This indicator measures the number of students reported injured as a consequence of attacks on education perpetrated by armed forces or armed groups (from government and/or opposition groups) in a designated period of time.
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 of students identified as suffering from physical injuries in the indicator Have schools, universities and/or other educational facilities been attacked? (disaggregation level III.D).
Attacks on education may result in students being lightly or heavily injured. For example, if a school is shelled during school hours, the risk of student injuries is extremely high. Torture and sexual violence against students may also lead to physical injuries, but injuries as a consequence of torture and sexual violence do not enter this category, as they are counted separately. The indicator can be applied at regional, national, or subnational level.