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The Resource Classrooms in the crosshairs : military use of schools in Yemen's capital, Human Rights Watch

Classrooms in the crosshairs : military use of schools in Yemen's capital, Human Rights Watch

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Students, teachers, and schools often got caught in the crosshairs when government armed forces and militias and opposition armed groups deployed in at least 54 schools in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, during the 2011-2012 uprising. Troops from both sides used schools as barracks, bases, observation points, firing positions, and places of detention. Classrooms in the Crosshairs is based on extensive visits to schools in Sanaa, and interviews with students, teachers, parents, government officials, and members of the military and armed groups. It documents how the military use of schools endangered children's safety and their right to education. Many schools suffered significant damage to their classrooms and other facilities in attacks targeting the forces occupying the schools. Some schools came under attack while students and teachers were present. Students in occupied schools had their studies disrupted and enrollment and attendance dropped. Girls' education suffered even greater harm when soldiers occupied their schools, as many parents preferred to withdraw daughters from class rather than allow them to study alongside armed men or transfer to schools with boys. The report calls on the Yemeni government to prohibit armed forces and armed groups from using schools or other education facilities in a manner that either violates international humanitarian law or the right to education
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eng
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Extent
40 p.
Note
  • "September 2012"--Table of contents page
  • "This report was written by Bede Sheppard and Priyanka Motaparthy, researchers in the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch"--P. 40
Contents
  • Government forces and non-state armed groups
  • Methodology
  • I. Background
  • II. Occupation of Schools. Partial occupation of schools ; Schools completely occupied and used ; School closed due to military presence near school
  • III. Attacks on occupied schools
  • IV. Disruption of education. Disruption of studies ; Overcrowding ; Decreased attendance and enrollment
  • V. International standards and military use of schools. International humanitarian law ; International human rights law ; Yemeni law
  • Recommendations
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9781564329424
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Classrooms in the crosshairs : military use of schools in Yemen's capital
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Classrooms in the crosshairs
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military use of schools in Yemen's capital
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Human Rights Watch
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  • Military use of schools in Yemen's capital
  • Yemen
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classrooms in the crosshairs
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Language
eng
Summary
Students, teachers, and schools often got caught in the crosshairs when government armed forces and militias and opposition armed groups deployed in at least 54 schools in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, during the 2011-2012 uprising. Troops from both sides used schools as barracks, bases, observation points, firing positions, and places of detention. Classrooms in the Crosshairs is based on extensive visits to schools in Sanaa, and interviews with students, teachers, parents, government officials, and members of the military and armed groups. It documents how the military use of schools endangered children's safety and their right to education. Many schools suffered significant damage to their classrooms and other facilities in attacks targeting the forces occupying the schools. Some schools came under attack while students and teachers were present. Students in occupied schools had their studies disrupted and enrollment and attendance dropped. Girls' education suffered even greater harm when soldiers occupied their schools, as many parents preferred to withdraw daughters from class rather than allow them to study alongside armed men or transfer to schools with boys. The report calls on the Yemeni government to prohibit armed forces and armed groups from using schools or other education facilities in a manner that either violates international humanitarian law or the right to education
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no index present
LC call number
HQ784.W3
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S44 2012
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non fiction
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  • Sheppard, Bede
  • Motaparthy, Priyanka
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  • Children and war
  • Right to education
  • School violence
  • Teachers
  • Students
  • War
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Classrooms in the crosshairs : military use of schools in Yemen's capital, Human Rights Watch
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Note
  • "September 2012"--Table of contents page
  • "This report was written by Bede Sheppard and Priyanka Motaparthy, researchers in the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch"--P. 40
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Contents
Government forces and non-state armed groups -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Occupation of Schools. Partial occupation of schools ; Schools completely occupied and used ; School closed due to military presence near school -- III. Attacks on occupied schools -- IV. Disruption of education. Disruption of studies ; Overcrowding ; Decreased attendance and enrollment -- V. International standards and military use of schools. International humanitarian law ; International human rights law ; Yemeni law -- Recommendations
Dimensions
27 cm.
Extent
40 p.
Isbn
9781564329424
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(pbk.)
System control number
  • ocn811051676
  • (OCoLC)811051676
Label
Classrooms in the crosshairs : military use of schools in Yemen's capital, Human Rights Watch
Link
Publication
Note
  • "September 2012"--Table of contents page
  • "This report was written by Bede Sheppard and Priyanka Motaparthy, researchers in the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch"--P. 40
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Contents
Government forces and non-state armed groups -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Occupation of Schools. Partial occupation of schools ; Schools completely occupied and used ; School closed due to military presence near school -- III. Attacks on occupied schools -- IV. Disruption of education. Disruption of studies ; Overcrowding ; Decreased attendance and enrollment -- V. International standards and military use of schools. International humanitarian law ; International human rights law ; Yemeni law -- Recommendations
Dimensions
27 cm.
Extent
40 p.
Isbn
9781564329424
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
System control number
  • ocn811051676
  • (OCoLC)811051676

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