Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Protecting the right to life of at-risk children : the street children case -- Children as true legal persons -- The first international law cases concerning the protection of children in times of war in the world -- The right to nationality and to equal protection : the Yean and Bosico children case -- Consolidating principles on the protection of children in internal armed conflicts : the case of the massacre of Mapiripan and the case of the massacres of Ituango vs. Colombia -- The protection of children of indigenous peoples : the case of the Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community v. Paraguay -- The meaning of the superior interest of the child in post conflict societies : Survellon Garcia and others vs. Honduras -- Child soldiers in Paraguay : the case of Vargas Areco -- The pending task of construing the meaning of the rights of the family in the jurisprudence of the court -- Reparations in cases of violations of human rights of children -- Upcoming contentious cases on children's rights in the system.