사회 변화에 따른 증인신문절차에 대한 연구 -영상 증인신문절차의 확대를 위한 법령 개정을 중심으로-

Recently, due to COVID-19, we are in the process of experiencing major changes in our society and in the trial culture. No matter what the situation, the people’s right to seek trial must be guaranteed, so trial work must continue. Now, it is necessary to move away from face-to-face trials and actively utilize video trials, and to make legal and institutional arrangements so that video trials can move forward as a complementary system rather than a supplementary or exceptional system to face-to-face trials. As a review of this, this paper first summarizes the progress of enactment and revision of Korean laws related to video trials, etc. and whether there is a conflict with existing trial principles when introducing video trials, etc., based on the assumption that video trials, etc. do not infringe on civil trial principles. Narrawed down to video interrogation procedures, a revision of the law was proposed as an improvement plan to promote the actual revitalization of. In particular, in order to actively utilize video interrogation procedures out of video trials, there is a need to abolish special law, grant parties the right to apply for video interrogation procedures, the need to clarify regulations to enable video interrogation of witnesses residing abroad, and the space where video trials will take place. We suggested the need to prepare ancillary procedures to ensure fairness in the procedure. In a situation where we may face more rapid social changes than now, do not miss the opportunity for improvement and overcome each stage in each situation to secure the advantages of video trials such as convenience, efficiency, while establishing appropriate standards to overcome the limitations of civil trials. There is a need to transform work into a more advanced form and establish a system that guarantees the people’s right to seek justice.