This document discusses new developments in international law relating to the protection of education in situations of insecurity and armed conflict since the 2012 publication of the "Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict" handbook. Key developments include UN resolutions encouraging states to integrate education for democracy and human rights education into national curricula, and calling on states to take measures to fully realize the right to education. The Human Rights Council also called for training of judges and use of indicators to monitor the right to education. General recommendations from UN treaty bodies provided further guidance on interpreting and implementing the right to education.
Slideshows about nonviolence and nonviolent resolution of conflicts, economic alternatives, ecology, social change, spirituality : www.irnc.org , Slideshows in english
Citizens involvement
Fighting against exclusion and inequalities
Reinforcing democracy
Improving social consultation
Foreign policy oriented at disarmament and sustained development
Disarmament
Strategy of nonviolent action
The document discusses emerging trends in education, focusing on three areas:
1) Human rights education, outlining principles for promoting universal human rights through education.
2) Peace education, emphasizing that education should promote understanding and non-violence between all people and further UN goals of global peace.
3) Disaster management education, arguing that Pakistan's national curriculum should include education on responding to national disasters like floods, earthquakes, and epidemics.
The protection of civilians within un pso oct 14ferry arifin
This document provides an introduction to protection of civilians (POC) training for UN peacekeepers. It outlines key learning objectives around explaining the importance of POC, describing threats to civilians, and identifying legal obligations. It also summarizes different approaches to protection, threats faced by civilians, actors responsible for protection, and consequences of failing to protect civilians. The document aims to equip peacekeepers with knowledge on POC mandates, authorities, and prohibitions to guide their conduct in operations.
Defence, Security And Human Security ConceptsAnurag Gangal
The document discusses India's traditional and modern concepts of defence, security, and human security. It outlines India's internal security threats such as terrorism, naxalism, and communalism. It argues that India's approach needs to shift from a traditional territorial focus to a more comprehensive human security approach that ensures the welfare of individual citizens.
This document discusses the concept of national security and its primacy in foreign policy. It defines national security as protecting the survival of the nation-state from external threats. Realism theory views national security as the core objective of foreign policy. During the Cold War, national security dominated foreign policy agendas and led to the emergence of security studies. The document also examines different American grand strategies like neo-isolationism, liberal internationalism, and primacy that aim to achieve national security goals through different approaches to foreign involvement and military posture.
Educaterer India is an unique combination of passion driven into a hobby which makes an awesome profession. We carve the lives of enthusiastic candidates to a perfect professional who can impress upon the mindsets of the industry, while following the established traditions, can dare to set new standards to follow. We don't want you to be the part of the crowd, rather we like to make you the reason of the crowd.
Today's Effort For A Better Tomorrow
This document discusses the concepts of peace and security. It begins by defining peace as a social and political condition that ensures individual, societal, and national development through a state of harmony and healthy relationships. Security is defined as a secure condition free from extreme threats that endanger core values.
It then contrasts traditional and new understandings of peace and security. Traditionally, it focused on military threats, but new conceptions view it more broadly in terms of threats to human existence from issues like terrorism, human rights abuses, health crises, and environmental degradation.
Peace and security are seen as prerequisites for democracy and development to function, as democracy cannot work and development cannot occur without peace and security first being established
This document discusses new developments in international law relating to the protection of education in situations of insecurity and armed conflict since the 2012 publication of the "Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict" handbook. Key developments include UN resolutions encouraging states to integrate education for democracy and human rights education into national curricula, and calling on states to take measures to fully realize the right to education. The Human Rights Council also called for training of judges and use of indicators to monitor the right to education. General recommendations from UN treaty bodies provided further guidance on interpreting and implementing the right to education.
Slideshows about nonviolence and nonviolent resolution of conflicts, economic alternatives, ecology, social change, spirituality : www.irnc.org , Slideshows in english
Citizens involvement
Fighting against exclusion and inequalities
Reinforcing democracy
Improving social consultation
Foreign policy oriented at disarmament and sustained development
Disarmament
Strategy of nonviolent action
The document discusses emerging trends in education, focusing on three areas:
1) Human rights education, outlining principles for promoting universal human rights through education.
2) Peace education, emphasizing that education should promote understanding and non-violence between all people and further UN goals of global peace.
3) Disaster management education, arguing that Pakistan's national curriculum should include education on responding to national disasters like floods, earthquakes, and epidemics.
The protection of civilians within un pso oct 14ferry arifin
This document provides an introduction to protection of civilians (POC) training for UN peacekeepers. It outlines key learning objectives around explaining the importance of POC, describing threats to civilians, and identifying legal obligations. It also summarizes different approaches to protection, threats faced by civilians, actors responsible for protection, and consequences of failing to protect civilians. The document aims to equip peacekeepers with knowledge on POC mandates, authorities, and prohibitions to guide their conduct in operations.
Defence, Security And Human Security ConceptsAnurag Gangal
The document discusses India's traditional and modern concepts of defence, security, and human security. It outlines India's internal security threats such as terrorism, naxalism, and communalism. It argues that India's approach needs to shift from a traditional territorial focus to a more comprehensive human security approach that ensures the welfare of individual citizens.
This document discusses the concept of national security and its primacy in foreign policy. It defines national security as protecting the survival of the nation-state from external threats. Realism theory views national security as the core objective of foreign policy. During the Cold War, national security dominated foreign policy agendas and led to the emergence of security studies. The document also examines different American grand strategies like neo-isolationism, liberal internationalism, and primacy that aim to achieve national security goals through different approaches to foreign involvement and military posture.
Educaterer India is an unique combination of passion driven into a hobby which makes an awesome profession. We carve the lives of enthusiastic candidates to a perfect professional who can impress upon the mindsets of the industry, while following the established traditions, can dare to set new standards to follow. We don't want you to be the part of the crowd, rather we like to make you the reason of the crowd.
Today's Effort For A Better Tomorrow
This document discusses the concepts of peace and security. It begins by defining peace as a social and political condition that ensures individual, societal, and national development through a state of harmony and healthy relationships. Security is defined as a secure condition free from extreme threats that endanger core values.
It then contrasts traditional and new understandings of peace and security. Traditionally, it focused on military threats, but new conceptions view it more broadly in terms of threats to human existence from issues like terrorism, human rights abuses, health crises, and environmental degradation.
Peace and security are seen as prerequisites for democracy and development to function, as democracy cannot work and development cannot occur without peace and security first being established
This document discusses the concept of human security and proposes adopting a new paradigm that focuses on protecting people rather than states. It argues that while states remain important for security, they sometimes fail to protect citizens or become threats themselves. The document proposes that human security complements state security by seeking to protect individuals from a wide range of threats and empowering people to act on their own behalf. It also notes that in today's interconnected world, threats can spread rapidly so security policies must have a stronger, more integrated global response.
This document outlines the concept of human security and its relevance to Botswana. It defines human security as protecting individuals' lives in a way that enhances freedoms and fulfillment. The main threats to human security in Botswana include environmental degradation, inequitable wealth distribution, idle land, diminished food self-sufficiency, and climate change. Botswana's government has made efforts to improve human security through its Vision 2016 development plan and various ministry programs focused on sustainability, poverty reduction, and diversifying the economy. The document recommends strengthening democracy, policy formulation, conflict resolution, and civil society to further enhance human security.
presentation sustainable solutions for peace and human securityTayo Aduloju
Dr Tayo Aduloju Presentation to the 21st Nigerian Economic Summit exploring new tools, techniques and methodologies for mapping, identifying and reducing threats to sustainable peace and human security
This document discusses the concept of human security. It provides background on how human security became part of international discourse in 1994. It then outlines three conceptions of human security and debates around defining and applying the concept. Key risks to human security are also examined, such as state failure, organized violence, relative poverty, and threats from pandemics, environmental degradation, and terrorism.
This document summarizes a live seminar hosted by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University on June 10, 2010 about attacks on education during armed conflict. The seminar brought together over 400 participants from over 70 countries and featured several panelists discussing issues like the legal protections for education, monitoring of attacks, deterring attacks, and accountability. The panelists included experts from organizations like Human Rights Watch, the Global Coalition for Protecting Education from Attack, and journalists who have reported on attacks on education in countries around the world.
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences – FLACSO bookGrecia Bate
This document discusses the concept of human security, initiatives promoting it, and threats to human security in Latin America. It analyzes how human security has been conceptualized internationally and in Latin America. Key frameworks for human security include the Commission on Human Security's focus on protecting individuals' freedoms and the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty's emphasis on protecting populations from human rights violations. The document also examines regional initiatives in Latin America to incorporate human security into frameworks for hemispheric security and surveys threats to human security across socioeconomic, political, and environmental dimensions in the region.
