Internal Rule 56
<p><strong>Rule 56. Public Information by the Co-Investigating Judges</strong></p><p>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In order to preserve the rights and interests of the parties, judicial investigations shall not be conducted in public. All persons participating in the judicial investigation shall maintain confidentiality.</p><p>2. However, the Co-Investigating Judges, may:</p><p>a) jointly through the Public Affairs Section, issue such information regarding a case under judicial investigation as they deem essential to keep the public informed of the proceedings, or to rectify any false or misleading information; and</p><p>b) jointly grant limited access to the judicial investigation to the media or other non- parties in exceptional circumstances, under their strict control and after seeking observations from the parties to the proceedings. The non-respect of any conditions that the Co-Investigating Judges may impose shall be dealt with in accordance with Rules 35 to 38.</p><p>3. Disagreements between the Co-Investigating Judges regarding matters referred to in sub-rule 2above shall not be submitted to the procedure for settlement of disagreements set out in Rule 72.</p>