The Convention is the most extensively ratified human rights treaty in history, and countries that have ratified the Convention are required to submit periodic reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. To ensure information in these reports is standardized, an effort is underway to identify key indicators to measure children's rights. This effort recognizes the significance of child maltreatment and considers both definitional and practical issues associated with measuring child maltreatment. The effort also considers the need for comparable prevalence data on child maltreatment and the use of child homicide as an indicator of extreme maltreatment. The authors conclude there is no valid measure that allows child maltreatment to be measured globally, but they indicate several positive steps can be taken to promote the awareness and the measurement of child maltreatment. These steps involve the use of such indicators as child mortality rates and completion of primary school education and consider physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse. 20 references and 1 table