Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister of the UK and currently the UN's special envoy for global education, has proposed the creation of an international criminal court focused specifically on crimes against children. In his op-ed for the Guardian, he highlighted the tragic consequences of armed conflict on children, emphasizing that incidents like the recent tomahawk missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school, which resulted in the deaths of 168 schoolgirls, underscore the urgent need for stronger legal protections. Brown argues that schools should be considered as protected spaces under international law, similar to hospitals, to ensure that children are not victimized in war zones.