面对死刑的人的诉讼权利的保障

面对死刑的人,在检察机关提起公诉前后分别称为“犯罪嫌疑人”和“被告人”。合法、充分保障面对死刑的人的诉讼权利,是有效限制死刑适用的重要方面。我国《刑事诉讼法》对面对死刑的人的诉讼权利保障规定得较为系统,在有些方面已达到国际标准,但在另一些方面还存在差距。为了保障面对死刑的人的人权,需进一步从获知权、辩护权、无罪推定、沉默权等方面加以完善。

Ensuring the Procedural Rights of the Person Facing Death Penalty

The person facing death penalty, called "the criminal suspect" and "the defendant" respectively before and after being launched public prosecution by prosecutorial organization. Legally and fully ensuring the procedural rights of the person facing death penalty is very important to limit the using of death penalty effectively. Criminal Procedural Law regulates systematic procedural rights for the person facing death penalty, and some of them have reached the international standards, but others not. In order to ensure the human rights of the person facing death penalty, many aspects such as the right to inquire, right of defense, presumption of innocence, right to muteness and so on should be further perfected.