沉默权的发展大致可以分为四个阶段 :消极的沉默权时期、积极的沉默权时期、受限制的沉默权时期、沉默权保障的国际化时期。沉默权的确立与实现刑事诉讼的目的和司法公正、贯彻无罪推定原则、严禁刑讯逼供、尊重人性、履行国际法义务有着内在的联系。因此 ,应该全面把握沉默权的内涵 ,建立有限制的沉默权制度。 The development of the right to silence can be roughly divided into four stages: the period of negative right to silence, the period of positive right to silence, the period of restricted right to silence, and the international period of guarantee of right to silence. The establishment of the right to silence is intrinsically linked with the realization of the purpose of criminal proceedings and judicial impartiality, the principle of presumption of innocence, the prohibition of torture, the respect of human nature and the fulfillment of the obligations of international law. Therefore, we should fully grasp the connotation of the right to silence and establish a limited system of the right to silence.