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June 30, 2016 Commentary

Where Schools Are Already Closed

Children look through a destroyed classroom window at Yerwa Primary School, Maiduguri, Borno state, damaged by Boko Haram during attacks in 2010 and 2013. The school, established in 1915, was the first primary school in northeast Nigeria. © 2015 Bede Shep
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Zamboanga East and West Central School, Zamboanga City, Philippines, 2013.
May 31, 2016 Commentary

How Afghan Classrooms Became Bunkers

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May 26, 2016 Commentary

Netherlands Moves World Toward Safer Wartime Schools

Боец батальона «Донбасс» заправляет койку в школе, превращенной в военную базу. Попасная, 18 августа 2014 г. © 2014 AFP/Getty Images/Anatoli Stepanov
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Netherlands: Action Needed for Safe Schools

Symposium Set for Anniversary of Declaration

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April 27, 2016 Commentary

When schools and students become spoils of war

Lack of education is a lack of light, it's darkness.

A lecture theatre at the Federal College of Education, Kano, Kano state, destroyed when Boko Haram insurgents lobbed grenades and shot students taking classes on September 17, 2014. At least 27 students and two lecturers were killed in the attack.
April 11, 2016 News Release

Nigeria: Northeast Children Robbed of Education

Boko Haram’s Devastating Toll on Students, Teachers, Schools

Children look through a destroyed classroom window at Yerwa Primary School, Maiduguri, Borno state, damaged by Boko Haram during attacks in 2010 and 2013. The school, established in 1915, was the first primary school in northeast Nigeria. © 2015 Bede Shep
April 4, 2016 Commentary

The Other Safe Schools Campaign that Australia is Ignoring

School in Nikishine, eastern Ukraine, damaged during fighting between Ukrainian government and rebel forces from Aug. 2014 to Feb. 2015.
March 22, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Don’t Turn Afghan Schools into Battlefields

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March 17, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission on the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

March 10, 2016 Commentary

When Schools Become Battlegrounds

School in Nikishine, eastern Ukraine, damaged during fighting between Ukrainian government and rebel forces from Aug. 2014 to Feb. 2015.
March 9, 2016 News Release

Netherlands: Protect Schools, Universities in War

#WatchOurSchools Campaign Urges Leaders to End Military Use of Schools

School in Nikishine, eastern Ukraine, damaged during fighting between Ukrainian government and rebel forces from Aug. 2014 to Feb. 2015.
March 2, 2016 Letter

Submission on Pakistan to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Submission to the plenary session on Pakistan

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