A/HRC/8/10 page 13 predictability and accountability of response within the United Nations. However, despite having accepted a lead role in some components, UNHCR still lacks sufficient resources to perform that role.28 50. The growing number of displaced persons and the lack of specific legal protection prompted the development of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement,29 on the basis of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. The Guiding Principles affirm the right to free compulsory education, and in particular the full and equal participation of women and girls (principle 23). 51. Although they are not legally binding, the Guiding Principles have been disseminated widely among States and international agencies and are increasingly being used to guide protection and assistance strategies. Guidance is not the same as responsibility, however. 52. International humanitarian law establishes a regulatory framework protecting the right to education during armed conflicts. The Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War states that measures should be taken to ensure that children who are orphaned or separated from their families as a result of a war have access to education.30 53. Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions, of 1977, applies to non-international conflicts and is therefore of the utmost relevance today, as it covers the actions of non-State armed groups and establishes in article 4, paragraph 3 (a), the obligation to provide children with the care and aid they require, and the right to receive education.31 54. Of particular importance is article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which states that all intentional attacks on buildings dedicated to education constitute war crimes and are therefore subject to the Court’s jurisdiction.32 28 En 2007 el ACNUR diseñó una estrategia con el fin de asumir su papel como líder de las áreas de protección, refugio de emergencia, coordinación de campos y administración, la cual incluye provisiones en materia de presupuesto y personal. Véase EC/58/SC/CRP.18. 29 E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2. 30 Ver también el artículo 50 del Convenio, referente a las obligaciones de la potencia ocupante, y el artículo 78 del Protocolo adicional I, referente a la protección del derecho a la educación en evacuaciones. 31 Además, las normas del derecho internacional humanitario consuetudinario, que se aplican a todo tipo de conflictos, incluso en el territorio de los Estados que no han ratificado los Protocolos adicionales, establecen que los niños y niñas afectados por conflictos armados son titulares de ciertas garantías, incluyendo el acceso a la educación. Véase Jean Marie Henckaerts y Louise Doswald-Beck, Customary International Humanitarian Law, vol. I, Rules, Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja, 2005, pág. 481. 32 Art. 8, párr. 2, inciso e), iv).