PENGATURAN DAN IMPLEMENTASI MENGENAI HAK ANAK YANG BERKONFLIK DENGAN HUKUM DI INDONESIA (Studi di Pengadilan Negeri Surabaya dan Rumah Tahanan Medaeng)

Psychologically, child instead of a miniature adult but child is a subject that is still in the developmental stage capacity-prone (evolving capacities), which is closely related to the causality between the fulfillment and protection of the right to life and the right to survival, the right to grow and develop the child as well as the right to be protected from violence and discrimination. It should be emphasized that the right to life can not be released to the right to survival, and the right to grow and develop. Especially for children who are still in a period of growth and development, where each wound, destruction, or reducing the child's right to survival will resulting in serious and fatal child's condition. The tendency to bring the child to the juvenile justice machine, then the children will always be the target of criminalization. So it should not be taken to court if it does not need. This is of course not only affects the child physically, but also psychologically. Educative criminal system prevailing in Indonesia at this time has not been as expected. Protection of children whom qualified as criminals really have to get serious attention from the government. Children in conflict with the law in the position of children as criminals in need of protection and security in addition to self-regulation also requires a special protection that ensures the interests of the child.