Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Korban Perdagangan Perempuan Dan Anak (Trafficking) - (Studi Pengadilan Negeri Medan)

Abstract

Human trafficking is a special criminal act that has been going on for a long time and is very difficult to eradicate. Human trafficking occurs in cities in Indonesia. Human trafficking has caused many victims, especially women and children. Medan City is one of the largest cities in Indonesia which is one of the contributing cities for the exploitation of women and children, due to population growth that is far more dominant by women compared to men. Making unscrupulous persons irresponsible to seduce false promises. This study aims to determine the legal protection of women and children who are victims of trafficking in persons and find out law enforcement and the imposition of criminal sanctions on traffickers of women and children by conducting research studies in the Medan District Court. The method of approach taken by researchers is descriptive normative juridical research which means that this study studies the laws and regulations by conducting interviews with Medan District Court Judges who then researchers describe events that occur in daily life to take general conclusions. Based on this research, it was found that forms of legal protection to victims of trafficking of women and children are direct and indirect. Directly it can be in the form of compensation in the form of restitution and compensation, and providing protection in the rights of other victims such as giving a new identity, confidentiality of identity, knowing the development of cases before and after, granting temporary shelter, granting physical and psychological rehabilitation, and obtaining protection. Indirect protection is the pouring of rules regarding trafficking for potential victims with the threat of imprisonment and fines. In upholding the law to traffickers, it can be done in several stages, namely investigation and investigation by the police, examination of the completeness of case files by the public prosecutor, examination in court, and carrying out a decision (execution) from the court.