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17 Jurnal HAM 1 (2026)

handle is hein.journals/jnlham17 and id is 1 raw text is: Ju 4i I , I 1 i I Volume 17 Nomor 1, April 2026 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30641/ham.2026.17.1-20 Karya ini dipublikasikan di bawah lisensi: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Protecting Indigenous Women: Feminist Legal Critique on the Enforcement of CEDAW in Kawin Tangkap Cases in Central Sumba Perlindungan terhadap Perempuan Adat: Kritik Hukum Feminis terhadap Penegakan CEDAW dalam Kasus Kawin Tangkap di Sumba Tengah Sherly Aprilia,? Arief Setiawan Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia ABSTRACT: This article is based on research examining the implementation of CEDAW in Indonesia in overcoming the practice of kawin tangkap as discrimination against women in Central Sumba.I The research aims to analyze the implementation of CEDAW in Central Sumba, particularly in the aspect of law enforcement regarding cases of kawin tangkap. It examines why the implementation of CEDAW has not been effective in overcoming gender-based violence manifested in kawin tangkap practices in Central Sumba. Qualitative explanative research design was employed, utilizing case study approach in 2014-2025. The research involved participatory observation in Central Sumba. Data were collected through interviews with survivors, activists of NGOs, government, law enforcement officers, and literature review. Despite Indonesia's ratification of CEDAW in 1984, cases of kawin tangkap continue to persist. The ratification has not -yielded significant impacts, especially in terms of law enforcement, as evidenced in the absence of any officially reported cases that are successfully prosecuted. Feminist legal theory is applied to critically examine the limitations of CEDAW as a framework of positive law in ensuring the effective protection and respect of women's rights through law enforcement mechanisms. By integrating the concept of intersectionality and Johan Galtung's theory of violence, this analysis shows how overlapping social identities can perpetuate- especially those shaped by cultural and structural factors-can produce conditions that justify violation practices of kawin tangkap. The researcher suggests the need for alignment in understanding kawin tangkap as a form of discrimination and violence against women by all parties, accompanied by consistent and impartial law enforcement. ABSTRAK: Artikel ini didasarkan pada penel/itian yang mengkaji implementasi CEDAW di Indonesia dalam mengatasi praktik kawin tangkap sebagai bentuk diskriminas/i terhadap perempun di §umba Tengah. Penelit/ia ini bertufmn untuk mengnal/sis implementusi Ill' di Sumba Tenga,h. khususnya <alam aspek penegakan hukum terkait kasus kawin tmgkap. Penel/tian ini mengeksplorasi mengapa implementasi CEDAW b). elum efektif <dalam mengatasi kekerasan berbasis gend/er yang termni/estas/ikan dalam praktik kawin tangkap cdi Sumha Tengah. Penlekatam penelitian kualitatif eksplanati/ dligunakan. dlengan metodce simi kasus pada periocle 2014-2025. Penel/tian ini melibatkan observasi part/sipati/ di Sumba Tengah. D)ata dlikumpulkan melalui wawancara lengan penyintas. aktiv/s 1.5\1. pemerintah. petgas penegak hukum, dan tinjauan pustaka. .\leskipun Incdonesia telah meratilkas/i (CED).A 1l' pacda tahun 194,. kasus kawin tangkap tetap herlanjut. Ratillkasi tersebt belun menghasilkan dampak yang signikan. terutama dalam hal penegakan hukum. scehagaimana terlihat dari ti(ak aclanya kasus yang clilaporkan secara /ormal dlan herhasil cliproses secara hukum. Teori hukum ferinis digunakan untuk mengkaji secara kritis tentang keterhatasan CEDA).IlW scehagai kerungka hukum positi/ dalam memastikan perlinclungan dlan penghormatan hak- haklperempuan melalui mekan/sme penegakan hukum. Dengan mengintegrasikan konsep interseksionalitas dlan teori kekerasan oleh Johan (Gahung,. penelitian ini menmnjukkan bagaimana /dientitas sos/al saling tumpang t/nclih khususnya yang terbentuk karena faktor bulaya <dan struktural clapat menciptakan konlsi yang menjustilikasi praktik pelanggaran kaw/in tangkap. Peneliti merekomenclusikan perlunya penyelarasan Keywords: CEDAW; Central Sumba; feminist legal theory; gender discrimination; kawin tangkap; Kata Kunci: CEDA W; Sumba Tengah; teori hukumfeminis; diskriminasi gender; kawin tangkap; Received/Diterima: 08-07-2025 Revised/Diperbaiki: 05-11-2025 Accepted/Disetujui: 12-11-2025 How to cite: Aprilia, Sherly, Arief Setiawan. Protecting Indigenous Women: Feminist Legal Critique on the Enforcement of CEDAW in Kawin Tangkap Cases in Central Sumba. Jurnal HAM. Vol. 17 No. 1, April 2026, 1-20. DOI. 10.30641/ham. 2026.17.1-20. 1