"This collection of essays was first published in the journal Global Responsibility to Protect (vol.10/1-2, 2018) as a special issue."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index.

Children and R2P : an introduction / Luke Glanville -- Agendas : R2P and children and armed conflict / Jeremy Shusterman and Michelle Godwin -- 'The intolerable impact of armed conflict on children' : the United Nations Security Council and the protection of children in armed conflict / Katrina Lee-Koo -- R2P and the prevention of mass atrocities : a child-centric approach / Cecilia Jacob -- The politics of norm glocalisation : limits in applying R2P to protecting children / Jochen Prantl and Ryoko Nakano -- Representing children responsibility to protect the future : children on the move and the politics of becoming / Jana Tabak and Leticia Carvalho -- R2P and the novel : the trope of the abandoned refugee child in Stella Leventoyannis Harvey's The brink of freedom / Erin Goheen Glanville -- Ultimate tests : children, rights, and the politics of protection / J. Marshall Beier -- Children on the front lines : responsibility to protect in the Israeli Palestinian conflict / Timea Spitka -- Post-war stigma, violence and 'Kony children' : the responsibility to protect children born in Lord's Resistance Army captivity in northern Uganda / Myriam Denov and Atim Angela Lakor -- Prevent to protect : early warning, child soldiers, and the case of Syria / Dustin Johnson, Shelly Whitman and Hannah Sparwasser Soroka -- Conclusion : of responsibilities, protection, and rights: children's lives in conflict zones / Bina D'Costa.