摘要：刑事诉讼中的有效辩护原则已成为刑事司法国际准则的一部分。现行刑事诉讼法在辩护制度方面与之存在的较大差距，是司法实践中难以形成真正有效辩护的原因之一。尽管1996年《刑事诉讼法》做了较大修改，但是，由于立法本身还是存在许多缺陷，导致司法实践中律师辩护日益萎缩，极大地制约了辩护功能的发挥。我们应当具体分析这些差距，对刑事诉讼法进行有针对性的完善，保障律师充分参与刑事诉讼过程，以利于在我国真正实现有效辩护。

关键词：有效辩护 国际刑事司法准则 立法缺陷

Abstract: The principles of effective defense of criminal procedure have become part of international standards of criminal justice. Defense systems in the existing Code of Criminal Procedure with which a wide gap exists, it is difficult to form judicial practice really effective defense of one of the reasons. Although the 1996 "Code of Criminal Procedure” made ​​a big change, but because the legislation itself or the existence of many defects, lead counsel in judicial practice shrinking greatly restricted the defense of its functions. We should be specific analysis of these gaps, be targeted on improving the Criminal Procedure Law to protect the lawyers to participate fully in criminal proceedings, in order to facilitate truly effective in the defense of our country.

Key words: Effective defense, International Criminal Justice Standards, Legislative Defects