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appropriate conditions, and that personsbelow 18 years of age are not detainedwith adults;(c) Establish juvenile courts staffed withsufficient, appropriately trained professionalpersonnel;(d) Ensure that persons below 18 yearsof age have access to legal aid and independentand effective complaintsmechanisms;(e) Implement alternative measures todeprivation of liberty, such as probation,community service or suspended sentences;(f) Train professionals in the area of recoveryand social reintegration of children;(g) Continue to seek technical assistancefrom, inter alia, the Office of the UnitedNations High Commissioner forHuman Rights, the United NationsOffice on Drugs and Crime and UNICEF.Children belonging to minorities and indigenouspeoples92. While noting the provisions of theIndigenous Peoples Rights Act(Republic Act No. 8371) as well as programmesand projects for childrenbelonging to minorities and indigenouspeoples, such as an alternative systemof education for children belonging toindigenous cultural communities, theChildcare Development Programme andthe Lingua Franca Project, theCommittee is concerned about thewidespread poverty among minoritiesand indigenous peoples and the limitedenjoyment of their human rights, in particular,concerning their access to socialand health services and education. TheCommittee shares the State party’s concernabout arranged early marriage inthe indigenous communities. In addition,the Committee notes with concern morepronounced discrimination againstMuslims.93. The Committee recalls the obligations ofthe State party under articles 2 and 30of the Convention and recommendsthat the State party ensure that indigenouschildren and children belonging92