Practice question
A hearing proceeds under Article 26. One observer claims every hearing must remain public without any exception; another says hearings are always secret. Which is correct?
- Both categorical positions are correct
- Every hearing is automatically secret
- Only the hearing’s duration matters
- The default is public, subject to the Tribunal deciding otherwise or the parties demanding exclusion of the public.
- Private insurers alone decide admission
Legal references
- ITLOS Statute, Articles 1, 13, 15, 26-27 and 34: https://www.itlos.org/fileadmin/itlos/documents/basic_texts/statute_en.pdf
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