The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) today launches its Guide to Implementing the Principles of State Responsibility to Protect Higher Education from Attack. The new GCPEA publication aims to support states in protecting higher education by providing technical direction on implementing GCPEA’s Principles Of State Responsibility To Protect Higher Education From Attack.
At the beginning of 2016, the global higher education community was shocked and saddened by the brutal Taliban attack on Bacha Khan University near Charsadda, Pakistan on January 20. At least 22 people were killed and 20 were injured when gunmen entered the campus and opened fire on students and professors.