The revised Criminal Procedure Law makes great progress in human rights protection. The progress includes the following aspects: the insertion of "respecting and protecting human rights" into the general principles of the Law; stipulating that no person may be forced to prove his own guilt; requiring police to make audio and video recordings of interrogations; establishing exclusionary rule and its application procedure; improving the compulsory measures to ensure the freedom of the suspects against arbitrary deprivation; extending the scope of legal aid and improving the system of advocacy; improving the trial procedures to guarantee the right to a fair trial for the defendants; establishing the Procedures for Juvenile Criminal Cases and Procedures for Involuntary Medical Treatment of Mental Patients Legally Exempted from Criminal Liability.
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