00000cmm a22000005i 4500 UP-99796217611037666 Buklod 20230504003249.0 m go j cr |nu|||auu|a 110318s2011 xx u | eng d 978-3-642-17900-6 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00209103812 DLC DML eng DMLUC KZ 6795T47 G76 2011eb Grover, Sonja C. Schoolchildren as propaganda tools in the war on terror violating the rights of Afghani children under international law [electronic resource] Sonja C. Grover. Berlin, Heidelberg Springer 2011. 1 online resource (xix, 279p.) This book explores in what ways both sides involved in the so-called war on terror are using schoolchildren as propaganda tools while putting the children's security at grave risk. The book explores how terrorists use attacks on education to attempt to destabilize the government while the government and the international aid community use increases in school attendance as an ostensible index of largely illusory progress in the overall security situation and in development. The book challenges the notion that unoccupied civilian schools are not entitled under the law of armed conflict to a high standard of protection which prohibits their use for military purposes. Also examined are the potential violations of international law that can occur when government and education aid workers encourage and facilitate school attendance, as they do, in areas within conflict-affected states such as Afghanistan where security for education is inadequate and the risk of terror attacks on education high. Electronic reproduction. New York Springerlink c2011. Available via World Wide Web through SpringerLink. Afghan War, 2001- Law and legislation. Afghan War, 2001- Children Legal status, laws, etc. Children?s rights Afghanistan. Educational law and legislation Afghanistan. Humanitarian law. Electronic books. SpringerLink (Online Service). Electronic Resource Available for the University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-17900-6 FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource