The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Article 10 of CEDAW also contains provisions dealing with the right to education. It provides, for example, for equal access to career and vocational guidance and to studies at all educational levels; access to the same curricula and examinations; elimination of stereotyping in the roles of women and men; and the same opportunities to benefit from academic scholarships. In addition to the above mentioned conventions/ treaties, the right to education has also been enshrined in the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW), the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the ILO Minimum Age Convention, the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, the UNESCO Recommendation against Discrimination in Education, the UNESCO Convention on Technical and Vocational Education, the UNESCO Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education, the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, the UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher Education Teaching Personnel, the UNESCO Recommendation on Education for International Understanding and Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the UNESCO Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education, Principles relating to the Status and Functioning of National Institutions for Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (The Paris Principles) etc. Various regional treaties and constitutions of different countries also recognize education as a fundamental human right. 26 2. National Legislations and Policies securing ESC Rights Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are stated in the 2nd Chapter, from Articles 8- 25, of the constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh as ‘Fundamental Principles of State Policy’. The rights which are focused in this study are also mentioned in respective policies and other documents promulgated by the government of Bangladesh in different periods. This section attempts to discuss briefly those documents: 2.1 Right to Shelter: Article 15(a) of the Constitution states that a fundamental principle of state policy is to provide, “[…] the necessities of life, including food, clothing, shelter, education and medical care.” Further, Articles 27 and 31 by guaranteeing fundamental rights to equality and protection in accordance with law, may be seen to impose an obligation upon the State not to take measures that could deprive citizens of their basic needs. Articles 31 and 32 also protect the right to life. The National Housing Policy, 1993, (NTP) was a milestone in so far as it recognized the need for slum improvement and prevention of slum eviction without proper rehabilitation. This Policy, amended in 1999, identified a facilitative role for the private development of housing for all including the poor. A draft of the National Housing Policy, 2008 also recommended access of the poor to land and housing with developed infrastructure, and an increase of habitable land. It suggested that urban housing for the working poor be located near the work place or include a plan for transportation. Private housing and cooperative societies were to be encouraged. Special focus was to be given for housing of women in difficult circumstances, by providing housing loans, ownership, home based employment, mother and child care facilities. Priority was to be given to housing for the old 27