A reporter asked at the meeting: Recently, some places have explored information disclosure, and some places have tried to "prohibit employment" for criminals who infringe on minors. What is the specific practice? What's the effect? What is the Supreme People's Procuratorate's attitude towards these practices? Can you introduce it in detail?
Shi Weizhong introduced that in 20 15, China's Criminal Law Amendment (IX) stipulated: "If a person is sentenced for taking advantage of his occupation to commit a crime or for violating a specific obligation required by his occupation, the people's court may, according to the crime situation and the need to prevent recidivism, prohibit him from engaging in related occupations from the date of completion of punishment or the date of parole for a period of three to five years." Since the amendment came into effect, local procuratorial organs have applied this provision in many cases of crimes against minors, put forward sentencing suggestions to the court, and prohibited defendants from engaging in occupations closely related to minors, which has played a positive role in effectively preventing some criminals from committing crimes again.
Shi Weizhong pointed out that there are many occupations and institutions in close contact with minors, and how to effectively implement this system still needs continuous practice and improvement. Many local procuratorial organs are actively practicing in this regard.
Shi Weizhong, for example, said that the Minhang District Procuratorate of Shanghai, together with the district comprehensive management office, public security, courts, education, civil affairs and other departments, formulated the Measures for Restricting Employment of Offenders of Sexual Assault (for Trial Implementation), which blacklisted criminals who committed rape, indecency, organized, forced prostitution, lured, sheltered or introduced minors into prostitution, and blacklisted educational units engaged in minors' services in this district.
In addition, the Procuratorate of Cixi City, Zhejiang Province, together with relevant departments, promulgated the Measures for Information Disclosure of Juvenile Offenders (Trial) and established an information registration database. The procuratorate, the court and the public security bureau of Huaiyin District, Huai 'an City, Jiangsu Province jointly formulated the system of prohibiting juvenile offenders from employment and information disclosure. At present, the information disclosure system is applicable in both places.
Shi Weizhong said that the application of information disclosure system is beneficial to make up for some shortcomings of employment prohibition system and employment inquiry system. From this perspective, it is a positive exploration to disclose the information of criminals who sexually assaulted minors. However, because this practice involves some sensitive issues such as protecting children and guaranteeing the basic rights of criminals, there are still some different understandings in practice and theory, which need a mature system to guarantee, so further exploration and summary are needed.
Shi Weizhong pointed out that the Supreme People's Procuratorate is very concerned about the above exploration, and will strengthen research guidance and promote some mature practices in due course.