Legal Protection For Child Victims Sexual Violence (Study of the Law Enforcement Process in Juvenile Justice)

Legal Protection, Children, Victims, Sexual Violence

Abstract

Child protection is all activities to guarantee and protect children and their rights so that they can live, grow, develop, and participate optimally in accordance with their human dignity, and receive protection from violence and discrimination. Based on the results of the research, it is known that the legal regulation of criminal acts of sexual violence against children is regulated in Article 76E of Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection that everyone is prohibited from committing violence or threats of violence, forcing, using trickery, carrying out a series of lies, or persuading children to commit or allow indecent acts to be committed. Law enforcement against criminal acts of sexual violence against children is subject to sanctions based on Article 82 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 76E of Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection with criminal sanctions in the form of imprisonment for a minimum of 5 (five) years and a maximum of 15 (fifteen) years, and a maximum fine of IDR 5,000,000,000 (five) billion rupiah)