辩护权三论

On the Right to Defence

辩护权的特征不只是专属性、防御性和绝对性,实际上它具有更广泛的特征,即普遍与至上性、"准公权性"、内容多样性、辩护权行使的二元分立性;辩护权需要有良好的法律保障和政策保障,并且离不开社会生态环境的建设;中国辩护权发展的核心在于国家要切实保障辩护权,建立与国际通例相适应的辩护制度,确立沉默权制度和全面贯彻无罪推定原则。

In addition to exclusiveness, defensiveness and absoluteness, the right to defence has more characteristics, including universality, supremeness, 'sub-public right', variety in content, and dual separateness in practicing the right to defence. The execution of the right to defence requires the guarantee by relevant laws and policies. In China, the core issue in developing the right to defence lies in the national guarantee through establishing the defence system on a par with international conventions, and maintaining the right to silence and the not-guilty presumption.