宪法诉愿制度是个人通过宪法程序寻求基本权利救济的有效形式之一,是扩大公民基本权保障的近代宪政史发展的历史产物。它具有人权保障功能、公权力制约功能、维护社会共同体价值功能、补充性功能以及教育功能。从总体的发展趋势看,宪法诉愿制度将围绕人权保障与宪法秩序的维护不断扩大其功能范围。 The constitutional petition system is one of the effective forms for the individual to seek for the relief of the basic rights through the constitutional procedure and is the historical product of the development of the modern constitutional history that expands the protection of the citizen’s basic rights. It has the human rights protection function, the public power control function, the maintenance of the social community value function, complementary functions and educational functions. Judging from the overall trend of development, the constitutional petition system will continuously expand its functional scope around the safeguard of human rights protection and constitutional order.