NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 68 In practice, regardless, of the status of whether the person is deemed criminally responsible or not, they have the right to accessible information and effective communication86; however, in the Lithuanian justice system and processes, the simplified, accessible information, for example, in an easy-to-read format or Braille is significantly lacking. This was recently confirmed by previous research87 and also during this study’s interviews: „In Lithuania, these issues are difficult, and if officers get any type of training at all – it is quite limited. From my experience of working with officers who interrogate suspects, they have the most experience with persons who are ‘mute’ or have a hearing disability, so they communicate through Sign language interpreters. But there are no such practices as how to present information in a simplified, comprehensible, easy to understand manner. Often it is done in a formal way, explained using legal terminology, or documents are simply provided in a written form: in English it is called the Article 44 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings of the Republic of Lithuania, No. IX-785, 14 March 2002. Available at: https://bit.ly/3tMjRdy. 87   Grigaitė, U. and Leonaitė, E. (2022) Voices for Justice: Victims of Crime with Disabilities in Lithuania. Research Report: https://bit.ly/45q2We5. 86