CRC/C/CHN/CO/2 page 19 (b) Amend legislation so as to ensure that all children deprived of their liberty, including in work study schools, have the right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance and the right to challenge the legality of their deprivation of liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority in a timely manner; (c) Ensure that deprivation of liberty is always used as a last resort, and strengthen and expand possibilities for alternative sentences such as mediation, probation, community service or suspended sentences; (d) Ensure that both sentenced and released persons under 18 are provided with educational opportunities, including vocational and life-skills training, and recovery and social reintegration services, in order to support their full development; (e) Seek technical cooperation and assistance from, inter alia, OHCHR, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Prevention (UNODC) and UNICEF. 94. Within the Hong Kong SAR, the Committee further recommends that the State party: (a) Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally acceptable level; (b) Abolish life sentences for persons who committed offences when they were under the age of 18; (c) Ensure that all children under the age of 18 are consistently accorded special protection when coming into conflict with the law, and that their cases are heard in specialized juvenile courts by appropriately trained magistrates; (d) Ensure that deprivation of liberty is always used as a last resort, and strengthen and expand possibilities for alternative sentences, such as mediation, probation, community service or suspended sentences. 95. In the Macau SAR, the Committee recommends that the State party expedite its plans for reform of the juvenile justice system and ensure that such reforms include: (a) Measures to ensure that detention is used only as a last resort and expanded the possibilities for alternative sentences such as probation, community service or suspended sentences; (b) Possibilities for restorative justice, such as family group conferencing; (c) An expansion of services to assist juvenile offenders with social reintegration in an environment which fosters the health, self-respect and dignity of the child.