Education Under Attack 2014

This resource is part of a collection of resources compiled by UNICEF’s 2012-2016 Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programme (PBEA), known as "Learning for Peace", which was funded by the Government of the Netherlands. This is the most comprehensive compilation of data regarding targeted attacks on schools, universities, their students and staff produced to date and covers the period 2009-2013. Drawing on media, UN and NGO reports, as well as interviews with experts in the field, it found attacks occurring in 70 countries with a significant pattern of attacks taking place in 30 –more than ever reported previously. It is unknown if the high incidence of attacks documented was due to better reporting, improved research techniques, or an actual increase in attacks. The report includes a global overview, three thematic chapters, and country profiles for all 30 countries with significant attacks. In addition to attacks on primary and secondary schools in these 30 countries, attacks on higher education occurred in 28 of them, and military use of educational facilities took place in 24 of them. The recommendations in the report were incorporated as commitments in the Safe Schools Declaration, a framework for protecting education in armed conflict that has been endorsed by 54 states as of July 2016.