THE URGENCY OF REGULATIONS REGARDING PLANNING FOR SERIOUS ABUSE OF CHILDREN IS RELATED TO THE CHILD PROTECTION LAW (Case Study of Criminal Cases Court Decision Number: 298/Pid.B/2023/PN Jkt. Sel)

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.