Sexual violence often occurs in children, so it is necessary to restore the rights of
victims, one of which is through restitution. This research is conducted by analyzing
the imposition of restitution to a third party in terms of the theory of criminal
liability in cases of sexual violence. This research aims to determine the
compatibility between the interpretation of the third party and the theory of
criminal liability. This research is focused on examining the application of law in
Decision Number: 989/Pid.Sus/2021/PN Bdg, the judge imposed restitution on the
Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection. This type of research is
normative legal research. The legal materials used are primary legal materials in
the form of laws and regulations and secondary legal materials in the form of
interviews with sources. The collection of legal materials for this research uses a
literature study. Based on the results of the discussion, shows that the theory of
criminal responsibility is individual, so it is not appropriate if the third party is
interpreted as the state, but rather as a party that still correlates with the
perpetrator, such as the perpetrator's family or other people involved in the same criminal event.