The Safe Schools Declaration

Article | Last updated: 10/03/2023 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Safe Schools Declaration was developed through a process led by Argentina and Norway, with the objective of avoiding military use of schools and strengthen protection of children and education in conflict. The declaration was launched at the Oslo Conference on Safe Schools: Protecting Education from Attack, 28–29 May 2015. The main objective of the Conference was to for states to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration. Since the Oslo conference, states and civil society work together to increase the number of endorsements and to implement the declaration.

The following States have endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration (as of March 2023):

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Albania
  3. Algeria
  4. Andorra
  5. Angola
  6. Antigua and Barbuda
  7. Argentina
  8. Armenia
  9. Australia
  10. Austria
  11. Belgium
  12. Benin
  13. Bolivia
  14. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  15. Botswana
  16. Brazil
  17. Bulgaria
  18. Burkina Faso
  19. Cameroon
  20. Canada
  21. Central African Republic
  22. Chad
  23. Chile
  24. Colombia
  25. Congo, Brazzaville
  26. Costa Rica 
  27. Cote d’Ivoire
  28. Croatia
  29. Cyprus
  30. Czech Republic
  31. Democratic Republic of Congo
  32. Denmark
  33. Djibouti
  34. Dominican Republic
  35. East-Timor
  36. Ecuador
  37. Ekvatorial-Guinea
  38. El Salvador
  39. Estonia
  40. Fiji
  41. Finland
  42. France
  43. Gambia
  44. Georgia
  45. Germany
  46. Ghana
  47. Greece
  48. Guatemala
  49. Haiti
  50. Honduras
  51. Iceland
  52. Iraq
  53. Ireland
  54. Italy
  55. Jamaica
  56. Jordan
  57. Kazakhstan
  58. Kenya
  59. Lebanon
  60. Liberia
  61. Liechtenstein
  62. Luxembourg
  63. Macedonia
  64. Madagascar
  65. Malawi
  66. Malaysia
  67. Maldives
  68. Mali
  69. Malta
  70. Marshall Islands
  71. Mexico
  72. Moldova
  73. Monaco
  74. Montenegro
  75. Morocco
  76. Mozambique
  77. Namibia
  78. New Zealand
  79. The Netherlands
  80. Nicaragua
  81. Niger
  82. Nigeria
  83. Norway
  84. Palau
  85. Palestine
  86. Panama
  87. Paraguay
  88. Peru
  89. Poland
  90. Portugal
  91. Qatar
  92. Romania
  93. Saint Vincent and the Grenadine’s
  94. Samoa
  95. San Marino
  96. Senegal
  97. Serbia
  98. Seychelles
  99. Sierra Leone
  100. Slovakia
  101. Slovenia
  102. Somalia
  103. South Africa
  104. South Sudan
  105. Spain
  106. Sudan
  107. Sweden
  108. Switzerland
  109. The United Kingdom
  110. Togo
  111. Tunisia
  112. Ukraine
  113. Uruguay
  114. Vanuatu
  115. Vietnam
  116. Yemen
  117. Zambia
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