All students and educators, and schools and universities, are protected from attacks during armed conflict, including through prevention and response measures.
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Attacks on education occur in many countries affected by armed conflict, insecurity, and weak systems of human rights protections or political pluralism. Schools and universities should be safe havens where students and educators can work toward a better future. Instead, in at least 37 countries globally, there is a pattern of attacks on education by state security forces and non-state armed groups.
Negligence in Action: The U.S. Attack on an Iranian School
The American Prospect, March 24, 2026
On Saturdays, children attend school in Iran. Students at Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, a city in the southern part of the country, were in class on February 28th…