Protecting education from attack during armed conflict

September 13, 2023 29 mins read Access / Analysis / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanity in War podcast / IHL Michel Anglade, Mark Chapple & Elizabeth Rushing

Attacks on and military use of education facilities frequently occur during armed conflict, disrupting and ...

Protecting education from non-state armed group attacks

September 12, 2023 11 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / IHL / Protection of education Jerome Marston

Non-state armed groups are responsible for a significant proportion of attacks that kill and injure ...

Online education: teaching IHL in the Gaza Strip during the COVID-19 pandemic

July 15, 2021 6 mins read Analysis / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Moamin Aljaro

No country or sector has been spared the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ...

Protecting education from attack during COVID-19: a new day, a new call to action

September 9, 2020 8 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / COVID-19 and conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Religion Bede Sheppard

Efforts to protect students, teachers, and schools during times of armed conflict will get extra ...

Rebuilding peace in divided education systems

January 23, 2020 7 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict Laura K. Taylor & Alexandra Jacobs

Key to promoting peacebuilding among a post-conflict generation is understanding how children’s awareness, attitudes, and ...

Three reasons why education needs the support of humanitarian actors in conflict zones

December 12, 2019 11 mins read Analysis / Children in conflict / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Protracted Conflict Filipa Schmitz Guinote

This week, the ICRC and the IFRC held a side event on education at the ...

Protecting schools from military use: From Ancient Rome to today

September 27, 2016 7 mins read Analysis / Education in Armed Conflict / Humanitarian Action / Special Protections Bede Sheppard

The Safe Schools Declaration, opened for endorsement on 29 May 2015, outlines concrete steps that ...