死刑案件被害人权利保护问题

On Problems of the Victims' Rights Protection in Death Penalty Cases

在刑事司法领域,人权保障是一个内涵丰富且不断发展的制度体系。既要保障犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的合法权利,也要保障被害人的合法权利,同时注意二者平衡。1996年《刑事诉讼法》确认了被害人的诉讼主体地位,但由于缺少配套机制,导致实践中出现诸多问题。新《刑事诉讼法》在很大程度上完善了犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的诉讼权利及其保护,但较少涉及被害人的权利保护问题。与普通刑事案件相比,死刑案件给被害人造成的伤害尤为严重,应当给予特别保护。

In the field of criminal justice, human rights protection is an institutional system of rich connotation and continuing development. It is necessary to protect the legitimate rights of the criminal suspect and defendant, but also to protect the legitimate rights of the victims, and to balance on the two respects. China Criminal Procedure Law of 1996 confirmed the subject position of the victims, but due to lack of support mechanisms, it also caused many problems in practice. Then, the newly -revised Criminal Procedure Law in 2012 greatly improves the litigation rights of the criminal suspect and defendant and their protection, but less involves in the rights protection of the victims. Compared with the ordinary criminal cases, death penalty cases made particularly serious injury to the vic- tims, who should be given special protection.