This document summarizes a report on delivering human security through multi-level governance. It discusses conceptualizing human security, assessing human security at the local level, the role of regional governance in promoting human security using the EU as a case study, and other regional experiences. The key conclusions are that human security encompasses freedom from fear and want, shifts the focus from states to individuals, and is context-specific. It requires actors at all levels of governance from local to global. Regional organizations like the EU and AU play an important role in aspects of human security within their regions. Local assessment of human security indicators can empower communities and improve governance.
Global peace refers to an ideal state of happiness, freedom and peace among all people and nations on Earth. Various organizations aim to achieve world peace through addressing issues like human rights, education, and diplomacy to resolve conflicts without war. International relations studies the relations among states and political units and aims to establish rules to govern interactions between nations. It helps avoid world wars by analyzing countries' aims and policies to maintain peace. As countries become more interdependent, international relations grows more complex with goals like improving standards of living and ensuring full employment through cooperation on issues like trade.
The document discusses the evolution of the concept of security from a traditional state-centric view to a broader human security perspective. It outlines how human security emerged after World War II to consider all aspects of individual and community life, in contrast to the prior focus only on state sovereignty and military threats. The document then compares the traditional and human security paradigms, examining differences in their referents, threats, and means of ensuring security.
The document discusses the human security approach and its evolution from focusing on poverty and human insecurity. It highlights several key aspects of the human security approach including its continued focus on deprivations and downside risks, emphasis on conflicts, need for democracy and empowerment, and integrated framework for action. It also discusses how human security relates to concepts like human development, state security, human rights, and its international dimensions.
The document discusses the concept of human security, which takes an individual-centered view of security rather than focusing on the state. It defines human security as consisting of economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community, and political security. It discusses two schools of thought on human security - freedom from fear, which focuses on protecting individuals from violent conflicts, and freedom from want, which broadens threats to include hunger, disease, and natural disasters. The document also examines the relationship between human development and human security, how different countries rank on human development and security indices, and how Indonesia's government deals with human security issues through policy interventions.
This document provides an overview of the concept of human security. It emerged after the Cold War as a way to ensure freedom from want, fear and to live with dignity for all people in order to tackle global insecurity. The 1994 UN Development Report was groundbreaking in establishing seven components of human security: economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community and political security. It advocates for a people-centered approach that identifies and addresses the root causes of threats to human survival, livelihood and dignity through both top-down policy frameworks and bottom-up empowerment of individuals. Examples are given of issues human security aims to address.
Education International is the global union federation representing over 30 million education workers. This policy paper outlines the human and trade union rights framework that guides EI's work. It discusses how EI promotes the rights of all teachers and education workers to organize unions and engage in collective bargaining. The paper also emphasizes the right of all people to free, quality public education and the role of education in developing critical thinkers and global citizens who can advance human rights.
In New York in June 2011, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) conducted five trainings, consultations and presentations to United Nations and UN-related organizations, including the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). Marking NP and unarmed civilian peacekeeping's (UCP) biggest exposure ever at the UN, the presentations create further opportunities to advance policy and funding for UCP.
The UN’s invitation and sponsorship of the trainings attest to the international recognition unarmed civilian peacekeeping is gaining through NP’s civilian protection efforts in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Sudan.
This document discusses the concept of human security. It outlines the origins of human security thinking as a critique of prevailing notions of development and security in the 1960s-1980s. It then summarizes two major approaches to human security - from the UNDP and the Canadian government. The UNDP approach focuses on threats to individuals from various sources, while the Canadian approach emphasizes state responsibility to protect citizens. The document aims to develop a comprehensive conception of human security that incorporates both approaches.
In this presentation, I will try to achieve 4 objectives.
I will discuss that there seems to be some emerging consensus on the scope of “Human Security.”
I will show the complementarity between the “State Security” and “Human Security.”
I will explain that a “Human Security Approach” offers us a useful framework to assess & analyze the multiple threats that vulnerable people face.
I will discuss that this multidisciplinary “Human Security Approach,” overcoming academic compartmentalization in “delivering as one,” is effective in narrowing the gap through the dual strategies of empowerment and protection.
This work was presented during the II Workshop on Medical Anthropology in Rome, on October 14th - 15th 2011.
Preventing Conflict and Promoting Peace and Security Within NEPAD and the Afr...Kayode Fayemi
This document discusses the peace and security cluster of NEPAD and the African Union. It notes that while NEPAD recognizes the importance of peace and security to development, it could take a more holistic, human security approach. It summarizes the key areas of focus in the peace and security cluster and comments that emphasizing democracy, governance, and human rights is commendable. However, translating these ideals into specific policies and ensuring effective implementation remains a challenge.
The Peace and Security Challenges Facing Africa: Can the African Union and NE...Kayode Fayemi
This document discusses the challenges facing the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) in addressing peace and security issues on the continent. It analyzes the peace and security cluster of the NEPAD strategy, highlighting both positive and critical aspects. It examines the causes, nature, and context of conflicts in Africa in order to understand the values of security that need to be promoted. Finally, it discusses prospects for addressing current challenges and the need for genuine global partnership to resolve Africa's violent conflicts.
This document discusses the concept of human security and proposes adopting a new paradigm that focuses on protecting people rather than states. It argues that while states remain important for security, they sometimes fail to protect citizens or become threats themselves. The document proposes that human security complements state security by seeking to protect individuals from a wide range of threats and empowering people to act on their own behalf. It also notes that in today's interconnected world, threats can spread rapidly so security policies must have a stronger, more integrated global response.
This document outlines the concept of human security and its relevance to Botswana. It defines human security as protecting individuals' lives in a way that enhances freedoms and fulfillment. The main threats to human security in Botswana include environmental degradation, inequitable wealth distribution, idle land, diminished food self-sufficiency, and climate change. Botswana's government has made efforts to improve human security through its Vision 2016 development plan and various ministry programs focused on sustainability, poverty reduction, and diversifying the economy. The document recommends strengthening democracy, policy formulation, conflict resolution, and civil society to further enhance human security.
presentation sustainable solutions for peace and human securityTayo Aduloju
Dr Tayo Aduloju Presentation to the 21st Nigerian Economic Summit exploring new tools, techniques and methodologies for mapping, identifying and reducing threats to sustainable peace and human security
This document discusses the concept of human security. It provides background on how human security became part of international discourse in 1994. It then outlines three conceptions of human security and debates around defining and applying the concept. Key risks to human security are also examined, such as state failure, organized violence, relative poverty, and threats from pandemics, environmental degradation, and terrorism.
This document summarizes a live seminar hosted by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University on June 10, 2010 about attacks on education during armed conflict. The seminar brought together over 400 participants from over 70 countries and featured several panelists discussing issues like the legal protections for education, monitoring of attacks, deterring attacks, and accountability. The panelists included experts from organizations like Human Rights Watch, the Global Coalition for Protecting Education from Attack, and journalists who have reported on attacks on education in countries around the world.
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences – FLACSO bookGrecia Bate
This document discusses the concept of human security, initiatives promoting it, and threats to human security in Latin America. It analyzes how human security has been conceptualized internationally and in Latin America. Key frameworks for human security include the Commission on Human Security's focus on protecting individuals' freedoms and the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty's emphasis on protecting populations from human rights violations. The document also examines regional initiatives in Latin America to incorporate human security into frameworks for hemispheric security and surveys threats to human security across socioeconomic, political, and environmental dimensions in the region.
This document summarizes a report on delivering human security through multi-level governance. It discusses conceptualizing human security, assessing human security at the local level, the role of regional governance in promoting human security using the EU as a case study, and other regional experiences. The key conclusions are that human security encompasses freedom from fear and want, shifts the focus from states to individuals, and is context-specific. It requires actors at all levels of governance from local to global. Regional organizations like the EU and AU play an important role in aspects of human security within their regions. Local assessment of human security indicators can empower communities and improve governance.
Global peace refers to an ideal state of happiness, freedom and peace among all people and nations on Earth. Various organizations aim to achieve world peace through addressing issues like human rights, education, and diplomacy to resolve conflicts without war. International relations studies the relations among states and political units and aims to establish rules to govern interactions between nations. It helps avoid world wars by analyzing countries' aims and policies to maintain peace. As countries become more interdependent, international relations grows more complex with goals like improving standards of living and ensuring full employment through cooperation on issues like trade.
The document discusses the evolution of the concept of security from a traditional state-centric view to a broader human security perspective. It outlines how human security emerged after World War II to consider all aspects of individual and community life, in contrast to the prior focus only on state sovereignty and military threats. The document then compares the traditional and human security paradigms, examining differences in their referents, threats, and means of ensuring security.
