Protection of Wife Rights in Divorce in Religious Court (In the Region of Religious High Court of Makassar)

The purpose of this research is the existence of regulation of Law of Procedure and Material of Religious Court about resolution of divorce case and its execution in the framework of legal protection for justice seeker, because the absence of criminal sanction for husband who neglect responsibility in the household then by the decision can be recommendation of human rights violation. This research was conducted by using combination of normative law research type or doctrinal legal research and type of empirical law research or non-doctrinal legal research (socio-legal research). The result of the research is an responsibility for the husband so it must be implemented and if not implemented will be the debt, Implementation of wife rights protection in divorce in the Religious Court so far has been impressed merely the husband& #039, s willingness to fulfill his responsibility but not because the responsibility has the effect or legal sanction so the protection of wife rights is not maximally protected in divorce. Factors affecting the protection of the rights of wife in divorce in the Religious Courts are the legal substance, law enforcer factors and cultural-legal factors of society.