PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP PEKERJA ANAK MASYARAKAT ASLI PAPUA PUTUS SEKOLAH DI KABUPATEN MERAUKE

Abstract

Child is any person who has not reached the age of eighteen years or under eighteen years. Workers are people who can do work in accordance with applicable laws. The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Article 27 paragraph 2 states that "Every citizen has the right to work and a decent living for humanity." This provides direction for the state to treat every citizen fairly in employment matters. The type of research conducted by the author is Juridical Empirical Research, which examines the applicable legal provisions and what happens in reality in society by using a law approach and a case approach. Or it can be interpreted that the research carried out is a legal regulation of the actual situation. Today in Indonesia, there is a phenomenon that is worrying because there are several business entities that are owned as child labor in the company. Children who are already working as child labor in a company must be given legal protection which is one of their rights. From the results of this research, the phenomenon of child labor in Merauke district is the children of the indigenous Papuans who drop out of school or those who do not continue their education to a higher level, and also some who are still working. The reasons they drop out of school vary, some are already lazy to go to school, because of the family's economy and some want to lighten the burden on their parents economically. The importance of protecting children from indigenous Papuans, namely by making children as legal subjects, equal rights and obligations regulated by the State.