The document discusses the human security approach and its evolution from focusing on poverty and human insecurity. It highlights several key aspects of the human security approach including its continued focus on deprivations and downside risks, emphasis on conflicts, need for democracy and empowerment, and integrated framework for action. It also discusses how human security relates to concepts like human development, state security, human rights, and its international dimensions.
The document discusses the concept of human security, which takes an individual-centered view of security rather than focusing on the state. It defines human security as consisting of economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community, and political security. It discusses two schools of thought on human security - freedom from fear, which focuses on protecting individuals from violent conflicts, and freedom from want, which broadens threats to include hunger, disease, and natural disasters. The document also examines the relationship between human development and human security, how different countries rank on human development and security indices, and how Indonesia's government deals with human security issues through policy interventions.
This document provides an overview of the concept of human security. It emerged after the Cold War as a way to ensure freedom from want, fear and to live with dignity for all people in order to tackle global insecurity. The 1994 UN Development Report was groundbreaking in establishing seven components of human security: economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community and political security. It advocates for a people-centered approach that identifies and addresses the root causes of threats to human survival, livelihood and dignity through both top-down policy frameworks and bottom-up empowerment of individuals. Examples are given of issues human security aims to address.
Education International is the global union federation representing over 30 million education workers. This policy paper outlines the human and trade union rights framework that guides EI's work. It discusses how EI promotes the rights of all teachers and education workers to organize unions and engage in collective bargaining. The paper also emphasizes the right of all people to free, quality public education and the role of education in developing critical thinkers and global citizens who can advance human rights.
In New York in June 2011, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) conducted five trainings, consultations and presentations to United Nations and UN-related organizations, including the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). Marking NP and unarmed civilian peacekeeping's (UCP) biggest exposure ever at the UN, the presentations create further opportunities to advance policy and funding for UCP.
The UN’s invitation and sponsorship of the trainings attest to the international recognition unarmed civilian peacekeeping is gaining through NP’s civilian protection efforts in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Sudan.
This document discusses the concept of human security. It outlines the origins of human security thinking as a critique of prevailing notions of development and security in the 1960s-1980s. It then summarizes two major approaches to human security - from the UNDP and the Canadian government. The UNDP approach focuses on threats to individuals from various sources, while the Canadian approach emphasizes state responsibility to protect citizens. The document aims to develop a comprehensive conception of human security that incorporates both approaches.
In this presentation, I will try to achieve 4 objectives.
I will discuss that there seems to be some emerging consensus on the scope of “Human Security.”
I will show the complementarity between the “State Security” and “Human Security.”
I will explain that a “Human Security Approach” offers us a useful framework to assess & analyze the multiple threats that vulnerable people face.
I will discuss that this multidisciplinary “Human Security Approach,” overcoming academic compartmentalization in “delivering as one,” is effective in narrowing the gap through the dual strategies of empowerment and protection.
This work was presented during the II Workshop on Medical Anthropology in Rome, on October 14th - 15th 2011.
Preventing Conflict and Promoting Peace and Security Within NEPAD and the Afr...Kayode Fayemi
This document discusses the peace and security cluster of NEPAD and the African Union. It notes that while NEPAD recognizes the importance of peace and security to development, it could take a more holistic, human security approach. It summarizes the key areas of focus in the peace and security cluster and comments that emphasizing democracy, governance, and human rights is commendable. However, translating these ideals into specific policies and ensuring effective implementation remains a challenge.
The Peace and Security Challenges Facing Africa: Can the African Union and NE...Kayode Fayemi
This document discusses the challenges facing the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) in addressing peace and security issues on the continent. It analyzes the peace and security cluster of the NEPAD strategy, highlighting both positive and critical aspects. It examines the causes, nature, and context of conflicts in Africa in order to understand the values of security that need to be promoted. Finally, it discusses prospects for addressing current challenges and the need for genuine global partnership to resolve Africa's violent conflicts.
Michael Sellers completed a successful marketing internship with Hull Kingston Rovers FC over the summer of 2016. He worked on several key projects, including revising the club's brand guidelines and relaunching the Rovers Reward scheme. The internship provided experience with tasks like reviving a loyalty program, assisting with a charity photoshoot, running social media competitions, analyzing fan research, researching the club's history, and comparing prices. Michael's supervisor praised his enthusiasm, work ethic, and contributions to the team.
When it comes to matters of the brand, this is our bible. It contains our history, our journey and our reason for being.
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Dokumen tersebut berisi soal-soal tentang termin dan potongan akuntansi dagang. Soal 1 berisi daftar termin dan tanggal pelunasan utang dagang. Soal 2 dan 5 berisi ketentuan pembayaran pembelian kredit dengan menunjukkan nomor termin, jumlah utang dagang, potongan, dan kas yang dibayarkan. Soal-soal tersebut memberikan contoh kasus untuk memahami konsep termin dan potongan dalam akuntansi dagang.
This document provides information about dengue awareness and prevention. It aims to eradicate dengue from Pakistan by 2020. It defines dengue as a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes that causes fever and joint pain. It discusses dengue outbreaks in Pakistan, the characteristics and life cycle of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, how dengue spreads, and symptoms of dengue fever. It recommends prevention measures like eliminating mosquito breeding sites and preventing mosquito bites. It outlines responsibilities for dengue prevention at the state, community, and individual levels.
This certificate certifies that Frank Gladden has demonstrated the requirements to be an Oracle Solaris 11 PreSales Specialist. He passed the Oracle Solaris 11 PreSales Specialist Assessment on January 13, 2014.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
This document contains the presentation content for a computer architecture class presentation on Internet of Things (IoT) architecture. The presentation covers the definition of IoT, Cisco's vision of 50 billion connected devices by 2020, examples of IoT physical architectures including habitat and weather monitoring and industrial systems, the use of multiple communication protocols in IoT, the importance of interoperability, and the future of IoT. It is presented by three students - Furqan Munir Lodhi, Muhammad Abid, and Daniyal Hussain.
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The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
30th IEEE International Conference onAdvanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2016) March 23-25, 2016, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Connected Smart Cities: Interoperability with SEG 3.0 for the Internet of Things
Semantic Interoperability
Methodology
Linked Open Data
Linked Open Vocabularies
Linked Open Reasoning
Linked Open Services
Internet of Things
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Semantic Web of Things
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CROW geeft zijn visie op de toekomst: één systematiek voor alle contractvormen! We nemen u mee in de ontwikkeling van deze systematiek. Die zich niet alleen beperkt tot CROW Contractdata, maar ook mogelijkheden biedt voor het opnemen van de contractdata van uw eigen organisatie en gemeenschappelijk (bijvoorbeeld door alle provincies) vastgestelde data.
Formulir ini berisi instruksi untuk mengerjakan ujian akhir semester mata kuliah Perekonomian Indonesia Semester di STIE Bina Bangsa. Mahasiswa diminta untuk membuat resume tugas mingguan sebanyak 13 pertemuan dalam bentuk makalah minimal 30 halaman dan format MS Word. Mereka juga diminta untuk mengunggah materi presentasi ppt pertemuan 2-14 ke situs SlideShare dan mengirim linknya lewat email ke dosen beserta soft copy tugas makalah.
Werken in of met verontreinigde bodem (InfraTech 2017)CROW
In de eerste helft van 2017 verschijnt de nieuwe CROW-richtlijn 'Werken in of met verontreinigde bodem'. Op dit moment is een werkgroep hard aan het werk om deze nieuwe richtlijn op te stellen. In een minisessie op de stand van CROW lichten we een tipje op van de sluier voor wat betreft de te verwachten vernieuwingen.
This document contains templates for an exam blueprint (kisi-kisi) and exam cards (kartu soal) for a semester final exam. The exam blueprint template lists the competencies, indicators, number of questions, question formats, question numbers, aspects covered, difficulty levels, and scores for questions. The exam card templates provide spaces for the course information, competencies, indicators, question number, multiple choice or essay question, answer key, and scoring rubric. The templates provide the structure and guidelines for constructing the semester final exam.
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This document provides an update on developments in 2014 related to international law protecting education in situations of insecurity and armed conflict. It summarizes key resolutions and reports from the UN Security Council and Human Rights Council that call on states to strengthen implementation of international legal obligations to protect education. These developments focused on increasing implementation rather than adding new legal protections. The update also notes efforts to include education targets in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
This document summarizes developments in 2015 related to attacks on education in situations of insecurity and armed conflict. It discusses continued attacks targeting schools, students, and educators in countries such as Kenya, Burundi, Honduras, South Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Over 1,100 schools were destroyed by Boko Haram in Nigeria, and hundreds of schools have been damaged or destroyed in Iraq and Syria. The document also notes issues around the protection of refugee children's access to education. While international law provides strong protections for education in conflict, implementation and enforcement of these obligations remains a challenge. Recent non-binding agreements have aimed to increase compliance with international legal frameworks.
