Children's rights : historic developments / by Sandra Robinson -- Visions and views : the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child / by Målfrid Grude Flekkøy -- Children's rights : the future starts here / by Amnesty International USA -- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child : more than a new Utopia? / by James R. Himes -- The basic paradox / by Philip Alston and John Tobin -- The Convention : an ending and a new beginning / by Eugeen Verhellen -- What does the children's convention require? / by Jaap E. Doek -- Global overview of law reform / by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre -- Child rights : on the right path, but a long way to go / by Ishmael Beah -- Introduction and the meaning of children's participation / by Roger Hart -- The right of the child to express his or her views freely in all matters affecting him or her / by the United Nations General Assembly -- Submission to the Human Rights Council working group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure / by Marta Santos Pais -- The role of children in transitional justice mechanisms and processes / by Alison Smith -- Building child friendly cities / by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre -- A day of prayer and action for children / by Takeyasu Miyamoto -- The Convention on the Rights of the Child / by Ursula Kilkelly -- Taking care of children : Buddhism and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child / by Rita M. Gross -- "Preface" cradle to coffin : a report on child executions in Iran / by Christian Salazar Volkmann -- Child and family life in Judaism / by David Kraemer -- Juvenile justice / by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations Children's Fund -- Age and children in conflict with the law and the guarantees for a fair trial / by the Committee on the Rights of the Child -- Crime and justice in South Africa / by KwaZulu Natal Regional Council of YMCAs and Y Care International -- Youth justice / by the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children -- War-affected children : an overview / by the International Bureau for Children's Rights -- Child soldier use 2009 / by Human Rights Watch -- Raising standards for child protection / by Graça Machel -- Child soldiers and the capacity of the optional protocol to protect children in conflict / Shara Abraham.