The Fulfillment of the Rights of Deaf People to Obtaining Sign Language Interpreters at Religious Practices in Indonesia: A Law and Human Rights Perspective

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.200321.036How to use a DOI?

Keywords

deaf people, worship facilities, rights fulfillment, communication accessibility

Abstract

the current development nowadays has provided lots of conveniences for everyone to access everything they need, including religious needs. At present days, even Persons with Disabilities can fulfill their religious needs as easily as those of normal people’s. However, that is not the case for all Persons with Disabilities. Deaf people, for instance, currently have almost no places of worship such as mosques, churches, and others that provide facilitators/volunteers acting as sign language interpreters to interpret the content of lectures or sermons from religious leaders (priests, pastors, etc.). So that there is a need for a policy that accommodates at least every relatively large place of worship to provide a facilitator to interpret the content of lectures or sermons for deaf people. This study will use a normative juridical method that uses primary legal materials such as literature studies, and secondary data such as interviews and field research in the areas of Jakarta, Bandung, and Medan. This study aims to provide views and recommendations to the government as an organizer of public services to meet the needs of deaf people in obtaining worship facilities, especially in terms of understanding the content of lectures, sermons, or other worship activities related to the sense of hearing.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Alya Syafira
AU  - Heru Susetyo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/27
TI  - The Fulfillment of the Rights of Deaf People to Obtaining Sign Language Interpreters at Religious Practices in Indonesia: A Law and Human Rights Perspective
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Law and Governance (ICLAVE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 267
EP  - 272
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200321.036
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200321.036
ID  - Syafira2020
ER  -