CHILD LABOR PROTECTION IN INDONESIA: ITS LEGAL ASPECTS AND CHALLENGES Nina Rosida, Endra Wijaya, Cindy Aulia Fatharani, Muhammad Hasbi, Syafara Azahwa, Zakia Syarika Zulkifli
Faculty of Law, Universitas Pancasila, Jakarta
Abstract
The use of child labor in Indonesia is still problematic. On the one hand, there are legal provisions that strictly prohibit the use of child labor, but on the other hand, for several reasons, child labor are still employed in several industrial or factory activities. Thus, in the Indonesian context, the fact is that there is still a gap between legal regulations that prohibit or strictly control child labor and industrial practices that still employ child labor. This study will discuss the problem of child labor that occurs in Indonesia. How does the Indonesian legal system regulate child labor? And what are the obstacles faced in efforts to monitor or provide protection for child labor in Indonesia? This study uses socio-legal research methods and relies on primary and secondary data. Information obtained through interviews with relevant sources will also be examined in this study. This study concludes that: first, the problem of child labor has been regulated in several laws and regulations, although some of them are still not synchronized or consistent. Second, at the grassroots level, there are still several factors that actually create or encourage the continued emergence of child labor employed in certain industries or factories. Some of them are even included in the category of industries that are dangerous for children.
Keywords: Child Labor- Legal Protection- the Rights of the Child
