The government and other state institutions are obliged and responsible for providing special protection to
children in emergency situation, children implicated with law, children from minority groups and isolated,
children economically and sexually exploited, children trafficking, children victims of drug, alcohol, and
psychotropic and other addictive substances abuse (napza), children victims of kidnapping, selling and
trafficking, children victims of physical and/or mental violence, disabled children, and children victims of
mistreatment and abandonment.
Article 60
Children in emergency situation as meant in Article 59 consist of:
a. children who become refugees’
b. children victims of riots;
c. children victims of natural disasters;
d. children in armed conflict situations;
Article 61
Special treatment for children who become refugees as meant in Article 60 letter a is conducted in line
with the provision of humanitarian law.
Article 62
Special treatment for children victims of riots, natural disaster, and children in arms conflict situations as
meant in Article 60 letter b, letter c, and letter d, is conducted through:
a. fulfillment of basic needs consisting of foods, clothing, shelter, education, health, study and
recreation, security guaranty, and equal treatment; and
b. fulfillment of special needs for disabled children and children suffering from psycho-social
disorder.
Article 63
Everyone is prohibited to recruit or use children for military purposes and/or others and leave children’s
life unprotected.
Article 64
(1) Special protection for children implicated with law as meant in Article 59 covers children conflicting
with law and children victims of crimes is obligations and responsibilities of the government and
communities.
(2) Special protection for children implicated with law as meant in verse (1) is conducted through:
a. treating children humanely in line with children’s dignity and rights.
b. procurement of accompanying officers for children as early as
possible.
c. procurement of special facilities and infrastructures.
d. giving appropriate penalty for the child’s best interest.
e. constantsupervising and recording on development of children
implicated with law.
f. providing a guarantee to keep relationship with parents or family; and
g. protection from revealing of identity through mass media and to avoid
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