India seeks accountability for school bombings
Indian UN Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni has said those bombing schools should be held accountable Read Full Article at RT.com
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New Delhi’s UN ambassador has called incomplete the protection of children without accountability
India has raised concern about the repeated targeting of children during armed conflicts, demanding that those committing such crimes be held accountable.
Stressing that education is a right that should endure even in times of conflict, Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Harish Parvathaneni said “education is a right whose fulfilment is among the most powerful contributions to lasting peace.”
He pointed out that “protection of children without accountability is incomplete.”
Under international humanitarian law, a deliberate attack on a school amounts to a war crime.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday it may never be known who was at fault for a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran on February 28, the opening day of the US-Israeli strikes on the country, that killed more than 120 students aged 6-13 and 26 teachers.
The US initially tried to blame the Iranian military for the bombing of the school in Minab in southern Iran. But an internal US military investigation showed American forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike, Reuters reported.
