再谈沉默权

沉默权是公民在受到国家刑事追究时所享有的权利以及国家为保障该权利应履行的义务。它是被告人的一项重要的诉讼权利,是被告人的防御权、人格权,是对国家权力的制约权。沉默权具有体现刑事诉讼价值、丰富刑事诉讼职能、实现刑事诉讼结构公正、完善刑事证据规则的作用。没有沉默权的权利体系是不完备的权利体系,所以我国刑事诉讼中应建立完善的沉默权制度。

Re - Discussing about Privilege of Silence

Being the rights of recovery and personality, and the restriction to the state power, privilege of silence is defendants' important litigating right, which embodies the values and functions of criminal lawsuits, and which realizes the justness of penal structure and perfects the functions of penal testimony. No privilege of silence, no perfect right system .The essay is about the basic theory of privilege of silence, aiming at the establishment of the privilege of silence system in China.