ABBREVIATIONS BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee CC – Criminal Code CJEU – Court of Justice of the European Union CPC – Criminal Procedure Code CPT – Committee for the Prevention of Torture CRPD – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ECHR – European Convention on Human Rights ECtHR – European Court on Human Rights IPD – Intellectual and/or Psychosocial Disabilities NPM – National Preventive Mechanism SPH – State psychiatric hospital