Violations of Human Rights by Criminal Acts of Misappropriation of Social Assistance Funds
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211112.067How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Constitution; corruption; covid-19; human rights; social assistance funds
- Abstract
The Constitution guarantees the fulfillment of human rights, acts as a means of limiting power, and cannot be separated from the protection of human rights, a democratic state, and the rule of law. The role of the Constitution as a normative crystallization of the state’s duty in providing protection of human rights and the administration of the government based on people’s sovereignty is accompanied by legal boundaries of power that are directed at the interests and benefits of the people. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of the state is required to realize the welfare of its people. The spread of COVID-19, which is declared a pandemic, shows an increase from time to time and has caused many casualties, as well as material losses, which are increasing day by day and have implications for social, economic, and community welfare aspects. Thus, the interesting issue in this paper is the role of the state in human rights violations by perpetrators of criminal acts of misappropriation of social assistance funds. This research uses a normative juridical method or doctrinal research with a normative analysis method. The provision of social assistance funds that are not well-targeted and cannot be accounted for in the midst of force majeure conditions is a criminal act of corruption and is a dishonorable act, and an act that violates human rights. Therefore, a public service system is urgently needed, starting from data collection, mapping of needs, distribution, and accountability, to the evaluation of implementation in a transparent and accountable manner.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Wilma Silalahi PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/23 TI - Violations of Human Rights by Criminal Acts of Misappropriation of Social Assistance Funds BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2021 (ICLHR 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 514 EP - 524 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211112.067 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211112.067 ID - Silalahi2021 ER -