© 2020 |Published by Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 202 Scholars International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice Abbreviated Key Title: Sch Int J Law Crime Justice ISSN 2616-7956 (Print) |ISSN 2617-3484 (Online) Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Journal homepage: https://saudijournals.com/sijlcj Original Research Article Abolition of Child Marriage Practices in Indonesia According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Iin Karita Sakharina * , Aidir Amin Daud Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia DOI: 10.36348/sijlcj.2020.v03i06.009 | Received: 15.06.2020 | Accepted: 22.06.2020 | Published: 26.06.2020 *Corresponding author: Iin Karita Sakharina Abstract The practice of child marriage in Indonesia is still prevalent to this day, and this is a serious problem. Indonesia still ranks second among Asian countries as a country that practices marriage against children after Cambodia. Generally, the practice of child marriage conducted in Indonesia is against children especially girls who are in rural areas and come from poor families. The purpose of this study was to see how the practice of child marriage of girls, especially in Indonesia and what efforts should be made to eliminate the practice of child marriage. This paper will discuss the steps that must be taken to eliminate the practice of child marriage in Indonesia, especially against girls as this becomes a serious and very detrimental issue, especially for girls. Because generally they are forced to undergo this. This research uses normative research type with qualitative method. The results show that the practice of marriage to girls in Indonesia occurs due to several factors, such as poverty, lack of education, and matchmaking tradition in some areas. The practice of marriage of girls is also contrary to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) that has been ratified by the Government of Indonesia through Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 36 Year 1990, besides the Indonesian Government has also issued Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 35 Year 2014 on Amendment to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 Year 2002 on Child Protection, then refers also to the Marriage Law in Indonesia, Number 1 Year 1974 on Marriage. So in the opinion of the authors, the practice of marriage of children to girls in some areas in Indonesia is a form of violation of human rights to children according to the convention of children's rights which has also been ratified by the Indonesian government for more than 25 years so that there should be efforts made by the Government as a form of implementation of the UNCRC that has been ratified in the case of the protection and fulfilment of the rights of the child on the basis of the Convention, the author believes that the practice of marriage against girls should be abolished because it has been very long and very harmful for girls in Indonesia. Keywords: Abolishment, Children Marriage, Indonesia, UNCRC. Copyright @ 2020: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial use (NonCommercial, or CC-BY-NC) provided the original author and source are credited. INTRODUCTION The practice of child marriage in Indonesia is still happening to this day. Even Indonesia ranks 37th (thirty seven) highest in early marriage rate among countries in the world, and secondly after Cambodia among The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries [1]. According to Psychiatrist from Al-Islam Hospital Bandung, Untung Sentosa said Indonesia ranked 37th in the world, and ranked 2nd in Asia in the percentage of early marriage or pregnancy in adolescents. This figure is a fantastic figure, because it shows that Indonesia is one country with a high unexpected marriage rate [2]. Although the Government has issued a ban on the practice of child marriage, but still there are many who do the marriage, especially in areas in several Provinces in Indonesia. The most horrendous and viral case in some media was the marriage case of a pair of children that occurred in April 2018 in Bantaeng district, one of the districts of South Sulawesi Province, where the two couples were children of 15 years old, while a 14-year- old woman, escorted by her family, wants to register their marriage to the Ministry of Religious Affairs office to obtain legal marriage certification, but fortunately it has been successfully thwarted by the KUA by not giving permission to marry. Then there is another case, there is also South Sulawesi Province, Sinjai district, where the male is 21 years old but the woman is known to be 12 years old[3]. According to Jakarta Central Bureau of Statistics reported, there are five provinces in Indonesia that have high rates of marriage or underage rates,