INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ASEAN PERSPECTIVE AND POLICY Legal Protection of Children as a Victim Exploitation Aras Firdaus Universitas Quality recht_raz@yahoo. ABSTRACT Crimes that occur in the community tend to be done by adults as well as victims who are adults as well. However, at this time children are also victims of crime, for example, child exploitation. The phenomenon of child labor is a picture of how complex the problem of children. In spite of all these things, honor, awareness and protection of human rights are exalted throughout the world. Since the beginning of the declaration of human rights, the sharing of universal regulation has been issued in support of human rights protection in the world. Safeguards are also followed by law enforcement for the sake of consistent human rights. If we talk about the phenomenon of child labor, the direct human rights field is the right of the child. Both internationally and in Indonesia, issues surrounding the child's life are a major concern for society and government. Many ideal circumstances can solve this social However, other factors such as failure in social institutions also indicate the inability of the Based on the description used in this research, that is how the legal forms against children victims of exploitation and how law enforcement officers in taking action against the law of victims of To find the answer of the problem, this research is analytical descriptive, the purpose of this research is expected to get a detailed and systematic description of the issues to be studied. Analysis is based on the facts obtained and will be analyzed carefully to answer the problem. Keywords : Legal Protection. Exploitation. Children INTRODUCTION 1 Background Children are an asset of the nation, as part of the young generation of children play a very strategic role as the successor of a nation. The child is the successor of the ideals of the struggle of a nation, besides the child is the hope of the parents, the hope of the nation and the state that will continue the development and has a strategic role, has special features or traits that will ensure the continuity of the nation and state in the future. Every child should get coaching from an early age and need to get a chance to grow and develop optimally, both physical, mental and social. Moreover childhood is a period of character formation, personality and character of a human self, so that their life has the power and ability and stand upright in life. According to positive law the child is defined as a person who is not yet adults . inderjarig / person under ag. , a person under the age or under age . inderjarig heid / inferiorit. or commonly referred to as a child under the guidance of the guardian . inderjarige under The child's own meaning if we look further in terms of chronological age according to law may vary depending on place, time and for what purposes, it will also affect the limits used to determine the age of the child. The phenomenon of child labor is a picture of how complex the problem of children. In spite of all these things, honor, awareness and protection of human rights are exalted throughout the world. Since the beginning of the declaration of human rights, the sharing of universal regulation has been issued in support of human rights protection in the world. Safeguards are also followed by law enforcement for the sake of consistent human rights. If we talk about the phenomenon of child labor, the direct human rights field is the right of the child. Both internationally and in Indonesia, issues surrounding the child's life are a major concern for society and government. Many ideal circumstances can solve this social problem. However, other factors such as failure in social institutions also indicate the inability of the Children have basic rights. However, protection against it is not as big as when human rights issues concerning adults or gender issues are publicly disclosed. Protection of the rights of children is not too much thought in general. Similarly, concrete steps, even protective efforts itself is violated by the state and various places in this country, adults, even their own parents. Many children are the object of violation of children's rights due to economic development. In our country, child labor can be seen easily at the Our view is clear to a group of INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ASEAN PERSPECTIVE AND POLICY children singing, begging, or scavenging sustenance on the streets. This is just a little bit of how sad the condition of Indonesian children. There is still much that is not clear, the efforts of exploiting children in this country can even be equated with criminal acts. They are exploited as rough-and-tumble construction workers and traditional mines, pearl divers, kidnapping and trafficking, child abuse, child abuse and even commercial sex workers. The child is the image and reflection of the future, family assets, religion, nation, state and is the next generation in the future. They are entitled to freedom, enjoy their world, protected their rights without any neglect by certain parties who wish to take advantage of opportunities for personal gain. From the various social phenomena that are currently emerging to the surface, the problem of child labor becomes a problem in actual realization efforts. Critical awareness is needed for collegers in reopening the existing horizons of social concern and knowledge. Not only competent in the field of expertise, but also responsive in helping to adjust the flow of community development, because after all, the nation's successors are in the hands of small children of Indonesia. Based on this the research is titled "Legal Protection Against Children as Victims of Explosion. 2 Formulation Of The Problem What is the legal protection for child victims of exploitation? 4 Benefits Of Research The theoretical benefits are it is hoped that the results of this study can contribute to the thinking of law that will develop discipline of law Practical benefits that the results of this study will be expected to provide an accurate solution to the problems studied and besides this research can reveal new theories and the development of existing theories. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 1 Research Specification Based on the formulation of the problem in preparing this research, the type of research used is the type of normative or doctrinal legal Normative or doctrinal legal research is a legal research method that uses secondary data sources or by examining existing library The nature of this research is analytical descriptive research. Descriptive analytical research is a form of research aimed at describing the phenomena that exist, both natural man-made Analytical descriptive research is a study that attempts to describe and interpret something, such as existing conditions or relationships, opinions that develop, ongoing processes, effects or effects, or on ongoing tendencies are analyzed and concluded. 2 Approach Method What is the role of law enforcement officers in taking legal protection measures against child victims of exploitation? 3 Research Purposes To know and analyze the form of legal protection against child victims of exploitation To know and analyze the role of law enforcement officers in taking legal protection measures against child victims of exploitation Practically, it is expected that this research can be an input for the community and the government and it is expected to increase awareness and its role in providing protection and legal certainty to the rights of children in criminal cases, since internal and external supervisory factors are needed to monitor children In relation to the type of research used, namely normative juridical research, the approach used is the statutory approach . tatute approac. The statute approach is conducted by reviewing all laws and regulations relevant to the legal issues being addressed. The legislation approach is an approach using legislation and regulation. 3 Data Source The secondary data used in this study include the following:Primary legal material is a regulatory document binding and determined by the authorities. In this study include the 1945 Constitution of the State of the Republic of Indonesia, the Criminal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code. Law No. 35 Amendment to Law Number 23 Year 2002 on Child Protection. Law Number 11 Year 2012 on the Criminal Justice System of Children. Law no. 13 Year 2003 on INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ASEAN PERSPECTIVE AND POLICY Employment. Secondary legal materials are all documents that are relevant readings such as books, seminars, legal journals, magazines, scientific papers and some sources from the internet related to the material under Tertiary legal material is all documents containing the concepts and explanations that support the materials of primary law and secondary legal materials, such as dictionaries. Encyclopedias and so forth. 4 Data Collection Techniques Technique of data collecting is done by library study . ibrary reseacr. and also by doing direct interview with informant . ield reseacr. The results of these assessment activities are then summarized systematically as the core of the study results of the document studies. The purpose of this documentation technique is to search for conceptions, theories, opinions or findings related to the problem 5 Data Analysis Processing, analysis and construction of normative legal research data can be done by analyzing the rules of law and then construction is done by incorporating the articles into categories on the basis of the notions of the legal The conclusion to answer the problem is done by using deductive thinking logic. The deductive method is done by reading, interpreting and comparing the relationships of concepts, principles and related rules so as to derive conclusions in accordance with the purpose of writing formulated. DISCUSSION