Analysis On The System Of Human Rights Protection Of Criminal Suspects And Defendants

The purpose of criminal proceedings is the punishing the crime, protecting the human rights, and accomplishing the judicial justice. Protecting the human rights is the aim, punishing the crime is the measure. Protecting the human rights is the core. This is the inevitable requirement of the modern human rights development and the development direction of criminal litigation system in the world. In2004, the constitutional amendment added a paragraph:"The state respects and protects the human rights". It has the profound influence on our country human rights protection, especially on the protection of human rights in criminal proceedings. In criminal proceedings, the amount of rights and the status which the state gives to suspect and defendants is the measure of democracy. At present, China’s human rights protect system of criminal suspects and defendants still needs to be further improved. This paper reviews the present situation and the main problems on human rights protection of the criminal suspects and defendants through the provision of the current law. In the framework of China’s current legislation, this paper also puts forward the legal system which protects the human rights of criminal suspects and defendants through the investigation of several typical countries legal system. Moreover, it can promote the development of human rights in our country to a certain extent.