Ningxia's "one-stop" inquiry mechanism avoids minor injuries
□ Reporter Shen Dong
The number of cases of infringement of minors has been increasing year by year, and the characteristics of aging of minor victims have become prominent. How can we avoid repeated and improper inquiries that cause secondary harm to minor victims? A few days ago, in the case of the Dawukou District Procuratorate of Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the public security organ promptly notified the procuratorate to intervene in advance to guide the investigation and obtain evidence. The prosecutor conducted psychological counseling to the victim at the same time and actively contacted the school to transfer the victim to school. To his hometown and revoke his father ’s guardianship in accordance with law.
"Public and prosecution two" one-stop "inquiries, plus through two psychological counseling, help to minimize the psychological trauma of the victim." May 30, the prosecutor who handled the case told reporters . Since 2017, the hospital has been involved in 25 cases of sexual assault in advance. In the implementation of the "No. 1 Prosecution Proposal", the two-level procuratorial organs of Shizuishan City promoted the establishment of a "one-stop" case handling mechanism in the city's public security organs that integrates minor victims' questioning, biological sample extraction, physical examination and psychological counseling To avoid and reduce "secondary injury" caused by repeated contact with minor victims.
The mechanism innovation of the two-level procuratorate of Shizuishan City is the epitome of the Ningxia procuratorate's implementation of the "No. 1 Prosecutorial Recommendation".
At a news conference held by the People's Procuratorate of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on May 28, Li Guilan, deputy prosecutor of the Ningxia Procuratorate, said that the procuratorate of the whole district severely punished crimes of sexual assault against minors such as rape and indecent children with a zero tolerance attitude. From November 2018 to April 2020, a total of 166 207 persons were arrested for sexual assault against minors and 219 were prosecuted for 176 cases. Actively caring for and assisting minor victims of sexual abuse, a total of 1.009 million yuan in judicial assistance was paid to victims in distress, and 35 psychological counseling sessions were conducted. Strengthen the supervision of criminal litigation, supervise and file two cases of sexual assault against minors. The public security organ should file a case but not file a case, and file a protest against three cases of sexual assault with minor sentencing. Change sentence.
In order to promote the implementation of the "No. 1 Prosecutorial Proposal", the procuratorial organs of the region formulated 24 relevant systems and measures, led or promoted the convening of 40 seminars and joint meetings to implement the No. 1 Procuratorial Proposal, and established 43 sound systems for preventing sexual assault . Wuzhong City, Tongxin County, Yanchi County, Hongsibao District and other procuratorates invited the party committees and governments at the same level to issue special documents for the implementation of the "No. 1 Prosecution Recommendation". With the leadership of the party committee and government support, various functional departments and the whole society have formed Jointly implement the good situation of "No. 1 Procuratorial Recommendation". The Yinchuan City Procuratorate invited the Municipal Party Committee Political and Legal Committee to organize 11 units including the Municipal Public Security Bureau to establish a social linkage mechanism for preventing and punishing sexual assaults against minors, and established a working agency for minors to recruit staff. Personnel and units with special duties such as guardianship, medical treatment, and other systems that found minors to be sexually assaulted during their performance of duties have effectively curbed the rising trend of cases of sexual assault on minors across the campus.
The focus of the implementation of the "No. 1 Procuratorial Recommendation" no longer remains at the level of preventing sexual assault in schools, but extends to the prevention of all crimes against minors. In the past two years, the procuratorial organs in the district have actively carried out activities such as safety supervision and inspection around the campus, and issued 78 procuratorial suggestions of various types to prevent sexual assaults to the relevant departments, in order to eliminate potential safety hazards that may cause sexual assaults.
The reporter learned in the interview that in response to the requirements of the "one-stop" case handling mechanism and the characteristics of minor cases, in May 2018, the Shiwushan District Procuratorate and the Dawukou District Public Security Bureau fully communicated and took the lead in the whole. The district establishes a "one-stop" inquiry and handling place with reasonable layout and warm style. Up to now, the public security organs in Huinong District of Shizuishan City and Pingluo County have established a "one-stop" inquiry and handling place.
In order to protect the privacy of minor victims, the Dawukou District Procuratorate also strengthened contact with public security organs and hospitals, signed confidentiality agreements, avoided information disclosure, and regulated the extraction of evidence. Wang Yan told reporters that in terms of psychological counseling to minor victims, it often takes many developments to achieve results. "According to this situation, our hospital formulates individualized support measures and precise measures according to individual cases, and requires psychological counselors to carry out targeted psychological counseling to prevent them from being hurt again and ensure the implementation of judicial protection."
The “one-stop” case handling mechanism for “sexual assault cases for minors established by the Dawukou District Procuratorate and the public security organs” has a significant effect on improving the quality of sexual assault cases and caring for and assisting minor victims. The autonomous region ’s procuratorate should sum up experience and practices and work with the public security Departments, health and health committees and other departments have established a "one-stop" inquiry and rescue mechanism. At the Ningxia Provincial Procuratorate Minor Procuratorial Work Conference held recently, Ningxia Procuratorate Procurator Shi Xialian promised to the NPC deputies and CPPCC members present.
At a press conference on May 28, Li Guilan said: "To avoid and reduce 'secondary harm' to minor victims, we will work hard to promote the early involvement of prosecution authorities in cases of sexual assault against minors. The public security organ inquired about the victim's full coverage of simultaneous audio and video recordings. "
This year, the Ningxia procuratorial organ will also take the lead in working with relevant units to formulate compulsory reports infringing the rights and interests of minors, and working mechanisms such as employment restrictions and inquiries on the employment of persons who violate the law and commit crimes against minors. "For example, the on-the-job inquiry system, that is, employers that are in close contact with minors in the industry should review whether there is a crime of sexual assault and criminality of the person to be hired, and if it is found that there is a criminal record of sexual assault, it should not be hired. Promote Relying on the information system of criminal offenders, establish a region-wide information database of sexual assault and criminal offences, and enter the information of sexual assault and criminal offenders. "Li Guilan said.