International responses to conflict and complex humanitarian emergencies are diverse and multifaceted. Different actors – among them non-government organisations (NGOs), the United Nations (UN) protection mandated organisations, UN peacekeeping forces, both military and police – all have a role to play to mitigate the impact of armed conflict on civilian populations.
Over the last 13 years a significant amount of work has been done to improve the international community’s response in relation to the protection of civilians (POC). This has been led by different actors – the UN Security Council, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the humanitarian community made up of UN humanitarian agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and NGOs – all working in the same complex humanitarian contexts.
Despite the development of POC, there is a perceived ‘disconnect’ between the understanding of different forms of protection, the different disciplines practising or working on the POC, and the different guidance and legal regimes imposing obligations on both state and non-state actors in the area of protection.
This paper is the first contribution to a broader research project that aims to determine whether the perceived disconnect between actors involved in protection work is real or anecdotal. By exploring the evolution of protection language and policy through the UN Security Council, DPKO and the humanitarian community, it is possible to develop an improved understanding of some of the reasons for distinct protection policies and definitions that exist between different actors. Some initial variations in the interpretation of POC are quick to emerge, giving rise to additional questions about how the distinctions can be better understood.
The paper gives a brief overview of the right to education as a human right. It highlights on the judicial pronouncements on the right and the recognition of the right under various international law instruments.
Session_Document_StatementoftheGlobalStudent_495Obadya Ray
1. Representatives of student organizations from around the world met in London to discuss challenges facing students globally, including budget cuts, commercialization of education, and lack of student involvement in decision making.
2. They pledged to cooperate internationally to fight for students' rights, including believing education is a fundamental human right, opposing trade agreements that treat knowledge as a commodity, and demanding open access to research.
3. The statement calls for protecting education during conflicts, empowering students to challenge austerity, and developing a Student Rights Charter to address issues like freedom of association and academic freedom.
Global Leaders in Education EDU 562Terrains of Global MatthewTennant613
Global Leaders in Education
EDU 562
Terrains of Global and Multicultural Education: What is Distinctive, Contested, and Shared?
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Welcome to Global Leaders in Education.
In this lesson, we will discuss the Terrains of Global and Multicultural Education: What is Distinctive, Contested, and Shared?
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TopicsOrigins and Contexts of Global and Multicultural EducationLegal and Philosophical JustificationsDifferent Beneficiaries, Proponents, Opponents, and ScopeSimilarities between Multicultural and Global EducationMonocultural Approaches: Defending Against Diversity
The following topics will be covered in this lesson:
Origins and Contexts of Global and Multicultural Education;
Legal and Philosophical Justifications;
Different Beneficiaries, Proponents, Opponents, and Scope;
Similarities between Multicultural and Global Education;
Monocultural Approaches: Defending Against Diversity;
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Topics, ContinuedParticularistic Approaches: Defending DiversityPluralistic Approaches: Resourcing DiversityLiberal Approaches: Negotiating DiversityCritical Approaches: Intersecting Diversity with Oppression
The following topics will also be covered in this lesson:
Particularistic Approaches: Defending Diversity;
Pluralistic Approaches: Resourcing Diversity;
Liberal Approaches: Negotiating Diversity;
Critical Approaches: Intersecting Diversity with Oppression;
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Topics, ContinuedJoining the Fields through Poststructuralist Pragmatist Citizenship EducationA Call for a New Political-Personal Citizenship
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3. Preface
This document serves two purposes: first, it acts as a Summary of Protection of Education in Insecurity
and Armed Conflict – an International Law Handbook; second, it is written to be readily accessible to
a non-legal audience and so to provide a stand-alone, insight into the three relevant areas of
international law, and the potential of that law, to protect education during insecurity and armed
conflict.
The Handbook has been authored by Kristin Hausler, Nicole Urban and Robert McCorquodale of the
British Institute of International and Comparative Law. It is the first in a series of legal research
documents commissioned by Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC),
a program of the Education Above All Foundation (EAA) on the protection of education during
insecurity and armed conflict.
PEIC is an independent non-governmental organization chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint
Nasser of Qatar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education. A policy, research and
advocacy organization, PEIC is concerned with the protection of education during insecurity and
armed conflict. PEIC’s Legal Program contributes to such protection through the strategic utilization
of international and regional law. Its objective legal research papers are authored by international
legal academics and/or practising lawyers. They are aimed at a varied audience, including
international and national lawyers, non-legally trained education experts and policy-makers within
governments, political, social and cultural bodies, and civil society.
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, which has authored the Handbook, is one
of the leading independent research centres for international and comparative law in the world. Since
its foundation over 50 years ago, the Institute has brought together a diverse community of
researchers, practitioners and policymakers from around the world who are committed to the
understanding, development and practical application of international and comparative law. Its high
quality research projects and events encompass almost all areas of international law (both public and
private) and comparative law and it is at the forefront of discussions on many contemporary issues.
Further information on the Institute and its activities can be found at www.biicl.org.
An electronic version of the Handbook is available at both:
www.educationaboveall.org/legalresources
www.biicl.org/research/education
4.
5. Table of contents
1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. PROTECTION OF EDUCATION 6
3. PROTECTION OF STUDENTS AND EDUCATION STAFF 11
4. PROTECTION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 15
5. REMEDIES AND MECHANISMS 18
6. CONCLUSIONS 20
6.
7. 1 Introduction
SCOPE
It is established under international law that education at the primary level has to be offered
to everyone for free and made compulsory. However, international law does not limit its
protection to primary education. Education must be understood – in both law and in policy
responses – as a broad concept, which includes all types and levels of education, including
adult education and vocational training.
In the same manner, terms such as students and education staff must also be understood in
a broad sense. Students include those persons who benefit from education regardless of age
or institution. Education staff refers to teachers and other non-teaching staff (including
maintenance and technical staff) involved in the provision of both public and private educa-
tion.
Educational facilities includes not only schools, classrooms and other structural facilities
directly related to the provision of education but also facilities at places of education,
including facilities for sanitation, drinking water, libraries, computers and other information
technology.
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Education is affected in many ways during insecurity and armed conflict. Students and education staff
can be, and are, threatened or physically harmed and populations forcibly displaced both within and
outside the boundaries of their respective States. Children are often recruited into the armed forces of
States or non-State armed groups and educational facilities are frequently destroyed or used as
training grounds by both groups. Education itself is also affected when it is used as a tool for war
propaganda or a vehicle for discrimination or incitement to hatred. It may be, and frequently is,
discontinued entirely at such times.
If education is damaged in these ways, its role in supporting sustained recovery can be lost or
diminished substantially. Such damage can also restrict the awareness of societies of the need to
protect and ensure human rights. Given the crucial need to ensure education to all even in times of
insecurity and armed conflict and the potential preventive and protective role of law at such times, the
British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Protect Education in Insecurity
and Conflict (PEIC) have developed an innovative Handbook, which presents the current protection
of education under different international law regimes, and highlights their limitations, tensions, and
possibilities.
1 Introduction
Education is affected in many ways during insecurity and armed conflict. Students and educa-
tion staff can be, and are, threatened or physically harmed and populations forcibly
displaced both within and outside the boundaries of their respective States. Children are
often recruited into the armed forces of States or non-State armed groups and educational
facilities are frequently destroyed or used as training grounds by both groups. Education
itself is also affected when it is used as a tool for war propaganda or a vehicle for discrim-
ination or incitement to hatred. It may be, and frequently is, discontinued entirely at such
times.
If education is damaged in these ways, its role in supporting sustained recovery can be lost
or diminished substantially. Such damage can also restrict the awareness of societies of the
need to protect and ensure human rights. Given the crucial need to ensure education to all
even in times of insecurity and armed conflict and the potential preventive and protective
role of law at such times, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
and Education Above All (EAA) have developed an innovative Handbook, which presents
the current protection of education under different international law regimes, and highlights
their limitations, tensions, and possibilities.
SCOPE
It is established under international law that education at the primary level has to be offered
to everyone for free and made compulsory. However, international law does not limit its
protection to primary education. Education must be understood – in both law and in policy
responses – as a broad concept, which includes all types and levels of education, including
adult education and vocational training.
In the same manner, terms such as students and education staff must also be understood in
a broad sense. Students include those persons who benefit from education regardless of age
or institution. Education staff refers to teachers and other non-teaching staff (including
maintenance and technical staff) involved in the provision of both public and private educa-
tion.
