Countries Act to Protect Schools in Wartime

Expand Students and teachers from around the world call for schools and universities to be protected from military use. © 2019 Human Rights Watch (Palma de Mallorca) – More countries are protecting students, teachers, and schools from the harmful consequences of military use of schools during wartime, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today, in advance of the Third International Conference on Safe Schools in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on May 28 and 29, 2019. The 137-page report, “Protecting Schools from Military Use: Law, Policy, and Military Doctrine,” contains examples of law and…

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