Abstract
The local government is one of the parties responsible for the efforts to cure people with mental disorders. Healing efforts are carried out by health workers and must continue to respect the rights of people with mental disorders and provide good health service facilities. Besides having the right to receive treatment and care, they also have the right to receive rehabilitation, even if they do not have a family or a caregiver. The research problem in this study is about the authority of local government towards people with mental disorders. The purpose of this study was to analyze the authority of local governments towards people with mental disorders and the obstacles they face. This research is a legal research with primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials that are collected using the literature study method and analyzed by the prescriptive method. The authority of the regional government to regulate it is intended to fulfill the rights of people with mental disorders in terms of health services and adequate facilities. even if the person with mental disorders does not have a family or a caregiver.
Highlights
The human rights mentioned in Article 1 Number 1 of Law Number 39 Year
Jan Materson from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) said that human rights are rights inherent in humans, where if this right is not owned by humans it is impossible for them to live as humans
Human rights are basic rights that are absolutely necessary for individual development
Summary
The human rights mentioned in Article 1 Number 1 of Law Number 39 Year. 1999 concerning Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as the Human Rights Law) are a set of rights inherent in the nature and existence of humans as God's Creatures. It is a gift that must be respected, upheld, protected by the state, law, government, and everyone for the honor and protection of human dignity. Human rights are basic rights that are absolutely necessary for individual development. This view refers to the initial statement of the memorandum of human rights and foreign policy announced by the Dutch foreign ministry in 1979 (Djaali, 2003)
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