PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP ANAK SEBAGAI PENYALAHGUNA NARKOTIKA DALAM SISTEM PERADILAN PIDANA ANAK DI INDONESIA

In the Indonesian juvenile justice system, children of drug abusers undergo trial. As a vulnerable person in the criminal justice system, then despite the judicial process, presumably the child should still be protected. How the form of protection as well as what factors are inhibiting legal protection of the child as a narcotics abuser in the criminal justice system, the question that will be discussed in this study. The method used is normative juridical research method, that is research on secondary data. The legal protection to the children of narcotics abusers in Indonesia is regulated in the Act No. 11 of the Year 2012 on Juvenile Justice System, the Act No. 35 of 2009 on Narcotics, and the Act No. 17 of the Year 2016 on Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2016 on the Second Amendment to the act No. 23 of 2002 on Protection of Children, as well as other technical regulations relating to narcotics abuser children. Protection efforts on children of drug abusers are carried out through surveillance, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. Diversion efforts, aim to prevent children from formal juvenile justice processes to non-formal juvenile justice. Factors inhibiting the legal protection of drug abuser children are, firstly, the lack of understanding of the law enforcement from the officers; secondly, the lack of understanding of the community; thirdly, the lack of facilities, especially in remote areas of Indonesia