Legal Protection of Children’s Rights That Have Sexual Harvest Reviewed from Victimology in Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.200513.134How to use a DOI?

Keywords

harassment, sexual, acts, law, victim

Abstract

Under the law, “child sexual abuse” is a general term that describes criminal and civil acts in which adults engage in sexual activity with minors or exploitation of minors for the purpose of sexual satisfaction. The American Psychiatric Association states that “children cannot approve sexual activity with adults”, and condemn such actions by adults: “An adult involved in sexual activity with a child is committing a criminal and immoral act that can never be considered normal or socially acceptable behavior.Child sexual abuse can result in short-term and long-term harm, including psychopathology later on. Its psychological, emotional, physical and social impacts include depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, eating disorders, poor self-esteem, personal identity disorder and anxiety; common psychological disorders such as dogmatization, nerve pain, chronic pain, changes in sexual behavior, school / learning problems; and behavioral problems including drug abuse, self-harm, animal cruelty, adult crime and suicide. The specific character patterns of the symptoms have not been identified and there are several hypotheses in this causality association.The purpose of this study is to find out about the form of legal protection for the rights of children who experience sexual abuse in terms of victim logy in Indonesia. The type of research used is normative legal research, where the approach is taken to look at the legal protection of the rights of children who experience neglect and sexual violence in terms of victim logy in Indonesia. The type of research used is the type of descriptive research. The form of research is normative juridical.Child protection can also be interpreted as all efforts aimed at preventing, rehabilitating, and empowering children who experience (child abused), exploitation and neglect, so as to ensure the survival and growth of children in a natural, physical, mental, and social. Actions that can be done to protect the rights of children who are victims of sexual harassment include providing assistance to children who are victims of sexual violence and participating in monitoring the implementation of child cases at each level of the justice system and providing legal assistance, advocating child abuse. sexually to influence legal processes and policies, take precautions through socialization to the general public and provide assistance in solving the problems of children who have been victims of sexual harassment, and build cooperation with competent relevant parties to solve the problem of children who are victims of sexual violence.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rahmawati
AU  - Hartiwiningsih
AU  - Muhammad Rustamaji
AU  - Sulistiyanta
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/20
TI  - Legal Protection of Children’s Rights That Have Sexual Harvest Reviewed from Victimology in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Law, Economics and Health (ICLEH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 705
EP  - 709
SN  - 2352-5428
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