This indicator measures the number of reported casualties as a consequence of attacks on schools, universities and/or other educational facilities perpetrated by armed forces or armed groups (from government and/or opposition groups) in the last 12 months or during a designated period of time. Casualties include injuries and deaths.
Virtual library of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, OCHA’s Humanitarian Data Exchange’s Education and Conflict Monitor, the reports of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), and GCPEA and Insecurity Insight’s Education in Danger newsbrief.
Article 13 (4), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Article 29 (2), Convention on the Rights of the Child; Article 13 (5), Article 7, (g) (i) & article 8 (2) (b) (ix), Rome Statute;; Articles 50 & 94, Geneva Convention IV; Article 51, 52 & 78, Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions; Protocol of San Salvador; Article 11 (7), African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; Article 13, Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; Article 14 (3), European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights; Article 27 (3) ILO Convention 169; Article 17, European Social Charter (Revised; Safe Schools declaration; Safe Schools Declaration. UN Security Council resolutions: 1261 (1999), 1314 (2000), 1379 (2001), 1460 (2003), 1539 (2004), 1612 (2005), 1820.
Add up the number from the following indicators: Number of students reported suffering from physical injuries as a consequence of attacks on schools, universities and/or other educational facilities; Number of students reported dead as a consequence of attacks on schools, universities and/or other educational facilities; Number of teachers and other educational personnel reported suffering from physical injuries as a consequence of attacks on schools, universities and other educational facilities; Number of teachers and other educational personnel reported dead as a consequence of attacks on schools, universities and other educational facilities.
Attacks on educational facilities and/or military use of schools can result in human casualties. For example, if a school is shelled during school hours, the risk of students, teachers, and staff suffering from light to fatal injuries is extremely high. The indicator can be applied at regional, national, or subnational level. Because casualties are often under-reported, it is very difficult to identify the total number of casualties in the context of attacks on education. Reported casualties are considered as the minimum number of casualties.