Legal Protection for Children Who Experience Sexual Violence and Exploitation

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10.2991/978-2-38476-325-2_22How to use a DOI?

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Child Protection; Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Abstract

A child is someone who is not yet eighteen years old, including children who are still in the womb. Every child has the right to receive a decent living and protection and to be able to grow and develop optimally. According to data from the National Commission for Child Protection, it shows that there will be 3,547 cases of child violence in 2023 and the most cases are cases of sexual violence with 1,915 cases, the second are cases of physical violence with 985 cases and in third place are cases of psychological violence with 674 cases. This research aims to find out what forms of legal protection exist for children who experience sexual violence and exploitation. The crime of sexual exploitation of children is different from the crime of sexual violence against children, both in the form of the case and its handling. The number of victims of criminal acts of sexual exploitation of children is very large and this criminal act can cause deep feelings of trauma, therefore as a form of protection for child victims, restitution and rehabilitation can be provided. This research is a type of library research, namely research that uses literature that is appropriate to the problem being studied as a data source. Several preventive steps must be taken to reduce the level of sexual violence and exploitation of children, including designing programs for perpetrators of sexual violence where perpetrators must be responsible for their actions and determine appropriate punishments for perpetrators, providing education to prevent sexual violence such as reproductive health education, socialization regarding sexually transmitted diseases and education about self-protection from sexual violence and exploitation. The role of the government and parents is very much needed in handling and preventing sexual violence and exploitation of children. Concrete cooperation is needed with various parties to be able to work together to combat sexual crimes and exploitation of children.

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AU  - Gilda Pratiwi
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/19
TI  - Legal Protection for Children Who Experience Sexual Violence and Exploitation
BT  - Proceedings of the ASEAN Conference on Sexual Exploitation of Children (ACOSEC 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 194
EP  - 201
SN  - 2352-5398
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