Appendix 1 The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack [GCPEA] GCPEA has developed the following goals and recommendations to aid our expanding network of united organizations in our main objectives: monitoring and reporting violations; enforcing programmatic measures for prevention and protection, and restriction of military use and occupation of schools. Goals 1. To highlight the incidence and impact of attacks on education in conflictaffected and fragile situations among key actors, and cultivate public support for education in safe and secure environments. 2. To promote the strengthening of existing monitoring and reporting systems as well as the creation of new systems where needed. 3. To promote effective, coherent, timely, and evidence-based programmatic measures, including prevention and response. 4. To encourage adherence to existing international law protecting education and the strengthening of international norms and standards as needed. 5. To fight impunity for attacks on education by promoting and supporting a range of accountability measures. Recommendations 1. Incidents and Impact of Attacks On Education o The international community, states, non-state groups, and other actors should acknowledge that conflict limits educational opportunities for millions of students worldwide, and that attacks on education are a common tactic in conflict that requires a concerted response at both the country and international levels. When educators, students, and education institutions are attacked and education institutions are used for military purposes, the damage to societies as well as individuals is severe and long-lasting. 2. Monitoring and Reporting o States, local organizations, and relevant international agencies should rigorously monitor attacks against education and use that information to devise effective, coordinated responses, including preventive interventions, rapid response, and both legal and non-legal accountability measures for perpetrators. o UN human rights monitoring mechanisms, including the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; the Human Rights Committee; the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, including the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, should give greater attention to monitoring and reporting on attacks on education. o Country task forces of the UN-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) on grave violations against children in situations of armed conflict should enhance the monitoring and reporting of attacks on schools, students, teachers and other persons related to the school (protected persons); threats 20