Bangladesh would be limited to the requirement of compliance sought by periodic reporting or other mechanisms as provided for by those instruments. National Legal and Policy Instruments and Executive Efforts on Regulation of Domestic Works by Children The Constitution of Bangladesh contains some provisions which can be applied to regulate some aspects of child domestic work. Article 34(1) of the Constitution unequivocally denounces all forms of forced labour. Article 14 of the Constitution proclaims ‘to emancipate workers and backward sections of the people from all forms of exploitation’ as a fundamental responsibility of the state. Article 28(4) of the Constitution grants the Government power to make ‘special provision in favour of women or children or for the advancement of any backward section of citizens’, even though such special provisions may discriminate against some other. However, Articles 14 and 28(4) of the Constitution are all contained in the Fundamental Principles of State Policy part of the Constitution, and though they would be applied by the state in law making, would remain fundamental to the governance of Bangladesh, and would act as a guide to the interpretation of laws, they are not judicially enforceable.27 In Bangladesh, the age of ‘child’ has been specified in various legal and policy instruments in various ways. The National Children Policy, 2011, the most comprehensive policy dealing with children welfare in Bangladesh states that children would mean all individuals below 18 years of age.28 The Children Act, 2013,29 dealing with the rights of children in Bangladesh defines all persons under the age of 18 years as children.30 However, the law limits its scope on this issue by qualifying it with the 27 Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 1972, Article 8(2). 28 Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, National Children Policy, 2011 (February 2011), para 2 [Children Policy, 2011]. 29 Act No. 24 of 2013. 30 Ibid, Section 4. 9