LAWS OF REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA NO.23, 2002 ON CHILD PROTECTION BY THE GRACE OF THE ONE AND ONLY GOD PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC INDONESIA, Considering : a. that Unified State of Republic of Indonesia guarantees the welfare of each of its citizen, including protection toward children’s rights, which are (parts of) human rights. b. that children are mandates and gifts from the one and only God, and whose within are inherent dignities and pride as whole humans; c. that children are buds, potentials, and young generation who carries aspirations of the nation’s struggle, possessing strategic roles and having characteristic and special traits that will ensure the existence of the nation and country in the future; d. that in order for every child to to be able to carry such responsibilities ahead, then he needs to get as broadest opportunities as possible to grow and develop optimally, be it in physical, mental or social domains and to have noble morals, and it is needed to conduct protective acts and to realize children’s welfare by providing guarantees to fulfill their rights as well as to give indiscriminative treatment. e. that in order to realize children’s protection and welfare, institutional supports and laws are required so that they can guarantee its implementation. f. that a number of laws only regulate certain aspects of children and have not addressed in particular the whole aspects related with children protection; g. that based on all those considerations in letters a, b, c, d, e, and f, it is urgent that Laws on Children Protection be enacted; In light of : 1. Article 20, article 20A verse (1), Article 21, Article 28B verse (2), and Article 34, Constitutions of Republic of Indonesia 1945; 2. Laws No.4 1979 on Children’s Welfare (State Gazette 1979 No.32, Additional State Gazette No. 3143); 3. Laws no.7 1984 on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women) (State Gazette 1984, No.29, Additional State Gazette No. 3277); 4. Laws No.3 1997 on Children’s Prosecution (State Gazette 1997, No.3, Additional State Gazette No. 3668); 5. Laws No.4 1997 on the Disabled (State Gazette 1997, No.9, Additional State Gazette No. 3670); 1