Educational facilities includes not only schools, classrooms and other structural facilities
directly related to the provision of education but also facilities at places of education,
including facilities for sanitation, drinking water, libraries, computers and other information
technology.
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8. The Handbook considers education-related violations occurring in situations of insecurity and
armed conflict.
• Education-related violations refer to the legal aspects of attacks against education during
situations of insecurity and armed conflict. An attack on education refers to an act against
education, students and education staff, and educational facilities.
• Insecurity is a non-legal term, which describes situations of disturbance and tension within
a State that disrupt the normal functioning of political, social, and legal institutions,
including those that are used to facilitate education. This includes internal disturbances,
tensions and situations of fragility. ‘Insecurity’ does not include situations of intense
violence that reach the threshold of armed conflict.
• Armed Conflict is a term referring to the legal concepts of ‘international armed conflict’
and ‘non-international armed conflict’, which are different from situations of insecurity.
° International armed conflict describes situations of violence which involve the use of
armed force between States. This includes where States use force against each other
by ‘proxy’ through a non-State armed group. Some armed conflicts involving non-
State actors have been deemed to be examples of international armed conflict by
treaty law. International armed conflict also includes situations of belligerent occu-
pation, where the armed forces of one State have effective control over the territory
of another.
° ‘Non-international armed conflict’ is a situation of violence between a State and a non-
State armed group on its territory or a situation of violence between non-State armed
groups on the territory of a State. In both situations the violence used must be
‘protracted’. This means that the violence must reach a certain level of intensity in
order for the situation to be one of non-international armed conflict – as opposed to
a situation of internal disturbance or tension that amounts to insecurity, to which
international humanitarian law does not apply.
There has been very little examination of the different regimes of international law and their
intersection on issues concerning education-related violations during insecurity and armed
conflict. Such examination is essential to understand how international law protects education
itself and the benefits that derive from it, as well as how this protection can be increased. The
Handbook explores the international legal protection afforded to both the right to education,
as a human right, and education more generally under:
• International human rights law (IHRL);
• International humanitarian law (IHL); and
• International criminal law (ICL).
The Handbook’s examination of IHRL, IHL and ICL reveals considerable similarities in their
protective role and demonstrates how they can work together as a strong framework of
protection. Yet there are also gaps where protection is lacking, there is confusion or inconsis-
tency, or the mechanisms for remedies are unavailable.
2 Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict
9. This examination in the Handbook also clarifies the extent and type of legal obligations with
which States – and sometimes other entities – should comply. It also highlights the need for
increased attention to such obligations by States, non-State groups, civil society and others to
ensure their appropriate and effective implementation within States.
THE THREE LEGAL REGIMES
The three legal regimes considered by the Handbook are distinct, however, they each contain
rules that protect education directly, or protect the conditions necessary for education to exist,
such as the protection of the lives of students and education staff, and the protection of educa-
tional facilities.
International Human Rights Law
IHRL protects the rights to which all individuals are entitled, regardless of their race, sex,
language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other
status. In general, IHRL applies to all situations and at all times – including during insecurity
and armed conflict. This broad application means that IHRL has the most general scope of the
three regimes. States are bound to IHRL either through their agreement to and ratification of
a human rights treaty, or, in some instances, through customary international human rights
law (which applies to all States regardless of whether they have ratified a relevant treaty).
Most human rights became binding obligations with the adoption of the following two treaties
and their subsequent ratification by a large number of States:
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 (ICESCR) and its
Optional Protocol; and
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 (ICCPR) and its Optional
Protocols.
There are also human rights treaties which focus on the protection against a particular form
of human right violation. These include the Convention Against Discrimination in Education
1960 and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
1979, as well as the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading
Treatment or Punishment 1984 and its Optional Protocol. Other human rights treaties protect
particular groups, such the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 and the Convention
on the Rights of People with Disabilities 2006.
All of the regions, except for the Asia/Pacific region, have adopted human rights treaties. In
Europe the main treaties are the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms 1950 and the European Social Charter 1961 (revised 1996). The main human
rights treaty in the Americas is the American Convention on Human Rights 1969. In Africa,
the main treaty is the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights 1981. In addition, a
number of African States are also members of the Arab League which has adopted the Arab
Charter on Human Rights 1994, which protects the human rights in Arab States throughout
the world.
Introduction 3
10. Treaty bodies have been established in order to monitor and supervise the compliance of States
with their treaty obligations. For example, the ICESCR has a committee of independent
experts, called the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Every State is party to at least one of the major global human rights treaties. Each of these
treaties includes legal obligations on States to give effect to the treaty in national law (although
many States frequently fail to comply with these obligations).
In addition, as mentioned, States may be bound to IHRL through customary international
law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 (UDHR) is not a treaty (and, there-
fore, not legally binding on States) but many of its Articles are considered to have become
customary international law, either through their inclusion in treaties, State practice or other
applications. For example, States are now subject to a regular Universal Periodic Review by
the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in which the basis for review includes compliance
with the UDHR.
International Humanitarian Law
IHL is a body of law that regulates the conduct of parties to an armed conflict. It is sometimes
referred to as ‘the law of war’ or ‘the international law of armed conflict’. IHL aims to make
war more humane, and its rules and restrictions embody the international ideal that military
victory should not be achieved at any cost. IHL applies to all parties to a conflict, including
both States and non-State armed groups.
IHL is now largely codified in the following international treaties:
• The four Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims of 1949 (the Geneva
Conventions);
• The three protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions (Additional Protocols):
Additional Protocol I of 1977 applicable in international armed conflict; Additional
Protocol II of 1977 applicable in non-international armed conflict; and Additional
Protocol 3 relating to the adoption of a new distinctive emblem (the ‘Red Crystal’);
In addition to the above, IHL is comprised of customary international law. In 2005 the
International Committee of the Red Cross published its study on customary international
humanitarian law which examined relevant State practice and identified rules of IHL which
have attained customary international legal status, including those applicable in non-interna-
tional armed conflict.
Each of these treaties and the relevant customary international law embody the central protec-
tion afforded by IHL. This is the principle of distinction: that parties to a conflict must at all
times distinguish between civilians and those persons taking a direct part in hostilities; and
between civilian objects and military objectives. Civilian objects are all those objects that have
not become military objects. Typical civilian objects include school buildings; school grounds;
university buildings; public or personal transportation; and private property. Parties are
prohibited from attacking civilians and civilian objects.
4 Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict
11. International Criminal Law
ICL is a regime which identifies the circumstances that attract individual criminal responsibil-
ity. ICL refers to the set of rules proscribing conduct that is considered criminal by the inter-
national community and shocks the conscience of humanity. It also establishes the procedures
by which these criminal violations are enforced. International crimes include the crimes of
aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity, transnational terrorism, war crimes, torture
and enforced disappearance.
ICL is a relatively new discipline. In the last decade of the twentieth century and first decade
of the twenty-first, a number of ad hoc regional courts and tribunals were created, to investi-
gate and prosecute individuals for international crimes within a particular geographical area
over a particular time-frame. The most important recent development in the field of ICL has
been the creation of the International Criminal Court, being a permanent court with jurisdic-
tion over international crimes committed by individuals.
ICL is therefore particularly relevant in terms of individual criminal justice for education-
related violations in insecurity and armed conflict. Conduct deemed criminal under ICL can,
of course, have a direct or indirect impact on the full and effective realisation of the right to
education.
Interaction between International Legal Regimes
Although IHRL, IHL, and ICL are different legal regimes, they often apply at the same time
to the same situations. The way that they interact can affect the overall protection of educa-
tion in insecurity and armed conflict. The three regimes have substantive similarities: IHL and
ICL share common sources of substantive law (including the Geneva Conventions and
Additional Protocols) and are mutually reinforcing regimes. Many of the crimes set out in ICL
are based on, or identical to, the prohibitions of IHL. Some ICL courts have also identified the
substantive overlap between ICL and IHRL and have sought to rely on IHRL jurisprudence in
interpreting particular crimes or to supplement gaps in their own jurisprudence.
Despite this substantive overlap, the three regimes remain distinct from each other, particularly
in their object and purpose. A finding of responsibility for a violation under one regime does
not necessarily give rise to responsibility under another. IHRL addresses the conduct of States
and State responsibility whereas ICL is concerned with the criminal liability of individuals.
Similarly, notwithstanding the obvious relationship between ICL and IHL, they have overlap-
ping but distinct objects and purposes. IHL regulates the conduct of parties to an armed
conflict and aims to alleviate the conditions of victims. IHL achieves this in a number of ways,
including through its focus on reciprocity and practicality, and combined with the text of IHL
itself, represent the balance between humanity and necessity. The enforcement of its provi-
sions, through the processes of ICL, is only one of the ways in which IHL has the potential to
improve humanity in conflict.
