The Rights of the Child
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted to protect children caught in conflicts throughout the world. Recently it celebrated its 10th anniversary. Has the Convention had any real impact on the lives of children across the globe? BBC World Service reporters visited war zones on several continents to investigate what is happening to children.

Here, you can hear the children tell their own stories and read our analysis of the difficulties they face.

The 'how to help' section has information about local and international organisations trying to help children whose basic rights have been violated.

The multimedia Children of Conflict initiative was produced with the assistance of UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) and the Human Rights Fund of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Listen to UN Special Representative, Olara Otunnu talk about Children of Conflict at the end of the Millennium.