The Rights Of Criminal Witness Protection

Witness testimony is a universal evidence in the criminal procedure. Since witness testimony comes from the witness, the witness has a certain status in the criminal procedure. The safeguard system for witness rights came into being on the basis of the protection for victim rights from 1960s to the middle of 1980s .The problem of the safeguard system for witness rights has been paid attention to by our country 's law circle . Now we know it is an incontrovertible fact that witnesses refuse to bear witness in the criminal procedure. The author thinks that the main cause for the fact is that there are no effective safeguards and protective measures for witness rights. The paper firstly sets forth the concept and the range of criminal witness and his legitimacy. Secondly, principles for the establishment of our country 's safeguard system for witness rights are put forward by using other countries' safeguard system for witness rights for reference and analyzing existent problems of our country 's present safeguard system for witness rights .Finally , the assumption to perfect our country 's safeguard system for witness rights is brought forward from aspects of the establishment of safeguard systems for witness rights and witness property , the establishment of refusal and immunity for witnesses to testify and the establishment of witness rights to testify by law .