CRC/C/15/Add.237 page 19 78. In line with its previous recommendations (ibid., para. 46) the Committee recommends that within this reform, the State party undertake, in particular, measures to: (a) Raise the age of criminal responsibility to an internationally acceptable age; (b) Ensure that all alleged offenders below the age of 18 are judged according to a specific procedure and do not receive the same penalties as adults; (c) Ensure the establishment of juvenile courts and appoint trained juvenile judges in all regions of the country; (d) Limit by law the length of pre-trial detention; (e) Provide children with legal assistance at an early stage of judicial proceedings; (f) Protect the rights of children deprived of their liberty and improve their conditions of detention and imprisonment, including a child-sensitive and accessible independent mechanisms for children to make complaints, and the separation of child offenders from children in need of special protection; (g) Ensure that children remain in regular contact with their families while in the juvenile justice system; (h) Introduce regular medical examination of inmates by independent medical staff; (i) Introduce training programmes on relevant international standards for all professionals involved with the system of juvenile justice; (j) Make every effort to establish a programme of rehabilitation and reintegration of juveniles following judicial proceedings; (k) Review the procedure concerning the quasi-judicial decisions to send children under the age of 18 to training schools, without the possibility of appeal; and (l) UNICEF. Consider seeking technical assistance from, inter alia, OHCHR and Children belonging to indigenous and minority groups 79. The Committee is deeply concerned about the situation of the children of the Bengali people residing in northern Rakhine State, also known as the Rohingyas, and of children belonging to other ethnic, indigenous or religious minorities and in particular that many of their rights are denied, including the rights to food, to health care, to education, to survival and development, to enjoy their own culture and to be protected from discrimination.