PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP WARTAWAN YANG BERTUGAS DI WILAYAH KONFLIK MENURUT HUKUM HUMANITER INTERNASIONAL (STUDI KASUS PELANGGARAN ATAS WARTAWAN DALAM KONFLIK DI AFGHANISTAN )

Abstract

ABSTRACT A journalist is someone who serves the public interest in collecting, processing and disseminating accurate and balanced information. Journalists on duty in conflict areas often experience attacks that result in death. This research aims to find out how the Legal Protection of Journalists on Duty in Conflict Areas According to International Humanitarian Law. Problem Formulation: (1) How is the legal protection of journalists on duty in conflict areas based on International Humanitarian Law? (2) What forms of violations against journalists on duty in Afghanistan conflict areas based on the classification of Humanitarian Law. This research uses a normative juridical approach, by analyzing legal materials that have been obtained and carried out with evaluation techniques. The results obtained based on this research are the forms of violations against journalists are divided into 2 (two) risks, namely attacks on individual journalists and attacks related to the work of journalists, while for protection against murder, torture, corporal punishment, mutilation, harassment, degrading acts, hostage-taking and collective punishment against journalists on duty in international conflicts are regulated in several international treaties and conventions such as the 1907 Hague Convention, the 1949 Geneva Convention and Additional Protocol I of the 1977 Geneva Convention.