公民请愿权基本问题研究

请愿权是公民所享有的一项基本政治权利,广泛性、强制性、公共性及参与性是其基本特征。在现代社会,请愿权具有重要的宪政价值,已经为越来越多的国家宪法和一些国际人权公约所确认。请愿权入宪不仅对我国当前的改革、发展与稳定有着特殊意义,而且还具有现实的可能性。为此,我国应当在宪法典中明确承认请愿权概念,并制定专门法律,规范请愿权的行使。

The Fundamental Problems of the Citizens' Right to Petition

The right to petition constitutes one of the basic rights all the citizens enjoy, characterized by such essential traits as extension, compulsion, popularity as well as participation. In contemporary society, the right to petition entails a vital constitutional value being affirmed by increasing constitutions in different countries and international conventions on the human rights. The right to petition being enacted in constitution of China is not merely essentially signified in our reform, development and stability in China at present, but also has possible reality. Hence, the concept of the right to petition should be legitimized and specific regulations should be set to promise the right to petition in our constitution.