LAW REFORM
Vol 18, No 1 (2022)

The Implementation of General Principles of Convention on The Rights of The Child During Covid-19 Pandemic in The City of Serang

Ridwan Ridwan (Faculty of Law, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa)
Belardo Prasetya Mega Jaya (Faculty of Law, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa)
Sarah Haderizqi Imani (Faculty of Law, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2022

Abstract

Convention on The Rights of The Child is the most comprehensive international legal instrument of human rights to promote and protect rights of children. In the late 2019, Coronavirus Disease 19 outbreak started. This pandemic then has led to socio-economic impact as a result of preventive and controlling actions. This pandemic has also affected the fulfillment of child’s rights including the rights of children in The City of Serang. This research was aimed at investigating the implementation of general principle of Convention on The Rights of The Child during Covid-19 pandemic in the city of Serang. This study applied normative research method, which is a research discussing legal aspects by studying literature sources on the applied regulations. The result of the study shows that the implementation of general principle of Convention on The Rights of The Child, consisting of the principle of non-discrimination, the best interest of the child, the right to life, survival and development, and the right to be heard, went well along with the establishment of Child Social Welfare Institute to serve children with special needs (LKSA), Integrated Service Centre for the Empowerment of Women and Children (P2TP2A) to receive complaints on the violation of children’s rights, Serang’s Children Forum as a media where children of Serang can participate. The implementation of the right to survival was not as good because Working group (Pokja) for adverse effect following immunization (KIPI) special for children has not effectively implemented.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

lawreform

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Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

s a peer-reviewed journal published since 2005. This journal is published by the Master of Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang. LAW REFORM is published twice a year, in March and September. LAW REFORM publishes articles from research articles from scholars and experts around the ...