JURNAL HUKUM PRASADA
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019): Jurnal Hukum Prasada

Criminal Liability of Parents Who Abandon Children With Disabilities

Ni Nyoman Muryatini (Information System Study Program, STMIK STIKOM Bali)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Sep 2019

Abstract

Not all parents sincerely accept and give affection to children with disabilities. Disabled children are still considered a disgrace from the family therefore so many cases of children to abandon with disabilities carried out by their own parents. Humans are creatures created by the Almighty God who has the same position. Every human being has the dignity and inherent of humanity. This condition should not be the cause of the dignity lose of children with disabilities or an excuse for not aligning them with other children. Indonesia guarantees the survival of every citizen, including persons with disabilities who have the same legal and human rights position as Indonesian citizens. The act of abandoning children with a disability is a crime that must be held a liability to each of the perpetrators including both the children’s parents and children who are victims of abandoning from their parents must obtain legal protection from the government. This research is analyze the criminal liability of parents who abandon children with disabilities. The method used was normative law which aimed at finding and formulating legal arguments, through analysis of the subject, the approach used in this study was legislation approach by examining the applicable legal rules related to criminal liability of parents who abandon children with disabilities.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

prasada

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

JURNAL HUKUM PRASADA is a peer-reviewed international law journal which published research articles and theoretical articles in law science. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global ...