Abbreviations 4 Executive summary 6 Introduction 8 National legal framework concerning the application of cross-border instruments to persons with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities in law and in practice 11 European Arrest Warrant 11 Transfer of Prisoners 14 European Supervision Order 20 Probation and Alternative Sanctions 21 National legal and policy frameworks concerning defendants and persons deprived of liberty with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities in law and in practice 7 24 National legal framework and its application in practice 24 National definitions and statistics 24 National framework concerning deprivation of liberty 26 National framework concerning alternatives and probation 59 Conclusions 63 Recommendations 65 Case study - Bulgaria 68 Bibliography 71 7.1 7.2 7.3 Legislative instruments 71 Case-law 73 Literature (including UN/CoE reports and other documents) 73