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Efforts to Protect Children in Conflict with the Law in the Case of Rape and Murder in Palembang

Individual Paper

Individual Paper

9:00 am

09 July 2025

Forum 3 (Melbourne Connect)

Session 3: Children's Rights and Futures: Legal, Online and Policy Perspectives

One Conference streams

Gender & Sexuality

Submission Description

Child protection efforts have been stated in Article 1 Number 2 of Law Number 23 of 2002 in conjunction with Law Number 35 of 2014;  this applies to all children in any situation, including children in conflict with the law. In the rape and murder case that occurred in Talang Kerikil Palembang, as many as four (four) children aged 12 -16 years raped and murdered their victim, who was also a child. society who wants a proper response for the child who committed the crime. The problems in this study are the first: how is the legal protection for children in this case and the responsibility of the child perpetrator, family, environment, and even the state for the case that occurred? The second problem is whether the decision given by the judge in this case provides justice for the child perpetrator and the victim, in this case the victim's family.

Presenters

Presenters

Individual Paper Presenters

Vera Novianti - Faculty of Law Sriwijaya University