PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM HAK ANAK SEBAGAI KORBAN EKSPLOITASI EKONOMI DALAM PERSPEKTIF HUKUM PIDANA DI KOTA PEKANBARU

Abstract

Children who are victims of economic exploitation in Pekanbaru City.
Crimes in community life that involve children are increasingly complex, with
various behaviors, so there are various kids of crime so that legal protection is
needed as an alkternative and enforcement so that life becomes orderly and
comfortable. The majority of children who arevictims of economic exploitation
are between the ages of 12 and 17 who are still in elementary school. The
majority of children who are victims of economic exploitation in Pekanbaru City
are used as beggars and sell late at night, causing an impact in the form of
pressure for shildren to make income deposits, disruption of rest time and
disruptiiion of playing timen and growth and development, this occurs due to
circumstances economy is getting increasingly difficult so that there are children
who deliberately take the initiative to help the family but by working with
irregular and draining work schdules, but he majoryity of children are
deliberately employed as bggars who are used by unscrupulous individuals
including family experts and even their parents to get profit for the necessities of
daily life without them having to work to support these children.
This study aims to determine the legal protection of children who are
victims of economic exploitation in Pekanbaru City which is carries out by the
Pekanbaru City goverment through the social serrvice and related local
goverments based on field studies and interviews. This type of reseach is
categorized into a socialogical legal research which originates from factual
events and problems that occur and develop in the midset of society, especially in
Pekanbaru City.
The results of this study are three important things, firstly it intends to
comply with the extent of legal protection that has been carried out by the
Pekanbaru City goverment in term of protecting the right of victims who are
economically exploited in Pekanbaru City. Second, what efforts can the
goverment of Pekanbaru City do in fighting the crime of economic exploitation of
children who are turned beggars.
Keyword: Protection Law, Victims, Children, Economis Exploitation