<![CDATA[Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection guarantees and protects children and their rights to get fulfillment, including street children. In the Ambon City Regional Regulation Number 23 of 2017 article 1 Number 54 letter I states that the government is obliged to provide protection, one of which is for street children from all forms of violence and discrimination. However, in reality what happened, the government, in this case the city service, has not optimally provided protection for street children in fulfilling the rights of street children as a child. This writing aims to analyze and discuss forms of legal protection for street children in the city of Ambon The type of research used is normative, which is focused on providing explanations that explain a particular category. Approach the problem of the statute approach (statute approach) and the conceptual approach (conceptual approach). The collection of legal materials through primary legal materials is then free from secondary legal materials. The authority to supervise and protect street children in Ambon city is the responsibility of the city government, in this case the Ambon City Social Service in accordance with Ambon City Regional Regulation No. 23 of 2017 concerning the Implementation and Handling of People with Social Welfare Problems to provide supervision and protection, one of which is for street children in the city. ambon. The form of legal protection for street children in the city of Ambon is carried out in a repressive way where street children are given sanctions when raids are carried out on these street children who are then sent home without any other effort in fulfilling the rights of street children whose square is as a child. Thus the city government, in this case the social services, should make various efforts to help fulfill the rights of street children, one of which is facilitating street children in Ambon city by creating a music school for street children and accommodating them in places provided by the government to show their talents. .]]>
