Penegakan Ham Bagi Anak Penderita Stunting Di Indonesia

Abstract

Stunting has become a major health problem in Indonesia and the world. Based on the Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey (SSGI) at the BKKBN National Working Meeting, the stunting or malnutrition rate in Indonesia in 2022 is 21.6%, which has decreased from the previous year 2021, namely 24.4%. Stunting itself can threaten child development due to poor nutrition and poor psychosocial stimulation. Stunting can impact the country's economy and children's health both in the short and long term. The main theory used for this research is the natural law theory of human rights / natural rights and the theory of positivism that every child from the womb already has natural rights in accordance with their destiny in this case to obtain health, be protected and survive. In this discussion, a normative legal research method is carried out with a statutory approach. Through primary and secondary data sources/legal materials. The purpose of the research is to find out how the human rights perspective on stunting experienced by children in Indonesia and how the enforcement of human rights on stunting cases in Indonesia in the protection of children's health in Indonesia. The results of the discussion show that according to Law Number 39 of 1999 concerning Human Rights, the human rights perspective on stunting disease is in Articles 52 and 53 which essentially states that children have the right to live and improve their standard of living and even children also have the right to be protected from the womb, the state and parents have a role in realizing children's human rights, one of which is in fulfilling the health rights of children who experience stunting where stunting disease occurs due to lack of nutritional intake, not fulfilling children's food, poor sanitation, lack of nutrition for mothers who are pregnant so that it can cause children to experience chronic, mental illness until death. Law enforcement of stunting experienced by children in health protection is in law number 35 of 2014 concerning child protection where the government is responsible for providing adequate health care facilities and carrying out complete and comprehensive health fulfillment efforts since the womb. In addition, according to Law Number 36 of 2009 concerning Health and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia as the constitution of the Indonesian state also guarantees the protection of children's health rights which if violated means violating children's rights and human rights