HRW - Schools and Armed Conflict

Schools and Armed Conflict

A Global Survey of Domestic Laws and State Practice Protecting Schools from Attack and Military Use

July 20, 2011

This 162-page report examines domestic laws and military policies in 56 countries around the world. Governments have been slow to update and align their domestic legislation with the explicit prohibitions on attacks on schools under international criminal law, Human Rights Watch said. They are also failing to account for the negative consequences for children's right to education when armed forces convert schools into bases and barracks.

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SCHOOLS AS BATTLEGROUNDS

Schools as Battlegrounds

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Table of Contents

• Schools and Armed Conflict
• Summary
• Recommendations
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Terminology
• I. Implicit Protection from Attack: Protections for “Civilian Objects”
• II. Explicit Protection from Attack: Criminalizing Deliberate Attacks on Education Buildings
• III. Protecting Education Buildings from Military Use
• Appendix: Laws and State Practice by Country
• Acknowledgments