內容摘要：犯罪嫌疑人的沉默權是指犯罪嫌疑人在刑事訴訟過程中在接受警察訊問時，有保持沉默或拒不回答的權利。沉默權是現代法治國家為犯罪嫌疑人、被告人設立的一項基本權利。沉默權起源于“人無義務控告自己”這句古老的法律語言，在英國首先確立了法律上的沉默權制度。隨后，美國等許多西方國家移植了沉默權制度，聯合國《公民權利和政治權利國際公約》對此也作出了明確規定。我國是否確立沉默權制度，在理論界和司法界產生了激烈的討論，筆者認為我國應該設立沉默權制度，因為沉默權制度是對人的高度尊重，也是維護司法公正的有力屏障。

關鍵詞：沉默權 無罪推定 司法公正 人權保障 

Abstract: The right to silence is that a criminal suspect, a defendant has the right of hushing or refusing to answer when he has been interrogation or trial. The right of silence is a fundamental right that modern law-ruled countries setting up for criminal suspects and defendants. The right of silence is the important sign of procedure justice and civilized judiciary. The right of silence has come from the ancient legal maxim that no person charged themselves with their obligations. England had firstly established right to silence system which was in legal sense. Subsequently, USA and a lot of Western countries had transplanted right of silence system. United Nations” International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” had also made clear stipulation to this. Whether our country sould established the right of silence ， theoretical circles and judicial circles have produced fierce argument. The author thinks that  our country ought to establish the right of silent system because the right to silent system is highly respected for the people，and it is a strong barrier for safeguard judicial. 

Key words: the right to silence    presumption of innocence         procedural justice    protection of human rights