A/HRC/25/15 new police unit which was intended to combat nationalist crimes and “price tag” offences, which were aimed against Palestinians. Great effort was also being made in the prevention of criminal activity. 131. Referring to incitement, and the criminal prosecution of racism in Israel, on which Nigeria and other countries had commented, the delegate said that the law provided for a penalty of up to five years’ imprisonment for publishing anything with the intent to incite to racism, regardless of the outcome or the truthfulness of it, and many indictments had been filed in recent years. 132. Ohad Zemet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legal Department, responded to questions from Germany, Italy, Norway, Rwanda, Slovakia and the United States of America relating to immigrants. The history of the Jewish people made Israel highly sensitive to that humanitarian issue. However, the situation of Israel was more complicated than other developed countries and it was impossible to develop regional strategies for cooperation with neighbours or countries of origin, as other States with similar challenges did. Israel was currently granting protection to 60,000 people, who amounted to 95 per cent of all individuals who crossed the border from Egypt; Israel provided them with access to work, basic health care and education. 133. Ms. Tene-Gilad said that Israel had hundreds of NGOs active in a large number of issues, including human rights. Israel placed no legal restrictions on the right of organizations to engage in activities for the promotion and observance of human rights. Organizations or individuals that presented themselves as a human rights organization/activist/defender were not exempt from obeying the law. 134. In concluding, the delegation noted that, unfortunately, they were not able to address all issues raised, but would study the recommendations and return with a response at a later stage in the review process. 135. The delegation restated the respect Israel had for the UPR process, and noted that the high-level delegation, national report, presentations and answers to the many questions testified to that. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 136. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed below will be examined by Israel, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council in March 2014: 136.1. Ratify ICCPR-OP 2 (Portugal)/Abolish completely the death penalty and ratify ICCPR-OP 2 (Spain); 136.2. Consider withdrawing the reservations to articles 7 and 16 of CEDAW (Latvia); 136.3. Consider ratifying the ICRMW (Rwanda); 136.4. Sign and ratify the OP-ICESCR and the OP-CRC-IC (Portugal); 136.5. Ratify the OP-ICESCR, OP-CAT and CPED. Ratify furthermore the Rome Statute that Israel signed in 2000 (France); 136.6. Sign and/or ratify the OP-CAT, CPED and ICRMW (Ecuador); ** Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 13