pertanggungjawaban pidana seorang ibu menjual anak dalam kandungan (tinjauan undang-undang nomor 23 tahun 2002)

In the era of globalization, the development of crime keeps on increasing. Trafficking in persons is a modern form of slavery, even a mother as a parent have the heart to sell her unborn child because of material needs. Of the event, the authors are interested in researching, in order to determine how the form of criminal liability of a mother who sells her unborn child. This study uses a normative juridical method, by using statute approach and conseptual approach. Then the material source of law derived from the law, law books, the internet, and the opinions of legal experts. The process of reasoning is deductive one, and it is analyzed qualitatively, that is the utility and techniques for author’s curiosity on a juridical symptoms or how to find the truth in knowledge. Results of studies in which a mother who sells her unborn child, due to negligent acts and violations will has to be accountable, and will put into the prison and receive a fine in accordance with the Child Protection Act.