中国领事保护立法的不足与改进——以中外双边领事条约为主要视角

The Deficiencies and Improvements of Chinese Consular Protection Legislations: In the Main Perspective of Bilateral Consular Treaties Between China and Foreign Countries

随着中国对外开放的深入,走出国门的中国公民数量剧增,领事保护成为保护海外中国公民权益的重要途径。由于涉及到派遣国与接受国的管辖权,领事保护必须兼具国际法与国内法双重法律依据。针对中国领事保护立法的现状及存在的不足,中国需要推动领事保护立法改革,从对外缔结双边条约和对内加强国内法建设两方面构建一个系统化、法制化的领事保护机制。

With China＇s opening up deeply, quantities of chinese citizens abroad flourishing, consular protection become the very important way to protect the rights of chinese overseas citizens. Concerning to the jurisdiction between the receiving state and the sending state, consular protection shall have the legal basis in international law and domestic law. China shall promote reform in consular protection legislations, as the deficiencies existing in legislations currently. China needs to enhance works both in signing bilateral consular treaties and formulating domestic laws for the purpose of forming a systematic and legalization mechanism in consular protection.