CHILD PROTECTION
(Law No. 23/2002 dated October 22, 2002)
BY GRACE GOD THE ALMIGHTY
‘THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA,
Considering:
2. that the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia guarantees welfare of every citizen, including child protection which
constitutes human right;
that child is mandate and bless of God the Almighty, wherein status and dignity as the whole human is attached;
., that child is @ sprout, potential and young generation continuing desires of the national struggle, plays strategic role
and have spécific characters and nature that guarantee the continuous existence of the nation and state In the future;
4G. that in order to enable every child to hold the responsibility in the future, the child need to obtain opportunities as wide
as possible to grow and develop optimally, both in physics, mentality and social aspect, and have noble conduct and
efforts to protect as well as to realize child welfare needs to be made by providing guarantee for the fulfilment of their
Fights and non-discriminatary treatmer
. that in order to realize child protection and welfare, institutional support and legislation that can guarantee its imple-
mentation are needed;
f. that various avs have only regulated certain aspects of child and have not yet regulated the whole aspects related to
child protection;
9. that based on the considerations in letters a, b, c, d, e and f, child protection law needs to stipulated;
In view of:
1, Article 20, Article 20 parayravh (1), Article 21, Article 288 paragraph (2) and Article 34 of the Constitution of 1945;
Business News 6855/27-12-2002 2aLaw No. 4/1979 on child welfare (Statute Book of 1979
No, 32, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3143);
Law No. 7/1984 concerning convention on the elimina-
ton of all forms of discrimination against women (Stat-
tute Book of 1984 No. 28, Supplement to Statute Book
No. 3277);
Law No, 3/1977 on child tribunal (Statute Book of 1997
‘No. 3, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3670);
Law No, 20/1999 on ratification of ILO convention No.
138 conceraing minimum age for admission to employ
ent (Statute Book of 1999 No, 56, Supplement to Stat
ute Book No, 3835);
Law No. 39/1999 on human rights (Statute Book of 1999
No, 165, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3886);
Lew No. 1/2000 on ratification of ILO convention No.
182 concerning the prohibition and immediate action
forthe elimination of the worst forms of child labor (Stat-
‘ute Book of 2000 No, 30, Supplement to Statute Book
No. 3941);
With the approval of
‘THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
To stipulate:
‘THE LAW ON CHILD PROTECTION
CHAPTER T
GENERAL PROVISION
Article 1
Referred to in this law as
Giild is someone not yet reaching 18 (eighteen) years
ld, including child stil in uterus,
Child protection ‘is all activities to guarentee and pro-
tect child and their rights s0 as to able to survive, grow,
Gevelop and participate optimally in accordance with the
human status and dignity as well as to obtain protection
from violence and discrimination
. Family isthe smallest unit in the society, consisting of hus
‘band, wife or husband/wife and their child, or father and
her child or mother and her chiki, or family by blood in
straight ine upward or downward up to the third degree.
- Parent is father and/or mother, or step father or foster
father and/or mother.
Custodian Is @ person or agency that in fact exercises
custody power as a parent of child
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. Taniored child is child having hisyher need not fulfilled
Feasonably in both physical, mental, spirtual and social
aspects.
Disabled child is child facing physical and/or tnental
obstacles thus disturbing his/her growth normally
Chilé prodigy is child having extraordinary intelligence
Quotient , or having special potential anc/or talent.
Foster child is child having his/her rights transferred from
the power of his/her legitimate parent/ custodian of other
person responsible for his/her care, education and nur
turing him/her to the family of his/her foster parent on
the basis of a decision or stipulation of the court:
10.Upbringing child is child that someone or an institution
care for giving counseling, maintenance, treatment,
education and medical service because his/her parent
(oF one of his/her parent is unable to guarantee his/her
‘growth normally
11, Upbringing power isthe authority to care, educate, main=
tain, foster, protect, breed child in accordance with his/
her religion, cepability, talent and interest
12.Child right is part of human right which must be quaran-
tend, protectedand fulflled bay parent, family, society,
government and state.
13.Society is individual, family, group and social organiza-
tion and/or community organization.
14.Counterpart is social worker having professional compe-
tence in the field
15.Special protection is protection provided for children in
‘an emergency situation, children facing law, children of
‘minority and isolated groups, economically and/or sexur
ally exploited children, trafficked children, children’ be-
ing victims of abuse of drug, alcohol, psychotropic and
other additives, children being victims of human kid-
napping, sale, traffic, children being victims of physical
‘and/or mental violence, disabled children and mistreated
and ignored children,
16.Everyone is individual or corporation.
17. The government is the government consisting of the
Central government and regional government
CHAPTER ITCHAPTER IE
PRINCIPLE AND OBJECTIVE
Aiticle 2
Child protection is executed on the basis of state
Ideology Pancasla and the Constitution of 1948 and basic
principles of child right convention including:
fa. non discrimination;
b. best interest for child;
. right to survive, continuity of life and developments;
and
respect to child opinion.
Asticle 3
Child protection aims at guaranteeing the fulfl-
ment of child rights so as to be able to survive, grow, de-
velop and participate optimally in accordance with human
status and dignity as well as to obtain protection from vio-
lence and discrimination, for realizing Indonesian child who
has good quality, noble conduct and is prosperous.
‘CHAPTER TIL
RIGHT AND OBLIGATION OF CHILD
aticle 4
Every child has a right to survive, grow, develop
‘and participate normally in accordance with human status
‘and dignity as well as to obtain protection from violence
‘and discrimination.
ticle 5
Every child entitles to a name as personal identity
‘and citizenship status.
