Armed groups in the Central African Republic have occupied, looted, and damaged school buildings, preventing children from getting an education.

Since 2007, the military use of schools or universities has been documented in at least 29 countries with armed conflict or insecurity.

The French and Canadian governments should be congratulated for becoming the latest countries to endorse the international political commitment known as the Safe Schools Declaration.

The French and Canadian governments should be congratulated for becoming the latest countries to endorse the international political commitment known as the Safe Schools Declaration.

Meet the investigators behind Human Rights Watch's work. "These people live with fear all their lives. They have no place to go. I have to tell their story."

Around the world, schools are attacked or being occupied by military forces and armed groups in conflict zones. It endangers the lives of students, their teachers, and denies hundreds of thousands of children their right to education.

Boko Haram’s attacks on schools, students and teachers in northeast Nigeria have had a devastating impact on education.

More than 400,000 Syrian refugee children living in Turkey are not attending school. While the Turkish government has been generous in its response toward the Syrian refugee crisis, Turkey has struggled to ensure that Syrian schoolchildren have the access to education to which they are entitled under international law.