they are reportedly used for forced labour during their detention, which might vary between six months to two years with no access to a lawyer and appropriate medical care. The Committee also regrets the absence of information provided by the State party as to conditions of women held in LTPs, which are of particular concern as they allegedly lack access to medical services including gynaecologists (arts. 2, 11 and 16). 24. The Committee urges the State party abolish all forms of “treatment through labour” detentions in LTPs; provide more information, including current statistics on those currently subject to this form of detention, the reasons for their detention, the means of challenging such detention and the safeguards put in place to prevent torture and ill-treatment in these facilities; and guarantee an access to a proper medical care to all people held in LTPs, in particular women. Women in detention 25. The Committee is concerned at reported violence against women in penitentiary facilities attributed to the penitentiary officials, including strip searches carried out by male guards and sexual abuse, which have been also noted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/HRC/35/40, para. 131). The Committee is also concerned at the absence of a mechanism for receiving complaints of sexual violence in those facilities. 26. The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Improve the conditions of detention for women, in line with the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules); (b) Establish and promote an effective mechanism for receiving complaints of sexual violence and ensure that law enforcement personnel are duly trained on the absolute prohibition of violence against convicted women, and on how to receive such complaints, and ensure an independent mechanism investigates them; (c) Abolish strip searches conducted by the guards of the opposite sex. Juveniles in detention 27. The Committee is concerned at the reported incidents of juvenile suspects having been placed in pre-trial detention facility cells along with adults. The Committee regrets the absence of a comprehensive juvenile justice system, which is currently under the auspices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including the absence of specialised juvenile courts or specially trained and appointed judges to deal with juvenile cases. The Committee is deeply concerned that such a lack of specialised juvenile justice system leads to reoccurrence of cases where incarcerated minors are reportedly subjected to violence, including sexual violence, as was noted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (A/HRC/35/40, para. 80) in the case of a minor in the detention centre in Homiel, where he has been confined despite having a mental illness. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned at the conditions and high number of minors detained in the closed schools, where they are allegedly subjected to solitary confinement. 28. The State party should: (a) Ensure that non-custodial measures are normally used for minors who are in conflict with the law and that minors are detained as a last resort only and for the shortest possible period and are separated from adults and afforded full legal safeguards; and stop the practice of placing juvenile suspects in pre-trial detention facility cells along with adults; (b) Establish an effective, specialized and well-functioning juvenile justice system in compliance with international standards, including the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules) and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines) and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty; 7