Attacks targeting teachers and students worldwide on the rise

The number of politically and ideologically motivated attacks on teachers, students and school buildings is rising, says the report Education Under Attack 2010, launched by UNESCO in February. These attacks are perpetrated by non-state armed groups and state actors alike. Education Under Attack 2010 is the second report on the subject; the first was published in 2007. 

This report is launched together with a second UNESCO publication entitled Protecting Education from Attack: A State-of-the-Art Review, in which several experts take critical stock of knowledge on prevention and response, with respect to both international law and interventions on the ground. The review also shares the recommendations generated by a seminar on the subject held in Paris in 2009.

The 2010 report reveals that education was attacked in at least 32 countries between January 2007 and July 2009.

The report is accessible at:                                 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001868/186809e.pdf

Protecting Education from Attack: A State-of-the-Art Review: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001867/186732e.pdf

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