Penerapan Norma Hukum Perdagangan Anak dalam Putusan Pengadilan Negeri Medan

Abstract

Children are very vulnerable to be traded. Human trafficking in children is done in organized and non-organized crime, either domestically or Internationally. They become absent of freedom and it is not uncommon that they are treated unjustly; they are even enslaved! Therefore, it is necessary to study the regulations on child trafficking, viewed from child protection in the implementation of Law No. 23/2002 on Child Protection and about judge's attitude in handing down a verdict on the case of child trafficking in the Medan District Court