A/HRC/42/CRP.1 ascertain whether the school was being used in a way at the time which made it a military objective. 718. Schools hosting internally displaced persons have also been struck by coalition airstrikes. On 9 July 2015 in the afternoon, an airstrike carried out by the coalition forces struck Musa’ab Bin ‘Omer School in Tahrour district of Lahij province, killing 11 displaced persons and injuring 19 others.1128 At the time of the airstrike, the school was offering shelter to 12 displaced families who fled from fighting in neighbouring alHouta.1129 The school building is still in ruins and classes are currently organised in tents.1130 719. Education facilities for children with disabilities have also been endangered throughout the conflict. On 20 April 2016 in Sana’a, the boarding school for blind girls was shelled by an unidentified party, resulting in the closure of the school. At the time of the attack, the boarding school was hosting 60 girls, 6 to 18 years old, who were either sent back home or, when possible, reassigned to other schools.1131 Military use of schools 720. Among the several documented strikes on schools since 2015, the Group has found that some of those schools became military objectives as a result of their illegal use by parties to the conflict. Therefore, these strikes might have been lawful. For example, on 14 July 2015, a coalition airstrike severely damaged the Bazraa Elementary School in Aden used by the Houthis since April 2015 for military purposes, including as a detention facility for captured members of the Southern Resistance. 1132 Education facilities for children with disabilities have also been made a target because of their military use. On 5 January 2016, the Nour Centre for the Care and Rehabilitation of the Blind, in Sanaa, where the HouthisSaleh forces had placed an office, was struck and damaged by a coalition airstrike. 1133 On 17 September 2017 at 15:00 hrs, a school in Baqim district of Sa’dah was struck and destroyed by a coalition airstrike. The school was being used as a prison by the Houthis.1134 721. At the time of writing this report, the Group found that at least 20 schools in alHudaydah, Ta’izz and Sa’dah are currently being used by the Yemeni armed forces, UAEbacked Security Belt forces, Sudanese forces and the Houthis. 1135 Coalition forces are currently using for military purposes the al-Wahd Oreish and al-Wahda Hasan Ibn Ali schools in al-Mokha, Tai’zz. Coalition Sudanese forces are currently using as barracks the 7 July and al-Shaheed (Martyr) Abdullah al-Salaghi schools in al-Mokha. In Mawza, Tai’zz, the coalition forces are present in the al-Shouhada elementary school (about 700 children used to attend this school), the School of Abdelrahman Rafiki and the al-Jeel al-Jadeed school. Some of these schools were previously used by the Houthis. For example, the alJeel al-Jadeed school was used as a prison by the Houthis until 2017. 722. In Ta’izz city, sources reported that the Yemeni armed forces have commenced to withdraw from some schools as per the commitments taken under the Safe Schools Declaration.1136 For example, the 35th Brigade recently withdrew from Saba school for 1128 Confidential Sources on File. Confidential Sources on File. 1130 Confidential Sources on File. 1131 Confidential Sources on File. 1132 Confidential Sources on File. 1133 A/HRC/39/43, para 15. 1134 Confidential Sources on File. 1135 At least 9 schools in Mokha and Mawza, Confidential Sources on File. In Taizz city, 9 schools, Confidential Sources on File. Two schools in Sa’dah, Confidential Sources on File. 1136 Political declaration through which States formally endorse and commit to implement the Guidelines on the Protection of Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict (hereinafter Safe Schools Guidelines) including in their military training, doctrine etc. Available at: http://www.protectingeducation.org/guidelines/support and http://protectingeducation.org/news/yemen-endorses-safe-schools-declaration-advance-un-securitycouncil-debate-children-and-armed. 1129 172