Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Law, Social Science, Economics, and Education, ICLSSEE 2021, March 6th 2021, Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers while Working Abroad

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.6-3-2021.2306192,
        author={Dede  Supenti and Zudan Arief Fakrulloh},
        title={Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers while Working Abroad},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Law, Social Science, Economics, and Education, ICLSSEE  2021, March 6th 2021, Jakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICLSSEE},
        year={2021},
        month={5},
        keywords={protection; indonesian migrant workers; work; overseas},
        doi={10.4108/eai.6-3-2021.2306192}
    }
    
  • Dede Supenti
    Zudan Arief Fakrulloh
    Year: 2021
    Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers while Working Abroad
    ICLSSEE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.6-3-2021.2306192
Dede Supenti1,*, Zudan Arief Fakrulloh1
  • 1: Student at Doctoral of Law, Universitas Borobudur Jakarta
*Contact email: dedeunbor@gmail.com

Abstract

The constitution mandates that the state guarantees its citizens the right to work and a decent living for humanity. Work is a human right that must be upheld, respected, and guaranteed to be upheld. Likewise, every citizen has the right to seek a decent living abroad as a migrant worker. Against Indonesian migrant workers while working abroad. For this reason, the state is also obliged to protect all Indonesian citizens both inside and outside the territory of the Republic of Indonesia as stated in the fourth paragraph of the Preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. Protection of migrant workers while working abroad is the state's obligation to protect its citizens. This protection aims to ensure the fulfillment and enforcement of human rights as Indonesian citizens and migrant workers, as well as ensuring legal, economic, and social protection.