《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》第14条规定 :“受刑事追诉的人不得强迫作不利于自己的证言 ,或者强迫承认有罪”。这就是现代法治国家普遍强调并遵循的“任何人不受强迫自证其罪”之原则 ,由此延伸出沉默权。随着加入WTO的临近 ,我国的法律制度、司法活动也不可能超然地游离于国际普遍规则之外 ,在我国实行沉默权制度势在必行。为此 ,必须改革我国的刑事讯问工作 ,如设置沉默权告知程序 ,加强对讯问工作的监督和控制等。 Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides that: “Persons subject to criminal prosecution shall not be forced to testify against themselves or to confess guilt.” This is the principle that “nobody from being forced to self-incrimination” has been generally emphasized and followed by modern rule of law, thus extending the right of silence. With the imminent accession to the WTO, it is impossible for our country’s legal system and judicial activities to be detached beyond the universal rules of the world. It is imperative to implement the system of the right to silence in our country. Therefore, it is necessary to reform our country’s criminal interrogation work, such as setting up a procedure for notifying the right to silence and strengthening the supervision and control of the interrogation work.