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LPSK highlights RI's child protection commitments
Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) deputy chairman Askari Razak has said the governmentâs willingness to protect children is strong, despite weaknesses, including budget shortages, which have hampered the implementation of its commitments
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itness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) deputy chairman Askari Razak has said the government's willingness to protect children is strong, despite weaknesses, including budget shortages, which have hampered the implementation of its commitments.
'The Indonesian government's political will to ensure child protection has been optimal. This can be seen from the ratification of the 2002 Child Protection Law,' said Razak as quoted by Antara news agency in Jakarta on Sunday.
He made the statements during a dialogue with representatives from the National Coalition for the Elimination of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (ESKA) and the Netherlands-based End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) at the LPSK office in Jakarta.
Razak said the state had also mandated child protection in Article 29A of Law No.31/2014 in reference to Law No.13/2006 on witness and victim protection.
ECPAT representative Theo N. said measures taken in the handling of sexual violence against children in every country were similar, namely how to help them psychologically recover from trauma for the sake of their futures.
Despite the existing legal umbrella, Theo admitted that establishing an adequate child protection system was costly.
'Indonesia is a country with a huge population. This makes it quite difficult to compare the child protection efforts in Indonesia and those conducted in other countries, including the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, there are special police officers that handle violence against children cases,' he said. (ebf)
