the Syrian capital, resulted in the closing of schools, depriving many children in the besieged area of access to education.
READ MOREThe Guardian, December 27, 2017
Children increasingly used as weapons of war, Unicef warns
Some 27 million children in conflict zones have been forced out of school.
READ MOREScientific American, December 22, 2017
A Call to Make Schools Safe Zones, Not War Zones
Educational facilities are used in armed conflicts—with children inside. We need to stop this.
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