证人拒绝作证制度是现代法治国家一项重要的法律制度,是证人出庭作证原则的例外规定。当前,世界各国普遍确立了拒证权制度,而我国的刑事诉讼法却长期没有这一制度的相关规定。本文试图以证人拒证权制度的价值理念探讨为起点,对我国的确立拒绝作证权的社会条件进行了简要的概括性分析,阐述证人拒绝作证制度在我国可以确立并存在的合理性及必要性。确立证人拒绝作证制度是完善我国证据法律制度,加强对证人人权保护,推动社会主义法治化进程的重要举措。 Witness refusal to testify system is an important legal system in modern law-governed countries and an exception to the principle that witnesses appear in court to testify. At present, all countries in the world have generally established the system of the right of refusing to testify, but our country’s criminal procedure law has no relevant provisions of this system for a long time. This article attempts to discuss the value concept of the system of witness’s right of refusing to give a brief summary of the social conditions in our country to establish the right of refusing to give evidence and explain the rationality and necessity of the system of witness’s refusal to testify in our country . Establishing the system of witness refusing to testify is an important measure to perfect the legal system of evidence in our country, strengthen the protection of witnesses’ human rights and promote the legalization of socialism.