Asticle 6
Every child entitles to perform worship in accor-
dance with his/her religion, to think and express with his/
her inteligence and age level, under guidance of parent.
Acticle 7
(1)Every child entitles to ascertain his/her parent, to be
bred and nurtured by his/her parent.
(2)In the case of his/her parent being unable to guarantee
the growth of child or child being in an ignored cond-
tion because of a certain cause, the child has @ right to
be nurtured or adopted as upbringing child or foster
child by other people in accordance with the provisions
of laws in force.
Article 8
Every child entitles to obtain medical service and
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social insurance in accordance with the physical, mental,
spiritual and social needs.
Article 9
(1) Every child entitles to obtain education and teaching in
the framework of development of his/her personality and
inteligence quotient in accordance with his/her inter-
est and talent.
(2)In addition to the right as meant in paragraph (1), dis
abled child also entitles to obtain extraordinary educa-
tion, while child prodigy has a right to obtain special
education,
Article 10
Every child entities to express and have his/her
pinion heard, receive, search and provide information in
accordance with the intelligence quotient and age for per-
sonal development in accordance with values of morality,
and fitness,
Article 11
Every child has a right to take rest and utilize free
time, associate with children of the same age, play, recre-
ate and create in accordance with interest, talent and intel
gence quotient for personal development.
Article 12
Every disabled child has 2 right to obtain rehabil
tation, social assistance and maintenance of social welfare.
Article 13
(2) Every child under custody of parent, custodian or whom-
ever responsible for care entitles to abtain protection
from treatment of:
iscrimination;
exploitation, both economically and sexually;
ignorance;
brutality, violence and torture;
Injustice; and
other kinds of mistreatment,
(2)In the case of parent, custodian or part responsible for
care of child committing all forms of the treatment as
meant in paragraph (1), the actors are subjected to the
burdening of punishment.
Article 14
Every child entitles to be nurtured by his/her parent,
unless otherwise legitimate reasons and/or legal provisions
show308
show that the separation s for the sake of the best interest
for child and constitutes the last consideration.
Atticle 15,
Every child has a right to obtain protection from:
abuse in poiltical activities;
. involvement in armed conflict;
. involvement in social unrest;
d. involvement in violent events;
. involvement in war.
Article 16
(1) Every child entities to obtain protection from the target
of torture, il treatment and inhuman verdict.
(2) Every child entitles to obtain freedom in accordance with
the law.
(3)Child is only caught, detained and imprisoned if the ac-
tion is in accordance with law in force and only can be
applied as the last resort,
Article 17
(2) Every child having his/her freedom grabbed has a right:
‘a. to obtain human treatment and have his/her place:
ment separate from adult;
to obtain legal assistance or other assistance effec-
tively in every phase of legal proceedings in force;
and
to: defend his/herself and obtain justice before the
effective and impattial child tribunal at 2 closed-door
hearing.
b
(2) Every child becoming victim of or committing sexual vio-
lence or facing law entitles to be kept in secrecy.
Article 18
Every child becoming victim of or committing erime
entities to obtain legal assistance and other kinds of assis-
tance.
Atticle 19
Every child is obliged:
a, tw respect parent, custodian and teacher;
, to love family, society and friend;
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C. to love the mother land, nation and state;
d. to perform worship in accordance with his/her religious
teachings; and
. to implement noble ethic and conduct.
CHAPTER IV
OBLIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITY
Part One
General
Acticle 20
‘The state, government, society, family and parent
‘re obliged and responsible for the implementation of child
protection.
Part Two
Obligation and responsibilty of the state and government
Article 21
‘The state and government are obliged and respon-
sible for respecting and guaranteeing human rights of every
child without differentiating race, religion, group, sex, eth=
nic, culture, language, legal status of child, sequence of
birth of child and physical and/or mental condition.
Aticle 22
The state and government are obliged and respon-
sible for providing facility and infrastructure support in the
Implementation of child protection.
Article 23
(4) The state and government guarantee the protection,
‘maintenance and welfare of child by observing the rights
‘and obligations of parent, custodian and other people
responsible legally for child
(2)The state and government supervise the implementa
tion of child protection,
Article 24
‘The state and government guarantee child to ex
cercise his/her rights in expressing opinions in accordance
with the-age and intelligence quotient of the child
Part Three... .. (To be continued )
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Part Three
Obligation and Responsibility of Society
Article 25,
‘The obligation and responsibilty of society for child
protection are executed through activities of public participa-
tion in the implementation of child protection.
Part Four
‘Obigation and Responsibility of Family and Parent
Article 26
(1)Parent is obliged and responsible for:
2. upbringing, nurturing, educating and protecting chil
. developing child in accordance with capability, talent
and interest; and
preventing marriage at the child age.
c.
(2)In the case of parent being not existent, or having their
Whereabouts unknown or being unable to execute their
obligation and responsibilty because of a certain cause,
the obligation and responsibilty as meant in paragraph
(2) cari shif'to family, implemented in accordance with
the provisions of law in force.
CHAPTER V
STATUS OF CHILD
Part One
Identity of Child
Article 27,
(4) Personal identity of every child must have been given
since his/her birth,
(2) The identity as meant in paragraph (1) is contained in a
deed of birth.
(3) The deed of birth is made on the basis of certificate from
persons witnessing and/or assisting the birth process.
(4)In the case of the birth process of child being unknown
‘and his/her parent having their whereabouts unknown,
the deed of birth of the said child is made on the basis of
information from persons finding the relevant child
Article 28. 7
(1) The issuance of the deed of birth is the government
responsibilty operationally implemented in the sub-