CHINAUS AFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
China\Politics

Key changes to China's judicial system since 2012

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-07-28 09:47
Key changes to China's judicial system since 2012

Juvenile offenders sit for a round table hearing at a juvenile court in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/Xinhua]

6. Advancing criminal procedure reform

In October 2016, China issued guidelines on criminal procedure reform and the role of court trials in a bid to reduce wrongful convictions.

The guidelines issued by the supreme court and supreme procuratorate, along with the ministries of public security, state security and justice, seek to improve criminal procedure by enhancing the court's role in fact finding, identifying evidence, protecting rights and impartial judgment.

The 21-clause document stresses the presumption of innocence, identifies several major problems in the current litigation system, puts forward a package of changes to the rules of evidence and investigation, and sets out the court's key role as protecting the rights of all interested parties.

BACK TO THE TOP
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US