Beskyttelse mot militær bruk av skoler i konfliktsituasjoner

The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) arbeider for å fremme tiltak som kan hindre eller begrense at skoler blir trukket inn i væpnede konflikter.
11 jun. 2013

9:00 - 11:00

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Norad, 4 etg. Rom 136

Ruseløkkveien 26, 0251 Oslo

Det lanseres nå et sett med retningslinjer beregnet på ulike militære aktører. Dermed håper man på økt bevisstgjøring og på å minske bruken av skoler og andre utdanningsinstitusjoner til militære formål.

Retningslinjene bygger på krigens folkerett (IHL) og menneskerettighetene, samtidig som de prøver å være konkrete og lettfattelige.

Representanter for GCPEA kommer til Oslo for å presentere dette initiativet og Norad inviterer derfor til et åpent møte for interesserte organisasjoner, institusjoner og enkeltpersoner.

The seminar will be presented in English. 

How can schools and education institutions better be protected against military use in times of conflict? The Global Coalition to protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) is dealing with this issue. They now present a set of guidelines to be adopted by military forces in an attempt to avoid schools being used for military purposes.

In many conflicts schools are being occupied or used by parties to armed conflict, but there are also examples of military forces, both national and opposition, who have declared that they will not involve schools. To discuss these issues, Norad invites to:

Protecting schools and universities from use by parties to armed conflict
– a meeting with the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA)

 Programme
 Welcome by Camilla Helgø Fossberg, Assistant Director, Education Section, Norad

 Presentation by Diya Nijhowne, Director, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, 
 Bede Sheppard, Human Rights  Watch and Courtney Erwin, Education Above All
 - What is the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack?
 - Guidelines on protecting schools and universities from military use

 Comments by Dean Brooks, NRC
 Comments by Kjersti Okkelmo, Save the Children
 Questions and answers, discussion