The Protection of Education in Times of Insecurity and Conflict

PEIC logoProtect Education in Insecurity and Conflict’s (PEIC) inaugural two-year legal research project will culminate on 31st October with the launch of its commissioned legal series on the protection of education in times of conflict. The launch will be held on 31st October 2013 in Doha, Qatar during the World Innovation Summit for Education.

Protect Education in Conflict (PEIC), a multi-disciplinary policy, research, and advocacy organization, is concerned with the protection of education during insecurity and armed conflict. It is a programme of the Education Above All Foundation, an independent organization chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser of Qatar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education. PEIC’s Legal Programme contributes to such protection through the strategic use of international and national law. Its legal research papers are authored by academics and/or practicing 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.

Responding to the widely acknowledged lack of legal literature on the protection of education in insecurity and conflict, PEIC’s legal research series comprises three core publications. Each publication is accompanied by a summary paper written for a non-legal audience and intended as a complement to the legal analysis. The publications and summaries combined provide practical recommendations aimed at a multi-disciplinary audience to guide their future action in this area.

  • Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict: An International Law Handbook (and Summary) provides a detailed analysis of the international legal framework (international human rights, criminal and humanitarian law) pertinent to the protection of education in times of insecurity and armed conflict.

It is the result of a one-year research project commissioned by PEIC and carried out by Kristin Hausler, Nicole Urban and Robert McCorquodale of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

  • United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms and the Right to Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict (and Summary) addresses the acute need to identify trends in the practice of United Nations human rights mechanisms and their contribution to the protection of education in times of insecurity and conflict.

It is the result of a one-year research project commissioned by PEIC and carried out by Takhmina Karimova, Gilles Giacca, and Stuart Casey-Maslen, researchers at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Geneva Academy).

  • Education and the Law of Reparations in Insecurity and Armed Conflict (and Summary) draws greatly needed attention to the award and implementation of reparations for violations of international law during times of insecurity and armed conflict that affect education.

It is the result of a one-year project commissioned by PEIC and carried out by Francesca Capone, Kristin Hausler, Duncan Fairgrieve and Conor McCarthy, researchers at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

All publications will be available from 31st October online and in hardcopy upon request.

PEIC welcomes and invites questions on the above publications. Please contact PEIC’s Legal Program Manager, Courtney Erwin.

 

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