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VOL. 10, ISSUE 1 (2024)
Legal protection efforts by the Indonesian child protection commission for victims of child grooming crimes on social media
Authors
Laila Pitri, Iskandar A Gani, Ria Fitri
Abstract
Every child has the right to obtain protection from all forms of
violence, whether physical, mental, neglect, ill-treatment and sexual
harassment while in the care of their parents or guardians, or any other party
who is responsible for their care. childcare. This is in line with what has
been determined in Article 58 Paragraph (1) of Law No. 39 of 1999 concerning
Human Rights. But now the emergence of technology in the form of social media has had
a negative impact on children's lives. This is marked by the emergence of new
cyber/online-based sexual crimes with various modus operandi that continue to
target children. One of the new cyber/online-based sexual crimes committed
through social media is child grooming. Children are potential victims of child
grooming crimes because they tend to be easily manipulated and exploited.
Considering that the number of victims continues to increase every year,
children as victims of child grooming crimes should receive special protection
from the state. This research aims to answer and explain legal issues regarding
legal protection by the Indonesian Child Protection Commission for victims of
child grooming crimes in social media. The research method
used in this research is a normative legal research method (not empirical legal
research), namely legal research carried out by researching, studying and
examining library materials (Library Research) with the help of primary data or
empirical data as data. support that is closely related to this research. Until
now there is no provision in the child protection law that specifically and
explicitly regulates the crime of child grooming. The child
protection law cannot provide legal protection for child victims of child
grooming and ensnare the perpetrators of these crimes. The legal protection of
the Indonesian Child Protection Commission institution is carried out by
increasing the effectiveness of overcoming child grooming crimes through child
protection laws, discretionary policies, repressive law enforcement, increasing
the effectiveness of protection, handling cases, increasing public awareness,
cooperation with the police and other related institutions. Although currently
in Indonesia there are no special regulations governing child grooming, Article
76E of Law No. 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection and Article 27 paragraph
(1) of Law No. 19 of 2016 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions
can be used as an effort to provide legal protection for child victims of
grooming crimes.
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Pages:102-105
How to cite this article:
Laila Pitri, Iskandar A Gani, Ria Fitri "Legal protection efforts by the Indonesian child protection commission for victims of child grooming crimes on social media". International Journal of Law, Vol 10, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 102-105
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