The relationship between the three regimes is complex and examined in detail in the
Handbook. Understanding the interactions between these international legal regimes is vital to
identifying and addressing international law’s response to education-related violations in situ-
ations of insecurity and armed conflict.
Introduction 5
12. 2 Protection of Education
All human rights are interrelated and interdependent, which means that the enjoyment of one
particular human right often relies in part or substantially on the enjoyment of other right(s).
This means that the right to education is often necessary for the fulfillment and realization of
other human rights, such as the right to work, rights to freedom of expression and of associ-
ation, and to access health services. Similarly, in order for the right to education to be realized,
other human rights must also be realized. This includes the protection of children from
economic and social exploitation, and the right to an adequate standard of living (including
housing, food and water). Like other human rights, the right to education is applicable to all
– without discrimination – and it is also applicable at all times, including in insecurity and
armed conflict.
The Protection of Education by International Human Rights Law
As a legally binding right, the right to education must be respected by the State parties to both
international and regional treaties. States must take the necessary, concrete steps to achieve the
full realisation of the right to education, immediately or, where the treaty permits, within a
reasonable time period. Even in situations of insecurity and armed conflict, every effort to
satisfy the minimum core obligations associated with the realisation of the right to education
must be made by States. When necessary, a State must make use of international assistance and
cooperation to achieve the realisation of the right to education.
Under the right to education, States have both positive obligations towards individuals, such
as the provision of free and compulsory primary education, and negative obligations, such as
the prohibition on impeding access to education. States also have immediate obligations,
including non-discrimination in the provision of education, and obligations for which they
must take steps to realise the right progressively, such as access to higher education. Thus
States have a continuous obligation with regard to the right to education as soon as they are
party to a treaty protecting it, which entails taking all necessary measures to achieve the full
realisation of this right as expeditiously as possible.
The core components of the right to education may be identified through what is often
referred to as the ‘four As’ framework. According to this framework, the core components of
the right to education consist of:
• Availability
• Accessibility
• Acceptability
• Adaptability
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13. • ‘Availability’ refers to the general obligation of States to establish schools or allow the
establishment of schools. For example, States must ensure that free and compulsory educa-
tion is available to all at the primary level. As a minimum, the Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights identifies that the right to education requires States to provide
basic amenities at educational institutions, including protection from the elements, sanita-
tion facilities for both sexes, safe drinking water, trained teachers receiving domestically
competitive salaries, and teaching materials. Such requirements are not obviated in times
of insecurity and armed conflict.
• ‘Accessibility’ requires States to make education affordable and physically accessible.
Accessibility also includes the obligation to provide education within safe reach of students
or virtually, via modern technology. Physical accessibility may be particularly challenged
during periods of insecurity and armed conflict. Not only can violence and attacks destroy
schools but they may also render the travel of students and education staff to and from
educational facilities more hazardous. Another aspect of accessibility means that education
shall support the principle of equality and not discriminate against any group, including
persons with disabilities or foreign nationals. For example, accessibility for displaced and
refugee children in particular may be affected by provisions that restrict access only to
those who fulfil certain legal status requirements.
• ‘Acceptability’ refers to the relevance, cultural appropriateness and quality of the curric-
ula and teaching methods. The acceptability requirements need to be set and enforced by
States. States must ensure that the standards set, and their protection, relate not only to
education curricula but also to teaching methods. In situations of insecurity and armed
conflict, there is a high risk of neglecting the vigilant oversight of acceptability standards.
Although oversight may not be able to reach usual or normalised standards, it does not
mean that no oversight is required. This oversight (but not the State’s international legal
obligations) might be assumed by actors other than those traditionally carrying out such
tasks.
• ‘Adaptability’ refers to the need for schools to adapt to each child. It refers to the flexibil-
ity of education to respond to the changing needs of societies, including the need to adapt
to current knowledge and the latest scientific standards, and to the needs of students in
relation to their diverse social and cultural backgrounds. In accordance with the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, the best interests of each child are paramount. In
a situation of insecurity, adaptability would require, for example, a rapid resumption of
educational activities and reintegration of children after an attack on the school or other
security-related school closure. Adaptive programs in such contexts may also include
education about conflict resolution, disaster risk reduction and civic education. These
would give students tools with which to handle the different challenges that arise in inse-
curity and conflict situations.
The Protection of Education by International Humanitarian Law
In armed conflict the right to education under IHRL applies alongside the rules of IHL. IHL
strengthens the IHRL legal framework for the protection of education in international and
non-international armed conflict and seeks to ensure that, where education was provided
before an armed conflict, it continues uninterrupted.
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14. The Geneva Conventions address education specifically in relation to four situations common
in armed conflict:
• Parties to an international armed conflict must take ‘the necessary measures’ to ensure the
education of children under 15, who have been orphaned or separated from their families
as a result of armed conflict.
• In situations of civilian internment in international armed conflict, the detaining power
must encourage educational pursuits among internees and provide facilities to ensure
education, especially for children and young people.
• Occupying powers must cooperate with the national and local authorities to ensure facil-
itation of educational institutions for children.
• Parties to a non-international armed conflict must ensure that children receive the care and
aid they require, including education.
In each of these four instances, basic and physical education, as well as moral and religious
education is protected. Each rule of IHL applies in accordance with the principle of ‘no
adverse distinction’. This means that the rules must apply equally to all persons regardless of
their race, colour, language, religion or belief, political or other opinion, national or social
origin, wealth, birth or other status, or sex. Any education provided under these provisions
must apply equally to male and female students. Further, under IHL education should, wher-
ever possible, be provided in a culturally sensitive way. However, with few exceptions, there
is no clear requirement under IHL to ensure appropriate education for people with disabili-
ties. Nevertheless, IHRL continues to apply during armed conflict, including the the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which contains provisions seeking to
ensure the protection and safety of people with disabilities that are specifically applicable
during armed conflict.
The Protection of Education by International Criminal Law
So far there are no ICL provisions or case law dealing with the protection of education itself.
Education is only mentioned within the targeting and/or destruction of ‘educational property’,
listed as a war crime in the Rome Statute. This significantly undermines the need, at an inter-
national level, to recognize the effect of insecurity and armed conflict on education. Further, it
emphasizes that many violations of ICL which affect the protection of education, need to be
recognized as education-related violations.
However, certain provisions of ICL have the potential to be used to protect education and this
possibility needs to be considered by those with the power to hear or to bring such cases. For
example, the widespread and systemic discriminatory denial of education to a group of people
with a particular political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, or gender identity, may
amount to the crime against humanity of persecution. Furthermore, the application of the
crime of incitement of genocide to educational content needs to be considered. The full protec-
tive power of ICL has not yet been realised in relation to education.
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15. Improving the Protection of the Right to Education
The right to education benefits from comprehensive legal protection under IHRL at both the
international and regional levels. However, the global protection of education under IHRL, in
both insecurity and armed conflict, is only effective where States have ratified the relevant
treaties and taken national measures to implement their provisions. Such measures must be
designed to ensure:
• The full realisation of the right to education;
• The most comprehensive expression of the right to education is protected, respected and
fulfilled; and
• Fulfilment of those civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights which create the
conditions necessary to ensure education.
For example, States must develop and implement national policies to ensure the provision of
basic education, education that can be accessed equally by all, including across gender and
disabilities, and to protect the content of education from discriminatory material, hate-speech,
and war propaganda. All States should ensure not only the full realisation of the right to
education but also ensure that it is justiciable within national, regional or international legal
frameworks and that education specific remedies are available.
On an international level, States can ensure that the legal framework of protection against
education-related violations operates effectively and comprehensively through:
• Participating in the monitoring mechanisms of education-related components of treaties to
which they are parties;
• Complying with decisions of such bodies; and
• Encouraging compliance with such mechanisms by other States.
Similarly, in order for education to receive the full protection of IHL, violations that adversely
impact on education need to be recognised as education-related violations by the parties to
armed conflict. This is because improved awareness of the education-related application of
IHL, and the impact on education of its violations, are key elements to ensuring protection of
education in all situations. This can be achieved in a number of ways including:
• The development and dissemination of international guidelines addressing the scope of
these education-related IHL provisions and clarification of their applicability to issues such
as non-discriminatory provision of education in the four situations identified above.
• The use of education itself is a vital tool for improving awareness of the education-related
consequences of violations of IHL. The inclusion of IHL rules in general human rights
education of populations, as well as emphasising the protection of education in training of
national armed forces and associated State and non-State actors, would drastically
improve awareness of the impact of education-related violations of IHL.
