Protecting Education from Attack During COVID-19: a New Day, a New Call to Action

Author(s)
Sheppard, B.
Publication language
English
Date published
09 Sep 2020
Publisher
Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog
Type
Blogs
Keywords
Children & youth, Working in conflict setting, COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Education, humanitarian action, Humanitarian-development-peace nexus, Protection, human rights & security, Protection
Organisations
Human Rights Watch, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Link
https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2020/09/09/protecting-education-attack-covid-19/

Efforts to protect students, teachers, and schools during times of armed conflict will get extra attention this week due to the inaugural UN International Day for the Protection of Education from Attack and a dedicated UN Security Council meeting on the topic. Concrete action to protect education from attack is particularly urgent now as COVID-19 further endangers students’ schooling, argues Bede Sheppard, child rights deputy director at Human Rights Watch. 

Authors: 
Sheppard, B.