GCPEA publishes technical guide on protecting higher education from attack
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) has launched its Guide to Implementing the Principles of State Responsibility to Protect Higher Education from... Read More
Safe Schools Declaration – 53 countries and counting
TransConflict is pleased to present a press release by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack to mark the first anniversary of the Safe Schools... Read More
37 countries start process of protecting schools and universities during conflict
37 countries on May 29, 2015, joined an international Safe Schools Declaration that commits them to protect education from attack. In situations of conflict, widespread... Read More
New international guidelines to end military use of schools unveiled
As the world learned of the horrific attack by the Taliban on a school in Pakistan, killing at least 145 people including some 100 students,... Read More
25 years after landmark treaty, children’s rights still violated with impunity in conflict
On the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) called on... Read More
Nobel Peace Prize win for Malala is a message to all students living in conflict – yes you can
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) congratulates Pakistani education activist, Malala Yousafzai, and Indian child rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, for winning the 2014... Read More
UN Security Council should build on its momentum in protecting schools from attack and military use
The United Nations (UN) Security Council should support specific actions to address the widespread incidence of targeted attacks on education and military use of schools... Read More
