KIARA: President Must Fulfil and Ensure Children’s Rights to Freedom from Dangerous Work
- Execute the mandate of Law Number 23 of 2003 on Protection of Children and periodically check the situation on the ground so that the basic rights children of Indonesia can be met, such as the right to free and quality basic education, and to be free from hazardous work.
- Evaluate the performance of the Minister of Marine Areas and Fisheries in addressing the main impacts of children engaging in hazardous work, including poverty due to the development of unfavourable policies, such as reclamation which has displaced traditional fishing areas and fishing residences, as well as limiting access to and control of food source offered by fisheries.
- Guarantee social protection for families of fishermen, through measures such as capital to go to sea, healthcare, and other basic rights. ***