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16. There is also great scope for the three legal regimes, IHRL, IHL, and ICL, to co-ordinate their
provisions to ensure a more comprehensive response to education-related violations.
Clarification of their interaction, beginning with the Handbook, should significantly improve
the international legal protection of education in situations of insecurity and armed conflict.
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17. 3 Protection of Students and
Education Staff
The protection of students and education staff is essential in ensuring the protection of educa-
tion. Situations of insecurity and armed conflict present grave challenges to the life and well-
being of students and education staff. If their lives or well-being are directly and/or indirectly
threatened, students may not be able to exercise their right to education and, in turn, educa-
tion staff may not be able to provide education to their students.
Protection of the Lives and Well-Being of Students and Education Staff
Each of the three legal regimes contains rules protecting the lives and well-being of students
and education staff. For example, IHRL, which applies in insecurity and armed conflict, sets
out the right to life and the right to be free from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.
These rights protect the lives and well-being of students and education staff in all circum-
stances. Protecting the physical well-being of students and education staff is an essential
precondition to ensuring education in insecurity and armed conflict.
Protection and fulfilment of other rights is also essential to ensuring the protection of students
and education staff in insecurity and armed conflict. Violations of the following human rights,
among others, adversely affect education:
• the right to life;
• the right to liberty and security of the person;
• the right to freedom from torture and ill-treatment;
• the right to freedom of thought and conscience;
• the right to freedom of expression;
• the right to freedom from discrimination;
• the right to work and join trade unions;
• the right to an adequate standard of living, including the right to food and water; and
• the right to cultural life.
The overlap between the three regimes results in strong legal protection for students and
education staff from deliberate or indiscriminate attacks against their lives and well-being
across all situations of insecurity and armed conflict.
In situations of armed conflict the concurrent application of IHRL, IHL, and ICL provides
complementary protection of some of the rights of students and education staff. For exam-
ple, all three regimes prohibit the use of torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment,
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18. without exception. In armed conflict, IHL protects civilian students and education staff
through the principle of distinction. The principle sets out two main rules for parties to an
international or non-international armed conflict: the prohibition of deliberate attacks on
civilians and the civilian population; and the prohibition on indiscriminate attacks. The rules
of ICL also establish individual criminal liability for violation of this principle of distinction,
and contain several provisions which protect the lives of students and education staff, such the
direct prohibition on wilful killing of civilians.
However, some practices common in armed conflict, including the arming of education staff
to prevent illegal attacks on educational facilities, have serious risks. The use of self-defensive
force by armed education staff could be mistakenly interpreted by any party to a conflict as a
direct participation in hostilities. This exposes education staff, and the students around them,
to potential attack. Increased awareness of these consequences is necessary to improve the
overall physical protection of students and education staff in armed conflict.
Special Protection for Vulnerable Groups
Each regime also sets out special protection for particularly vulnerable groups and each regime
contains strong, mutually reinforcing, provisions that emphasise the importance of such
protection. As outlined above, where discrimination against a particular group reaches wide-
spread and systemic proportions, ICL may protect against this through the crime of persecu-
tion.
Children
Situations of insecurity and armed conflict may not only lead to an increased risk of violence
towards children but may lead to the economic exploitation of children, who then also miss
out on education opportunities. Thus the Convention on the Rights of the Child provides
protection against economic exploitation and any form of labour that might interfere with a
child’s education. The International Labour Organization has also adopted instruments to
protect children from forced labour, including the worst forms of child labour, such as slav-
ery, prostitution, drug trafficking, dangerous activities and the use of children in armed
conflict.
The participation of children in armed conflict is a significant education-related violation.
Recruitment of children into conflict places them at serious physical and psychological risk,
prevents them from attending educational facilities, and can lead to many of them missing out
on education entirely. Notably, the use of child soldiers in international and non-international
armed conflict is directly prohibited by all three legal regimes.
Women
Gender-based discrimination is prohibited under IHRL. States have to establish policies and
take measures to eliminate discrimination against women, including in education. Equal treat-
ment with students and between education staff also requires equal opportunities to attend the
first levels of school and all subsequent levels without any form of discrimination.
Similarly, IHL require that its rules have to be implemented by parties in accordance with the
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19. principle of ‘no adverse distinction’. This principle means that in some cases, preferential treat-
ment under IHL is afforded to particularly vulnerable groups. Although IHL contains several
provisions which seek to protect women in armed conflict, they predominantly focus on
protecting pregnant mothers and protecting women from violence. The special protection of
IHL for women does not address the implementation of broader social-equality measures and
policies. Nevertheless, there is scope for the argument that the principle of ‘no-adverse distinc-
tion’ is broad enough to incorporate issues of direct and indirect discrimination in the appli-
cation of IHL rules. This means that, potentially, IHL can at least take into account (although
it cannot seek to remedy) wider issues of social inequality in relation to, for example, the allo-
cation of humanitarian aid, or the provision of education.
Persons with Disabilities
Persons with disabilities are also more vulnerable to human rights violations in situations of
insecurity and armed conflict. Moreover, these situations are often the cause of disabilities,
both physical and mental. In order to ensure that persons with disabilities benefit from the
same educational opportunities as others, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities provides specific protection and seeks to ensure that the needs of persons with
disabilities are met in both insecurity and armed conflict. Improved recognition of the vulner-
ability and needs of persons with disability is necessary in IHL. While all the rules of IHL are
to be applied in accordance with the principle of ‘no adverse distinction’ (which may include
disability), and IHL set outs out special protection for the sick and wounded and those in need
of medical care, it does not specifically address the needs of persons with a disability.
Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
An individual who belongs to a minority group within a society benefits from the general
protection against discrimination mentioned above. Individuals belonging to a minority must
be able to exercise their right to education. Of particular relevance to any minority group is
the general principle of equality and non-discrimination. In addition, it is crucial for the
survival of their cultures that minority groups have the opportunity to be taught in accordance
with their own traditions, including their own language.
Indigenous peoples have often become minority groups within their own territories or, where
in a majority, often do not have equal access to power. A number of treaties have been devel-
oped to protect Indigenous peoples, such as the International Labour Organisation
Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples 1989, which makes the improvement of
the levels of education of indigenous peoples a matter of priority. This requires the participa-
tion and co-operation of the peoples concerned and with a view to transferring responsibil-
ity for educational programs to these peoples. It also requires that Indigenous children have
to be taught in their own language “wherever practicable” and, if not practicable, States must
take measures to make this possible. Other international instruments, such as the UN
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, also emphasize the relationship between
education and culture and seek to ensure that Indigenous peoples are not forced to assimi-
late or destroy their cultures, such as through forced attendance at a school which does not
respect their cultures.
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20. Internally Displaced Persons and Non-Nationals
States parties have to protect, respect and fulfil the right to education of everyone, no matter
their nationality or lack thereof, as long as they are within the State in question. Situations of
insecurity and armed conflict are likely to result in individuals being forced to move away
from their homes and sometimes away from their own State. It is important that the children
of non-nationals and internally displaced persons do not miss out on education in order for
them not to suffer even further from their vulnerable status. The right to education under the
ICESCR “applies to everyone, including non-nationals such as refugees, asylum-seekers, state-
less persons, migrant workers and victims of international trafficking, regardless of legal status
and documentation.” The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, although not legally
binding, reiterate the right to free and compulsory education for all, including internally
displaced children, and provides that such education should respect their “cultural identity,
language and religion”. Further, the right to education of refugees is protected under specific
provisions of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
Improving Protection of Students and Education Staff
The protection of students and education staff under the three legal regimes is strong and
complementary. However, implementation is weak. The potential effectiveness of these provi-
sions must be improved through increased implementation and enforcement of the relevant
IHRL, IHL and ICL rules at an international, regional, and national level. Equally, the inter-
actions of these three separate regimes need to be clarified by the mechanisms charged with
enforcing them.
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21. 4 Protection of Educational
Facilities
The destruction and disruption of schools and other educational facilities is a notable, signif-
icant and increasing trend affecting education in insecurity and armed conflict.
Protection under International Human Rights Law
As the function of IHRL is to protect and promote the rights of individuals, its provisions do
not directly protect buildings such as educational facilities. However, as the realisation of a
number of human rights requires the existence and maintenance of buildings, the protection
of physical structures is sometimes implied within IHRL provisions, such as the right to educa-
tion and the prohibition of discrimination.
Other rights can also provide protection for educational facilities. For example:
• The prohibition of discrimination entails the right of everyone to be treated in an equal
manner. As a result, educational facilities must be physically accessible to all students and
education staff. In particular, reasonable accommodation measures must be taken by States
in order to ensure access to educational facilities to persons with disabilities.
