刑事被害人的知情权探析

The Right to Knowledge of Criminal Victims

被害人的知情权是被害人行使其他诉讼权利的逻辑前提,是诉讼民主的重要体现,亦有助于实现社会正义。国际公约及其他国际性文件和法治发达国家都对公民的知情权及被害人的知情权都作了明确规定,有的国家甚至将其上升到宪法的高度。我国刑事被害人享有一定程度的知情权,但权利告知规则仍不完善,被害人对案件的进展、诉讼结果以及刑罚的执行情况缺乏知悉途径,知情权的实现缺乏保障机制。立法上应对其作相应完善。

Right to knowledge is a logic prerequisite that ensures a victim to exercises other procedural rights. It is an important embodiment of the procedural democracy and is conducive to doing social justice. In international conventions and other international documents and in the countries that govern in accordance with a system of law one can readily find the provisions concerning citizens and victims＇ rights to know. In some countries knowledge has even been described as a constitutional right. While criminal victims in China enjoy the right to know to some extent, there is still much room for us to improve the rules concerning the right to information. No convenient way exists for criminal victims to know th mechanism exists to ensure e proceedings or co the exercise of the nsequence of a case, or the carrying out of punishment. No security right to knowledge. As such, legislation should be implemented.