作者：王新清
作者介绍：中国青年政治学院教授
出版日期：2014年10月9日
内容提要 我国《刑事诉讼法》有 20 个条文规定了当事人的监护人、近亲属、法定代 理人可以在刑事诉讼中陪同当事人在场、陈述意见、代替当事人为一定诉讼行为，帮助当事 人防御或攻击，维护其合法权益。这些规定与代理、辩护不同，但它们属于什么制度，刑事 诉讼法并没有明确。本文认为，按照这些条文的实际作用，应当将它们整合为“刑事当事人 辅助制度”。这个制度与德、日和台湾地区的“刑事辅佐制度”，是性质相近但内容不同的 制度。刑事诉讼当事人需要辅助，仅有辩护和代理制度是不够的。在实践中应当把刑事诉 讼法规定的对当事人辅助的内容落到实处; 刑事诉讼法应当确立刑事辅助制度，明确辅助 人的诉讼参与人地位，规定担任辅助人的条件、程序，科学设定辅助人的权利、义务，把刑事 辅助作为与辩护和代理并列的第三个人权司法保障制度。
关键词 刑事诉讼参与人 刑事辅助 辅助人
Abstract: More than twenty articles in the Criminal Procedure Law of the PＲC stipulate that the litigant may be accompanied by family members，relatives，guardians，or legal representatives of in the criminal procedures． They may present views，implement litigation actions on his behalf，defend him or argue for him，to ensure that the legal rights of the litigant are protected． The stipulations on this are different from the procuration system and advocacy system，but the Criminal Procedure Law of the PＲC does not give a specific name for it． Thus，in this article，the author argues that the rights of litigant’s representatives should be integrated into a system of litigant assistance according to the roles that these articles play． Such a system of litigant assistance differs from prevalent systems in Germany， Japan and Taiwan Ｒegion of China，although they are broadly similar in nature． The criminal litigant needs assistance，but the existing system of criminal procuration and system of criminal advocacy do not offer such assistance．