再论沉默权

Reconsideration of the Right of keeping Silence

沉默权是犯罪嫌疑人和被告人特有的对来自官方的提问拒绝回答或者保持沉默的权利,在上个世纪90年代我国修改《刑事诉讼法》和签署《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》前后,这一问题曾经引起法学理论界和实务界的广泛讨论,但时至今日,沉默权在刑事诉讼中的定位依然模糊。本文在总结学界观点的同时提出若干构想,故曰“再论”。

The right of silence means the right that a criminal suspect or defendant refuses to answer the questions put forward by an officer or keeps silence. Before and After China amended the Criminal Lawsuit Law and signed the International Convention of Public Right and Political Right in the 1990s, the problem has aroused a heated discussion in the law theoretical and practical circles. Untill today, the right of keeping silence still has a fuzzy position in criminal lawsuit. The article puts forward some ideas based on the points of view of law circle.