This study aims to find out legal protection efforts done by Women and Children
Protection Integrated Service Center (P2TP2A) of Sleman Regency to children with
disabilities as victims of sexual violence. The object of this was only limited to children
with hearing impairment, children with speech impairment, and children with hearing and
speech impairment who become victims of sexual violence. This study is an empirical
legal study. This study was conducted in P2TP2A of Sleman Regency in November to
December 2017. The data which was gained from P2TP2A of Sleman Regency was the
number of children with disabilities who became the victims of sexual violence in 2015 to
2017, legal protection efforts done, and constraints experienced in legal protection efforts.
The result of this study was as follows. First, the legal protection efforts done by P2TP2A
of Sleman Regency to the children with disabilities as victims of sexual violence was
accompaniment in legal counseling and placement assistance in safe house shelter.
Second, P2TP2A of Sleman Regency experienced five constraints in implementing legal
protection as follows, a) the regulations have not yet accommodated children with
disabilities as victims of sexual violence; b) it was necessary the interpretation assistance
from the families; c) there was limited licensed interpreters while the panel of judges
often required licensed interpreters in trial; d) among law enforcers have not yet got the
same understanding in handling children with disabilities as victims of sexual violence;
and e) from the victims and victims’ families, they still often covered the information if
sexual violence happened because they felt shame.