A/HRC/34/30 7. Impact on the right to education and the right to participate in cultural life 44. The enjoyment of the right to education in Nigeria has been impacted significantly by internal displacement resulting from attacks by Boko Haram. Displaced children have been unable to access education, while those who have remained in their communities often receive poor quality education owing to insecurity, the lack of teachers — as many have fled — and the destruction of schools. 72 Several cases of attacks against girls accessing education have highlighted the fragile nature of achievements in increasing the accessibility, availability, adaptability, acceptability and quality of education for all. These events include the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria; the killing of more than 100 children in an attack by the Taliban at an army school in Peshawar, Pakistan; the shooting of education activist, Malala Yousafzai, by members of the Taliban in Pakistan; the reported forced removal of girls from schools in Somalia to become “wives” of Al-Shabaab fighters; the abduction and rape of girls at a Christian school in India; as well as several incidents of poisoning and acid attacks against schoolgirls in Afghanistan.73 One contribution to the report noted that, in Afghanistan, the Taliban had closed or burned some 245 schools in two Afghan provinces in 2015 and that 25 schoolteachers and students had been killed by anti-government elements.74 45. The negative impact of terrorism on cultural life is evident from the attacks carried out by Al-Shabaab, Al-Qaida, Ansar Eddine, ISIL and the Taliban against artists and citizens attending cultural events, cinemas, concerts or theatres. One contribution to the report noted that artists and citizens in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, Somalia and Syrian Arab Republic have been particularly severely affected by attacks committed in the name of religion, while the attacks in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and Sweden have led to fear, self-censorship and financial loss for artists and cultural industries. 75 46. With regard to censorship by States, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights noted that, in some countries, artistic expressions criticizing the Government had been labelled as “terrorism”. She expressed concern that many artists had been disproportionately sentenced under charges of criminal offences such as “terrorism”, “extremism” or “hooliganism”.76 47. At a more general level, the reallocation of State resources towards counterterrorism measures can also have negative consequences on the right to education, for example, when allocations are drawn away from programmes in the education sector. 77 B. Ensuring respect for the human rights of victims 48. In its 2016 review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the General Assembly deeply deplored the suffering caused by terrorism in all its forms and manifestations to the victims and to their families. It expressed its profound solidarity with them and encouraged Member States to provide them with proper support and assistance while taking into account, inter alia, when appropriate, considerations regarding remembrance, dignity, respect, justice and truth, in accordance with international law. 78 In their contributions to the present report, several States referred to the human rights of 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 See A/HRC/30/67, para. 9. See http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CEDAW/Report_attacks_on_girls_Feb2015.pdf. See contribution from the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. See contribution from Freemuse. See A/HRC/23/34, paras. 31 and 46. See A/HRC/12/22, para. 45. See General Assembly resolution 70/291, para. 24. 13