Jawność zewnętrzna postępowania przygotowawczego na tle art. 12 ustawy Prawo o prokuraturze

The aim of the following article is to discuss the issues of the power of the prosecutor to reveal information pertaining to ongoing preparatory proceedings in the light of the new regulations determined by Article 12 of the Act of January 28, 2016, the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office. The aforementioned regulation constitutes an important exception to the general rule of confidentiality of preparatory proceedings, which heavily informs the scope of the analysis. Moreover, the author discusses the relationship between Article 12 of the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office and earlier regulations regarding the revealing of information regarding preparatory proceedings included in the following acts: press law, law on access to public information, personal data protection act, supplemented with relevant regulations of the Criminal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure. In addition, the author discusses the consequences of the analyzed regulation for the interest of the criminal justice system, the interest of the public, as well as the interest of the parties in the proceedings, which has allowed her to assess the justification for that regulation and the necessity of implementing it in Polish legal system.