This publication is one of the outputs from the Global Conference on Child Justice in Africa, organised by the African Child Policy forum (ACPF) and Defence for Children International (DCI), which was held in Kampala, Uganda in november 2011. The publication is a study on children and the justice system. Based on the fact that children come in contact with the justice system in different ways, both in the formal and informal justice systems, or the criminal and civil justice systems, the study charts the progress made and the challenges remaining with regard to justice for children in Africa.