Abstract:
With the increasing number of crime cases in Indonesia, especially those
involving children such as planned crimes of serious abuse, public concern
is increasing. Therefore, it is very important to have strong regulations that
specifically protect children's rights in these types of cases. Based on the
context above, the problem that will be raised in this research is to find out
why Article 76 C in conjunction with Article 80 paragraph (2) of Law Number
35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning
Child Protection is not applied in cases. The crime of planning serious abuse
with child victims in decision number: 298/Pid.B/2023/PN Jkt.Sel. This
research uses a normative-juridical research method that relies on library
sources and does not involve direct data collection. Cases of planning serious
abuse involving child victims received a lot of public attention and reaction
as reported by the mass media. However, there has been no specific study that
focuses on aspects of the Child Protection Law for child victims planning
serious abuse. The result of this research is a revision of Article 76 C in
conjunction with Article 80 paragraph (2) of the Child Protection Law to
include serious abuse plans to provide more effective protection for children
who are victims.
