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VOL. 9, ISSUE 1 (2023)
Legal protection of the victims of sexual violence crime based on perspective of Indonesian positive criminal law
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Muhammad Azil Maskur, Eta Yuni Lestari, Nurofik, Rifqi Ariq Nadhif
Abstract
The phenomenon of sexual violence cases is one of the serious social problems that the Indonesian Government must address. The reason is that cases of sexual violence are still common in the community, even in the campus environment, a campus that should be a safe place to study can become a place for sexual violence to occur. The handling of sexual violence cases every year always gets more attention from various circles of society. The majority of victims of sexual violence are women and children. In Indonesia, regulations governing sexual violence are regulated in various laws. The purpose of this study is to find out how the legal protection of victims of criminal acts of sexual violence is based on the perspective of Indonesia's positive criminal law. The result of the study indicates that the legal protection of victims of sexual violence based on the perspective of positive Indonesian criminal law is carried out by the existence of various legal rules to deal with sexual violence both in the Criminal Code and various other laws. Among them are Law on Child Protection, Law on the Elimination of Violence, Law on Eradication of the Crime of Human Trafficking, Law on Electronic Information and Transactions, Regulation of Minister of Education and Culture No. 31 of 2021 on the Handling and Prevention of Sexual Violence Cases (PPKS) and Electronic Transactions, and Law no. 12 of 2022 on the Sexual Violence Crime (UU TPKS).
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Pages:44-48
How to cite this article:
Muhammad Azil Maskur, Eta Yuni Lestari, Nurofik, Rifqi Ariq Nadhif "Legal protection of the victims of sexual violence crime based on perspective of Indonesian positive criminal law". International Journal of Law, Vol 9, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 44-48
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