27. The following sections contain the text of conclusions and recommendations adopted by the Committee with respect to the above-mentioned States parties’ reports. Furthermore, at its thirty-first session the Committee noted that no information had been received from the Government of Cambodia with respect to its provisional conclusions and recommendations on this country1 and decided to consider these as final. BULGARIA* 28. The Committee considered the third periodic report of Bulgaria (CAT/C/34/Add.16) at its 612th and 614th meetings (CAT/C/SR.612 and 614), held on 17 and 18 May 2004, and adopted the following conclusions and recommendations. A. Introduction 29. The Committee welcomes the submission of the third periodic report of Bulgaria and the opportunity to continue its dialogue with the State party. 30. While noting that the report only covers the period up to May 2000, the Committee appreciates the detailed responses to the written list of issues and the replies provided to the questions raised by the Committee members during the dialogue, which furnished information concerning measures to implement the Convention taken by the State party since 2000. B. Positive aspects 31. The Committee notes the following positive developments: (a) Ongoing efforts by the State party to reform its legislation related to the implementation of the Convention and aimed at strengthening the protection of human rights. In particular, the Committee welcomes the following: (i) The entry into force of the Law on the Ombudsman on 1 January 2004; (ii) The adoption by the National Assembly of the Law on the Protection against Discrimination on 16 September 2003 and other practical measures in the field of protection against discrimination, such as the recruitment of Roma into the police force; (iii) The entry into force of the new Law on Asylum and Refugees on 1 December 2002, notably the establishment of the State Agency for Refugees as the single central refugee authority deciding on asylum, as well as the introduction of the possibility of judicial review for decisions taken in the accelerated procedure; (iv) The Code of Conduct of the Policeman adopted and introduced into practice by order of the Minister of the Interior in October 2003; * Also published as CAT/C/CR/32/6. 19