A/HRC/12/49 page 16 educational institutions and the process of education, including students, teachers, academics and other education personnel. Special attention should be paid to the protection of girls, given the increased targeting of girls’ education in some countries. Accountability for acts committed by children during armed conflict 63. Member States should ensure that children who are accused of crimes under international law allegedly committed while they were associated with armed forces or groups are considered primarily as victims, and that they are treated in accordance with international law and other relevant standards on juvenile justice, and within a framework of restorative justice and social rehabilitation. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without the possibility of release should be imposed for offences committed by persons below 18 years of age. Detention of children should be used as a last resort and for the shortest period of time.