A/HRC/30/14 96. On hate crimes, information was provided on the protocol on acting in hate crime incidents and on the statistics. In 2014, the police identified 22 cases of hate crime incidents, while the prosecutor’s office acted in 60 such cases. Of those cases, 12 were solved, 6 with in a conviction; the others were still being processed. 97. On the independence of judiciary, the Croatian judiciary was completely independent of the State and the Government. That was not enough, however, as the judiciary also needed to be independent from any other influence outside of the law and the rules of procedure and had to function to the highest standards. It was something that Croatia was working on. 98. The head of the Croatian delegation concluded by thanking the President of the Human Rights Council and the delegates for the discussion and the recommendations and for raising important issues. II. Conclusions and recommendations 99. The following recommendations will be examined by Croatia, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirtieth session of the Human Rights Council, in September-October 2015: 99.1 Join more human rights treaties and optional protocols (Israel); 99.2 Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and recognize the competence of its Committee (Uruguay); 99.3 Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Argentina) (France) (Costa Rica) (Portugal); 99.4 Ratify without delay the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Bosnia and Herzegovina); 99.5 Accelerate efforts to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Rwanda); 99.6 Accelerate the progress to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Iraq); 99.7 Proceed to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Serbia); 99.8 Intensify efforts to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Sierra Leone); 99.9 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Portugal) (Greece); 99.10 Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (France); 99.11 Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Namibia); 99.12 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Morocco) (Portugal) (Benin);  The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 14