Croatia has ratified all anti-discrimination treaties that are part of international law with the exception of the Revised European Social Charter, which has been signed and is in the process of ratification (European Convention on Human Rights + Protocol 12; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; ILO Convention No. 111 on Discrimination; Convention on the Rights of the Child; and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).

The Anti-discrimination Act applies to all areas, in the public and private sector, without any limitation, while it explicitly enumerates ten areas to which special attention is to be paid: (1) work and working conditions; access to self-employment and occupation, including selection, criteria, recruitmentand promotion conditions; access to all types of vocational guidance, vocational training, advanced vocational training and retraining; (2) education, science and sports; (3) social security, including social welfare, pensionsand health insurance and unemployment insurance; (4) health care; (5) judiciary and administration; (6) housing; (7) public informationand the media; (8) access to and provision of goods and services; (9) membership of and participationin trade unions, civil society organisations, political parties or any other organisationsand (10) access to participation in cultureand art.

The Anti-discrimination Act provides that the central body for the elimination of discrimination and promotion of equal treatment is the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman has authority over all grounds of discrimination, but some activities (receiving reports on discrimination; providing necessary information on rights and obligations; investigating reports and undertaking measures necessary for the elimination of discrimination; informing the public of occurrences of discrimination; conducting mediation procedures and filing criminal reports of discrimination) come within the competences of specialised ombudsmen (for gender equality, for disabled persons and for children).