A/HRC/30/10 84. France commended the recent amendments to the Criminal Code limiting the criminal responsibility of minors and the creation of “blue rooms” allowing children to be heard by the judiciary. France requested more information about improvement in the care of minors. It made recommendations. 85. Georgia commended Bulgaria for the ratification of several human rights instruments and for efforts to reform the judiciary, strengthen the Ombudsman and combat corruption. It welcomed the establishment of the National Coordination Mechanism on Human Rights and the decreasing number of children in specialized institutions. Georgia made recommendations. 86. Germany remained concerned about persisting discrepancies between the law on paper and the reality and about issues regarding the integration of refugees. Prevention and investigation of hate crimes by the authorities was inadequate. Germany made recommendations. 87. Ghana acknowledged the ratification of several international human rights instruments. It made recommendations. 88. Greece commended the practice of establishing working groups on the follow-up process of universal periodic review recommendations. It noted progress in achieving gender equality, the amendments adopted to strengthen the Council on Gender Equality and the awareness-raising initiatives on domestic violence. It made recommendations. 89. Hungary commended a number of programmes, strategies and action plans to improve the situation of Roma. It noted with satisfaction that Bulgaria had conducted free and fair elections in the previous October based on the new electoral law. Hungary made recommendations. 90. Indonesia noted the adoption of a decision for one-time payment of compensation to all individual complaints for which damages had been recommended by the United Nations treaty bodies and asked for further information on that matter. Indonesia made recommendations. 91. Iraq commended the establishment of the National Coordination Mechanism on Human Rights, the National Integration Strategy for Individuals Granted International Protection, ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, efforts made to strengthen the capacity of the Ombudsman and programmes aiming at reducing poverty. Iraq urged Bulgaria to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 92. Ireland encouraged Bulgaria to continue progress in the area of gender equality. It urged Bulgaria to amend its legislation to criminalize domestic violence and marital rape. Ireland shared the concern expressed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that defamation remained a criminal offence. It made recommendations. 93. Israel was concerned by the reports on hate speech and attacks to places of worship and worshippers. It also noted that the Human Rights Committee had mentioned the low number of cases of domestic and gender-based violence brought to justice. Israel made recommendations. 94. Italy welcomed the priority assigned by Bulgaria to human rights education and to the fight against all forms of discrimination. Italy made recommendations. 95. Japan welcomed the ratification of the main international human rights instruments. Noting reports of poor conditions of detention, it called on Bulgaria to ensure the protection of human rights in its criminal justice procedures, particularly to improve the treatment of inmates. Japan made recommendations. 12