Advocacy of Legal Aid Organizations: A Challenge in Handling Sexual Violence Case against Girls

Rosmalinda, Tri Murti Lubis

2018

Abstract

The Legal Aid Organization (OBH) of the community is an important group in the Child Protection System in Indonesia. Law No. 16 of 2011 concerning Legal Aid regulated OBH. This research is entitled "Model of Community Advocacy on Sexual Violence cases in Medan City". The purpose of this study was to determine the role of OBH in the protection of children, especially girls who were victims of sexual violence. The study used literature and field research in Medan. Literatures were reviewed to get information related to OBH and institutions that work for child victims of sexual violence. Furthermore, there were 11 informants who involved in the in-depth interview and focus group discussion (FGD). They were from 5 OBH in Medan and were verified by Department of justice and human rights (Kementerian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia/Kemenkumham). The results of the research are (a) OBHs find challenges in advocating sexual violence cases against children, (b) The model of advocacy which is more effective than others is prevention program such as community counseling in order to prevent sexual violence against children (c) lack of number of OBH in Medan which actively providing legal assistance on sexual violence cases

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rosmalinda. and Lubis T. (2018). Advocacy of Legal Aid Organizations: A Challenge in Handling Sexual Violence Case against Girls.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 1706-1710. DOI: 10.5220/0010096017061710

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={Rosmalinda and Tri Murti Lubis},
title={Advocacy of Legal Aid Organizations: A Challenge in Handling Sexual Violence Case against Girls},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={1706-1710},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010096017061710},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - Advocacy of Legal Aid Organizations: A Challenge in Handling Sexual Violence Case against Girls
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Rosmalinda.
AU - Lubis T.
PY - 2018
SP - 1706
EP - 1710
DO - 10.5220/0010096017061710