我国《刑事诉讼法》中关于未成年人作证制度的规定探究

Provisions About Minor Witness Testimony System in the Criminal Procedure Law of the PRC

近年来,随着刑事案件类型复杂性的不断升级,未成年证人在刑事侦查与审判中的作用日益凸显,未成年证人具有易被暗示、表述能力有限、敏感度低等特点,与普通证人存在较大区别。目前我国刑事诉讼中对未成年人的规定和研究较为欠缺,呈现出作证资格不明确、程序缺位、保护制度不健全等问题。因此,有必要进一步完善未成年人作证制度的规定。借鉴域外先进立法技术与刑事程序经验,我国应从明确未成年人作证资格、完善未成年人作证程序和合理运用证据补强规则三个方面来落实以审判为中心的刑事审判制度改革,实现对未成年人作证权利的完满保护。

In recent years,with the inereasing complexity of criminal cases,the role of minor witnesses in criminal investigation and trial has become increasingly prominent.The minor witnesses have the characteristics of being easily implied,limited ability to express themselves and low sensitivity,which is quite different from the lay witness.At present,the regulations and researches on minors in crimi-nal proceedings in our country are very deficient,which present some problems such as unclear testifying qualification,lack of procedures,unsound protection system and so on.Therefore,it is necessary to further improve the provisions of the minor testifing system.Drawing on the foreign advanced legislative technology and the criminal procedure experience,China should clarify the qualifications of minors to testi-fy,perfect the procedures of minors to testify and reasonably apply hence relizing the rules of evidence reinforcement to implement the re-form of the trial-centered criminal system,hence realizing the full protection of minors’right to testify.