Aries Merdeka Sirait, Secretary General of the National Commission for Protecting Children, has revealed that around 15,000 children lost their upbringing rights because of their parents' divorces. “During 2006, at least 3,000 divorces occurred in Jakarta,” he said at the “Have Coffee with the National Commission for Protecting Children, Analyzing Children's Actual Problems” event, in his office yesterday (04/04). The high rate of split-up between husbands and wives, Aries continue, has impacted with the loss of the children's rights of upbringing from their parents. In addition, children's rights on being asked their opinions about their parents’ divorce have also been ignored all the time. “In fact, according to Law on Children's Protection Number 23/2002, children have the right to convey their opinion,” said Aries. The marginalized rights of children are ironic since most of the parents consider children as non-victims and only an effect of divorce. “In fact, it is clear that children have become the victims of their parents' egotism. They have often been tossed about in the struggle for upbringing rights,” said Aries. ___________
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