CRC/C/THA/CO/3-4 account the Committee’s general comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile justice). It reiterates that the State party: (a) Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally acceptable age and in no circumstances below the age of 12 years; (b) Ensure that children deprived of liberty are held in detention only as a last resort and for as short a time as possible and that their detention is carried out in compliance with the law; (c) Ensure that children are detained separately from adults as recommended by the Working Group under the universal periodic review, that they have a safe, child sensitive environment and that they maintain regular contact with their families; (d) Promote alternative measures to detention such as diversion, probation, counselling, community service or suspended sentences, wherever possible; (e) Strengthen the training of judges and judicial personnel on the principles and provisions of the Convention and the Optional Protocols. (f) the law; Develop social reintegration programmes for children in conflict with (g) Make use of the technical assistance tools developed by the United Nations Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice and by its members, which include the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNICEF, OHCHR and NGOs, and to seek technical advice and assistance in the area of juvenile justice from the members of the Panel. Child victims and witnesses of crimes 81. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure, through adequate legal provisions and regulations, that all children victims and or witnesses of crimes, for example, children victims of abuse, domestic violence, sexual and economic exploitation, abduction, and trafficking and witnesses of such crimes, including those perpetrated by State and non-State actors, are provided with the protection required by the Convention and that it take fully into account the United Nations Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime (Economic and Social Council resolution 2005/20 of 22 July 2005, annex). Children belonging to minority or indigenous groups 82. The Committee is concerned that children belonging to indigenous, tribal and minority communities are often subjected to both stigmatization and discrimination due to their distinct living habits and language. The Committee is further concerned about widespread poverty among indigenous peoples and minorities and lack of demographic data on the hill-tribe population in the country. 83. The Committee recommends that the State party take necessary measures to: (a) Raise awareness of the Thai population on the culture of minority and indigenous people and foster tolerance of their living habits and lifestyle; (b) Provide more economic opportunities to minority and indigenous communities and ensure their access to basic social services; (c) 18 Collect systematically disaggregated data on the hill-tribe population;