JURIDICAL REVIEW OF ORGAN TRAFFICKING IN INDONESIA

Abstract

One of development of medical science is organ transplantation. The increasing need for organ transplants in the world triggers the actions of certain parties to gain profits. Human organs become illegally traded commodities. The act of organ trafficking is not only carried out individually, but has also become an organized action. The aim of this study is to analyze how are the legal policies related to organ traffickings in Indonesia. This research method is normative legal research, conducted by examining regulations, legal norms with the aim of finding a conclusive formulation to reduce the problem of organ trafficking in Indonesia. The result of this study shows that Indonesian regulation on organ transplantation is regulated in Act Number 36 Year 2009 concerning Health. Specific regulation for human trafficking is regulate in Act Number 21 of 2007 concerning Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons, which stipulates that the act of organ trafficking is punishable by criminal sanctions. However, there is no specific regulations for organ trafficking that formulate the characteristics of actions as the practice of buying and selling human organs.