• Situations of insecurity and armed conflict may result in the destruction or confiscation of
private property or educational facilities. The right to property, although not in all IHLR
treaties, can be an important source of protection for educational facilities and materials,
as it protects against the confiscation (and destruction) of private property without
adequate compensation.
• Situations of insecurity and armed conflict may impair infrastructure, such as water
pipes, which, if not repaired by the State, may result in a violation of the right to health.
This could constitute an education-related violation where the infrastructure is neces-
sary for the functioning of educational facilities. The right to both physical and mental
health, which is protected under IHRL, requires that students and education staff have
access, among other things, to safe and potable water and adequate sanitation at educa-
tional facilities.
Protection under International Humanitarian Law
IHL provides protection to all property, including educational facilities, from direct and deliber-
ate attack where such property is civilian and is not a military objective. Further, IHL prohibits
destruction or seizure of an enemy’s property where this is not justified by military necessity.
However, the legal protection from direct attack offered by the IHL principle of distinction
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22. does not apply where an educational facility has become a military object. This occurs when
an educational facility is used (or occupied) for a military purpose and its destruction offers a
definite military advantage. Under IHL the definition of military object is broad and fluid.
Thus an educational facility may become a military object at any time depending on its utility
to military operations and the advantage offered by attacking it. As such, where it is militar-
ily necessary to do so, educational facilities may be used by armed forces in a way that exposes
such facilities to lawful attack by the enemy. Some objects, such as cultural objects and medical
facilities, are entitled to special protection under IHL which means it is illegal for armed forces
to occupy these objects. However, educational facilities do not benefit from this protection
unless they also happen to qualify as a cultural object or medical facility – for example a teach-
ing hospital.
IHL also contains provisions for establishing special zones of neutrality in which military
operations are prohibited. These zones can provide additional protection from attack for
educational facilities located within them. These provisions have not been used so far to
protect educational facilities in armed conflict but they have the potential to provide addi-
tional protection to education where all parties to a conflict agree to comply with their terms.
Protection under International Criminal Law
ICL contains provisions which establish individual criminal liability for violations of the prin-
ciple of distinction, including the wanton destruction or seizure of enemy property (including
educational facilities) in international armed conflict. It also contains similar prohibitions in
relation to particular objects (including education facilities) during non-international armed
conflicts. These complement and are based on, in part, the protection set out under IHL.
Improving Protection of Educational Facilities
The protection of educational facilities under IHRL would benefit from clarification as to how
educational facilities are protected within existing rights. There also needs to be better recog-
nition of the impact on education of particular violations of civil, political, economic, social
and cultural rights which result in the destruction or damage of educational facilities.
Under IHL, given the adverse impact of military use of educational facilities on ensuring
education in armed conflict, consideration ought to be given to the possibility of establishing
special protection for educational facilities – similar to that of medical facilities – during armed
conflict. This should include an outright ban or more restrictive rules relating to their use. Such
additional rules would greatly improve the protection of educational facilities under IHL and
would prevent parties from using educational facilities in a way that makes them military
objectives, and therefore, vulnerable to lawful attack. This protection would, overall, signifi-
cantly reduce the vulnerability of education in armed conflict.
The interaction between IHRL, and IHL and ICL, in relation to the protection of educational
facilities is unclear. It is not possible to say to what extent the provisions of IHRL, IHL and
ICL might diverge in relation to, for example, incidental damage to a public educational facil-
ity for primary age students during an armed conflict. Such ambiguity means that the exact
obligations imposed on a State or an individual in relation to this situation are difficult to
ascertain and impossible to predict in advance. This leaves little guidance for those making
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23. operational decisions during armed conflict as to the legality of their conduct. Where such
potential gaps in protection exist, there is a serious risk of education-related violations. There
is considerable scope for clarification in this area through, for example, the development of
guidelines and pressure for international legal protection of educational facilities.
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24. 5 Remedies and Mechanisms
International law makes clear that there is an obligation on a State to provide for effective
remedies, including making reparation in respect of harm where the responsibility for the
action can be attributed to the State. Violation of the right to education, and of other related
rights and protections affecting education, is a breach of an international obligation of a State.
Given the frequent absence of meaningful social assistance programmes in many situations of
insecurity and armed conflict (and post-conflict), some form of appropriately designed repa-
rations programme provides one of the few avenues by which the harm inflicted by education-
related violations can be addressed.
According to the Basic Principles on the Right to Reparation victims of gross violations of
IHRL and serious violations of IHL have a right to adequate, effective, and prompt reparation
for the harm they have suffered. This means all States should ensure victims have “available
adequate, effective, prompt and appropriate remedies, including reparation.” Reparation may
include restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition.
Remedies are available at an international and regional level in addition to those required at
the national level. For example, in order to bring a claim under IHRL before an international
monitoring body:
• The specific requirements of the relevant treaty must be complied with; and
• The complainant must have exhausted all effective domestic remedies. This means that a
claim must have been first considered appropriately within the national legal system,
including available appeal procedures.
The international monitoring bodies can recommend a variety of remedies, including a range
of reparation measures, to deal with the consequences to the victim of the human rights viola-
tion by the State, including education-related violations.
While there are some regional human rights mechanisms, there are still regions where these
mechanisms are not in place or contain no complaint process. It is desirable that all people in
all regions have access to appropriate and effective regional mechanisms to enable remedies
for human rights violations.
There are only a few mechanisms under IHL which hold perpetrators accountable to victims
of education-related violations. The ICRC and ad hoc claims commissions can provide indi-
viduals with a resolution of particular violations of IHL and, in the case of claims commis-
sions, potentially access to a remedy. However, none of these mechanisms establishes a
permanent or judicial process by which individuals have a clear entitlement to hold violators
to account. Nevertheless, victims of violations of IHL, including education-related violations,
in both international and non-international armed conflict, can benefit from the IHRL and
ICL mechanisms and remedies.
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25. ICL is a regime where a number of its crimes involve serious or grave breaches of IHL and, as
such, has the potential to have preventive and protective functions for victims of armed
conflict. Yet the primary purpose of ICL mechanisms is the punishment of individuals – not
States – and these mechanisms are not focused on the rights of victims or their access to reme-
dies. However, in respect of the latter, there have been attempts to address this issue. An indi-
vidual does not have an automatic right to remedy under ICL but rather, may have access to
reparation if they are the victim of a successfully prosecuted crime.
Improving Protection of Education through Remedies and Mechanisms
The ability to seek a remedy for an education-related violation is a significant element of
protecting education in situations of insecurity and armed conflict. For this reason, it is essen-
tial that States ensure that mechanisms for seeking remedies (including reparation) for educa-
tion-related violations are available and effective. This includes:
• Ensuring the effective and fair functioning of the mechanisms; and
• Providing assistance to those victims seeking to access such mechanisms.
Victims should have access to these mechanisms and associated remedies. Further, these mech-
anisms should recognize when violations of international law, including those of education-
related rights, are education-related violations, and make orders which address the damage to
education. In this respect, reparations are of particular significance. Greater clarification and
analysis is needed to identify the most effective and appropriate reparations for addressing
education-related violations.
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26. 6 Conclusions
Education is not only an objective in itself. It is also an enabling right, empowering access to
other human rights, to meaningful participation in society, and to the promotion of universal
respect for the dignity of all. It is a right deserving of all our protection.
States must improve their recognition of the international and universal importance of educa-
tion at all times. To do this States must ratify and implement all relevant IHRL treaties at the
international and regional levels. They should engage fully and cooperatively with all relevant
treaty monitoring bodies and procedures. In turn, relevant treaty monitoring bodies and other
supervisory bodies should demonstrate their combined and co-ordinated will to offer coher-
ent guidance to States as to the measures required to implement their education-related obli-
gations and, where breached, the measures required to remedy such breach.
States and non-State armed groups must demonstrate a shared commitment to upholding IHL
and recognising more fully, and giving effect to, the protection of education inherent within its
rules. There needs to be improved compliance with the rules protecting students, education
staff, and educational facilities from direct and deliberate attack; and the rules relating to inci-
dental damage. The special protection afforded to particular categories of people and objects
also needs to be respected by parties to an armed conflict. These changes would significantly
improve the overall protection of education in armed conflict.
International criminal courts and tribunals should acknowledge and respond to education-
related violations within their mandates. They should seek ways of recognising the effect of
violations of ICL on education at all stages in their processes, including initial investigation,
sentencing, and awards of reparation.
Given the need to improve the protection of education during times of insecurity and armed
conflict, the Handbook is an important publication which explains how the different interna-
tional legal regimes protect education. It is also a particularly valuable resource to identify
how the protection currently afforded to education can be improved. Finally, it indicates the
avenues available to seek reparation following the violation of the right to education and other
related rights.
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