Abstract
This study was aimed to investigate issues associated with the education rights of children in international and non-international armed conflict and the influence of armed conflict on educational staff and facilities in war-torn countries. Relevant international conventions are reviewed to evaluate their effectiveness in curbing the influence of armed conflict on children's education. The study highlights the importance of international humanitarian law (IHL) in inhibiting attacks against students, educational staff, and educational facilities during armed conflict. It also reviews conventional and non-conventional methods of protection and suggests ways in which IHL may be clarified and developed to enhance the supervision of the provision of education during armed struggles. The article concludes that it is necessary to have specific international conventions, oversight bodies and relevant educational obligations in order to guarantee law enforcement and require countries or member states to implement articles or provisions properly so as to improve and reinforce the education rights of children whose lives are impacted by armed conflict. In emergency situations, legal provisions constitute a vital protective measure.
Highlights
Contemporary armed conflict at the international and non-international level sometimes deliberately targets civilians, and aggression is often an element of warfare and its strategies
Article 24 of the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) promises child education rights during the non-international armed conflict by noting that “The Parties to the conflict shall take necessary measures to ensure that children under fifteen who are orphaned or separated from their families as a result of war are not left to their own resources, and that their maintenance, religion and education are facilitated in all circumstances
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) necessitates all parties in armed conflict to respect children and teachers, as well as educational facilities, and to take all probable measures to limit the utilization of such civilian buildings for goals that could result in loss of protection under humanitarian law[166]
Summary
Contemporary armed conflict at the international and non-international level sometimes deliberately targets civilians, and aggression is often an element of warfare and its strategies. It highlights conditions leading to such violations in particular societies, seeks to estimate the magnitude of the violations and the damage done to educational structures and provides international evidence through global literature reviews of attacks on students, educational staff, and educational facilities in conflictaffected areas during armed conflict to arrive at findings. It considers challenges in the field of children's education rights during periods of armed conflict
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