Policies and Formulations of Legal Protection for Children against Violations of Children's Rights

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the policies and formulations of criminal law in tackling street children who commit crimes. The lack of realization of the state's responsibility for neglected children is due to the fact that the government system has not been running properly, and there is no strong desire from the government to take care of neglected children. The research uses a normative juridical approach (socio-legal research) as the basis for describing ideas. The results of this study are the obstacles that occur in the protection of the rights of Indonesian children, especially against street children who commit criminal acts, including: The implementation of law enforcement itself; this concerns the ability of law enforcement officers, supporting facilities and infrastructure, government programs have not been fully able to realize effectively considering the level of the economic capacity of most Indonesian people is still low, lack of public knowledge, especially parents about children's rights, lack of understanding and related agencies and the community about the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, Coordination between social and government organizations as well as between organizations relatively less social and cross-sectoral and international cooperation is not well established.