未成年人刑事责任年龄制度——基于相关国际准则的分析

Minors Age of Criminal Responsibility System——the Analysis Based on Related International Standards

未成年人刑事责任年龄制度在未成年人刑事司法中具有重大价值,应由未成年人的刑事责任能力和未成年人受特殊保护的权利共同决定。基于此,国际社会已经制定了相关的一系列国际准则,对其作出了系统性的明确规定。我国不应降低完全负刑事责任年龄,应进一步分别提高并细化相对不负刑事责任年龄和减轻刑事责任年龄,明确规定对犯罪的未成年人不应适用无期徒刑。

Minors age of criminal responsibility system is significant in the juvenile criminal justice. The rights of minors should be criminal responsibility of minors subject to special protection and joint decision. Based on these, the international community has developed a series of international standards related to its explicit provisions systemic. In our country, age of criminal responsibility should be lowered completely negative, respectively, should further improve and refine the relative age of not criminally responsible and to reduce the age of criminal responsibility, clearly defined crimes against minors should not apply to life imprisonment.