Third International Conference on Safe Schools

 Schoolchildren in Ethiopia; UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
Schoolchildren in Ethiopia; UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.

Palma de Mallorca, 26-29 May 2019

Francisco Rey, Member of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC), participated in the Third International Conference on Safe Schools as a facilitator. In order to raise awareness of the potential of IHFFC, he took the opportunity to speak with representatives from States and international organizations about the role of the IHFFC in international humanitarian law.

The conference was initiated following the Safe Schools Declaration (2015), which is a political commitment to better protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during armed conflict.

There are fifteen members of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission.