沉默权是无罪推定原则的重要内容。在刑事诉讼中,告知犯罪嫌疑人、被告人沉默权已成为国际社会的一种共识。沉默权最突出的优点是有利于防止刑讯逼供,它是司法文明的标志,也是司法程序正义的必然要求。随着社会文明程度的进一步提高,我国现行刑事诉讼法规定的“拒绝回答权”与“沉默权”接轨的日期已不会很遥远了。 The right to silence is an important element of the principle of presumption of innocence. In criminal proceedings, it has become a consensus of the international community to inform the criminal suspects and defendants of the right to silence. The most prominent advantage of the right to silence is that it helps to prevent torture, which is a sign of judicial civilization and an inevitable requirement of justice in judicial proceedings. With the further improvement of social civilization, the date of the “refusal to answer” and the “right to silence” stipulated in the current Criminal Procedural Law in our country will not be far off.