1. Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/375?OpenDocument
2. Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II). Geneva, 10 October 1980 http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/510?OpenDocument
3. Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1974-1977. http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/465?OpenDocument
4. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
New York, 9 December 1948
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-1&chapter=4&lang=en
5. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
New York, 7 March 1966
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-2&chapter=4&lang=en
6. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
New York, 16 December 1966
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-3&chapter=4&lang=en
7. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
New York, 16 December 1966
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-4&chapter=4&lang=en
8. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid New York, 30 November 1973
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-7&chapter=4&lang=en
9. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
New York, 18 December 1979
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en
10. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
New York, 6 October 1999
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8-b&chapter=4&lang=en
11. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
New York, 10 December 1984
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-9&chapter=4&lang=en
12. Convention on the Rights of the Child
New York, 20 November 1989
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-11&chapter=4&lang=en
13. Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
New York, 12 December 1995
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-11-a&chapter=4&lang=en
14. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
New York, 25 May 2000
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-11-b&chapter=4&lang=en
15. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
New York, 25 May 2000
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-11-c&chapter=4&lang=en
16. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
New York, 18 December 1990
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-13&chapter=4&lang=en
17. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
New York, 13 December 2006
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-15&chapter=4&lang=en
18. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New York, 13 December 2006
http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-15-a&chapter=4&lang=en
19. ILO 182 http://www.ilo.org/declaration/follow-up/annualreview/ratificationstatus/lang--en/index.htm
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C182
20. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding Observations, Bangladesh, 5 July 2007, CRC/C/OPSC/BGD/CO/1, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/46b9c4c32.html
21. The Act is being amended. The Committee instituted a multidisciplinary subcommittee to carry out the assignment, with the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Social Welfare in the Chair. As the draft has been prepared in English, it is now being translated into Bangla and a consultation process will be undertaken with wider community, including children, for feedback before finalizing and processing the draft for enactment. Page 2 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Written replies by the Government of Bangladesh to the list of issues (CRC/C/BGD/Q/4) prepared by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in connection with the consideration of the 3rd and 4th periodic reports of Bangladesh (CRC/C/BGD/4), 29 May 2009, CRC/C/BGD/Q/4/Add.1, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a8e77ea0.html
The Act can be found here: http://www.law.yale.edu/RCW/rcw/jurisdictions/assc/bangladesh/Bang_Child_Act_and_Rules.htm
22. THE CHILDREN ACT, 1974 and Children Rules 1976.
http://www.law.yale.edu/RCW/rcw/jurisdictions/assc/bangladesh/Bang_Child_Act_and_Rules.htm
23. An inter-ministerial committee headed by the Secretary of the
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has been formed to update the 1994 National Children Policy. An inter-ministerial technical working group has been set up to work on the revised policy. The working group is chalking out a plan for getting inputs from cross-sections of people, including in-depth consultation with children. Based on the consultation and a review of various
policies on children and other overall development policies, a draft policy will be developed by the sub-committee instituted for this purpose. The policy will include, among other issues, a chapter on adolescents. UNICEF is providing support to the process. Page 2 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Written replies by the Government of Bangladesh to the list of issues (CRC/C/BGD/Q/4) prepared by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in connection with the consideration of the 3rd and 4th periodic reports of Bangladesh (CRC/C/BGD/4), 29 May 2009, CRC/C/BGD/Q/4/Add.1, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a8e77ea0.html
24. Page 3. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Written replies by the Government of Bangladesh to the list of issues (CRC/C/BGD/Q/4) prepared by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in connection with the consideration of the 3rd and 4th periodic reports of Bangladesh (CRC/C/BGD/4), 29 May 2009, CRC/C/BGD/Q/4/Add.1, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a8e77ea0.html