SETTLEMENT OF CRIMINAL CASES OF CHILD MOLESTATION THROUGH ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Abstract

Children are the most vulnerable subjects to become victims of crime, crimes that often occur among children, one of which is sexual violence such as fornication, lewd acts regulated in Chapter XIV book II concerning Crimes Against Decency, obscenity is regulated in Article 289 of the Criminal Code. The rise of obscenity cases that occur in Indonesia does not rule out the possibility that it also occurs in Lhokseumawe, according to data found at the Lhokseumawe Police Station that many cases of obscenity must be stopped due to lack of evidence so that the settlement of obscenity cases must be resolved by mediation based on Aceh Qanun Number 9 of 2008. The purpose of this study is to find out how the perspective of Islamic law on solving the crime of molestation against children using Aceh Qanun Number 9 of 2008. The research method uses an empirical juridical type using a qualitative and descriptive approach. The results of the research conducted are known that cases of child abuse are resolved through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) by means of more efficient mediation, because this is in line with the principle of expediency in criminal law, and is supported by Aceh Qanun Number 9 of 2008 concerning the Development of Customary Life and Customs which is the process of solving something by family means with the aim of improving.