我国刑事诉讼专家辅助人制度之完善

Perfection of Criminal Litigation Expert Assistant System in China

我国《刑事诉讼法》在2013年即确立了专家辅助人(具有专门知识的人员)出庭作证制度。但规定较为简略,故实践中面临许多问题,例如专家辅助人的角色定位模糊、资格认定缺乏规定、专家辅助人出庭程序及相关权利义务尚不明确等。对此,应从以下方面加以完善:一是应当明确专家辅助人的诉讼地位,将其纳入诉讼参与人范畴;二是应当设置专家辅助人资格认定标准,对于“具有专门知识”的要求不宜作出过于宽泛的解释,但相对于鉴定人的资质来说,专家辅助人的要求可以更为灵活;三是应当完善专家辅助人出庭程序及规则,关于专家辅助人出庭的时机、申请的程序等具体程序性问题应当有明确规定。

Expert assistants testifying in court system was established by the Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China in 2013,which is with some problems in practice because of relatively simple regulations,such as fuzzy location of the expert assistant,lack of qualifications,the unclear procedure,rights and obligations for the expert assistant testifying in court.The litigation status of expert assistants should be clarified,including them in the category of litigation participants.Standards for expert assistants qualification should be set with reasonable interpretation of expertise and with more flexible requirements than appraiser qualification.Court appearance procedures and rules for expert assistants should be improved,clearly regulating some specific procedures such as timing,application,and so on.