A message from Anne-Sophie Nyssen, Rectrice.
As Rector of ULiège, and in line with my post of November 2, 2023 in which I called for an end to the violence and for access to vital resources, healthcare and humanitarian aid, I want to draw attention to the destruction of the Palestinian education system. In four months, hundreds of academics and teachers have been killed, including at least 95 professors and 3 university presidents. The Israeli army destroyed Gaza's main libraries, as well as numerous bookshops, publishing houses and hundreds of other knowledge institutions. All twelve universities were devastated. According to the UN, by early January, around 75% of Gaza's educational infrastructure had been damaged. Some 88,000 students were forced to interrupt their studies.
Given the scale of this systematic destruction of educational infrastructure, it is no longer possible to believe that this is a regrettable side-effect of the war being waged against Hamas. This is clearly a targeted and intentional action, aimed at eradicating one of the essential survival conditions of Gazan society itself: the availability of an educational structure.
While immense progress has been made in providing access to education for all throughout the world, in recent years it has become clear that the right to education is confiscated in armed conflicts and by certain regimes in order to control, if not destroy, populations. This is the case not only in Gaza, but also in Ukraine, Afghanistan and many other parts of the world.
I clearly and explicitly condemn the deliberate destruction of educational establishments and the ongoing discrimination against students and colleagues, which constitute an attack on the right to education, a fundamental right guaranteed by international conventions on Children's Rights and Human Rights. In this context, ULiège reiterates its commitment to suspend institutional collaborations with organizations, whatever their origin, which repeatedly support or are directly involved in violations of international law and human rights".
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