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(i) that so far as possible, the Inquiry hearings should be conducted in public;
(ii) that the family of Rosemary Nelson should be able to participate effectively in the business of the Inquiry so as to ensure that it was effective;
(iii) that the Inquiry's ability to get to the truth should not be inhibited, and that similarly, its ability to hold persons to account and to make recommendations should not be impaired; and
(iv) that evidence given to the Inquiry should be made public so as to maintain public confidence in its independence, in its effectiveness, and in the conclusions that it reached.
That ruling was made in the context of an application for anonymity in which there was a clear risk to life involving the soldiers who discharged live rounds on Bloody Sunday and a possible breach of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, if it had applied at that time.
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