LEGAL PROTECTION AGAINST WOMEN AS VICTIM IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PAPUA: A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE.

The recognition, protection and human rights enforcement are legally guaranteed under various rules both in the constitution and in various organic laws. The research was conducted in Jayapura city, Papua Province, Indonesia. It is a normative and sociological research. The results show that the domestic violence against women is a family problem that difficult to expose to public, as a result of the publics? opinion and it can be resolved internally in a family. Patriarchal culture and misunderstanding to religion teachings and belief and the example of a boy against his fathers? character, as dominant factors causing the violence. Therefore, ideological approaches such as campaigns to stop various forms of gender inequality and by women to learn techniques how to stop violence. However, legal position for women is still weak, so the legal protection especially those concerning their natural rights has not yet received clear and firm recognition and protection in the constitution as a whole. Its implication is that there are still frequent cases that injure the dignity of women. The developing patriarchal culture in society influences the educational on the protection of women?s rights. It is cause by the legal arrangement instrument, especially in Papua are still subject to patriarchal kinship system that discriminatory.