Initially, child art workers are an activity that is expected to be able to
introduce culture to the children themselves in the hope that children can continue
to preserve existing cultures. However, introducing art to children can be a
criminal act. The purpose of this study was to determine how the criminalization
of acts involving children as traditional art workers in the perspective of law on
child protection and cultural preservation. The research method is normative
legal research with a research focus on analyzing the law on child protection.
Primary and secondary data sources. Research results Cultural preservation
efforts by introducing to children can be a criminal act involving children in child
protection law and cultural preservation in the event of economic exploitation and
eliminating children's rights that are contrary to Law Number 13 of 2003
concerning Manpower and the Republic of Indonesia Law. Indonesia Number 35
of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child
Protection. Cultural preservation can be carried out by not eliminating the rights
of children that have been determined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child
which results in exploitation of children