儿童性侵害的法治思考

Thoughts on Sexual Assault from a Legal Perspective

中国当代社会生活中的女性未成年人性侵害案件呈现高发、频发势态,被侵害对象多为偏远地区的中小学生,犯罪群体多为公职人员。这类犯罪形态不仅表现出我们社会道德水准的滑落,也反映我们当前法制体系的缺失。结合国际社会在惩治儿童性侵害犯罪方面的法制经验,我们在贯彻"依法治国"的精神时,应当思考中国环境下的儿童性侵害特征,在行政、立法、司法、普法、教育和家教等方面提出严格要求,因地制宜、与时俱进地改进相关方面的工作,建立可追责的行政、司法考评机制,以法治思维对待儿童性侵害犯罪及其司法应对中的欠缺,创造性的探索司法应对和改进举措,通过有效惩罚和预防儿童性侵害犯罪而逐步完善中国特色的法治文明。

Sexual assault to underage females in modern Chinese society occurs more frequently. This happens mostly in remote areas and is committed in general by public servants. Such crimes reflect not only moral decline in society but also the failure of our legal system. With reference to legal experience of the international community in terms of punishing child sexual assault, we should take into consideration the features of child sexual assault in the Chinese environment while we implement 'the rule of law'. We should be strict with related administration, legislation, justice, legal education, family education, etc. Our work should also be flexible according to various circumstances and keep pace with the times so that administrative and judicial evaluation mechanisms with account ability will be established. This means treating child sexual assault from a legal perspective, finding loopholes in our judicial system and exploring and reforming judicial measures. In this way, we can effectively punish and prevent child sexual assault crimes and gradually improve the rule of law with Chinese characteristics.