Corresponding Author: Eni Suhaeni, Doctoral Program in Law, Graduate School, Swadaya Gunung Jati University, Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia. Email: ennisuhaeni95@gmail.com
Stunting continues to be a significant public health and human development issue in Indonesia, indicative of both persistent dietary deficits and systemic failures in safeguarding children's rights. Despite Presidential Regulation Number 72 of 2021 on Stunting Reduction and Acceleration, current legislative frameworks are primarily administrative and procedural, lacking enforceable accountability measures and penalties. This paper examines the normative deficiencies of the regulation through the lenses of children's rights and social justice, and proposes a progressive legal framework for the fair management of stunting.
This study uses normative legal methods, statutory employment, conceptual, and philosophical methodologies to analyze constitutional provisions, national law, treaties, international human rights, and the circumstances of policy implementation. The findings indicate that Presidential Regulation No. 72 of 2021 fails to position children as legal subjects with enforceable rights and does not provide binding obligations or legal consequences for governmental negligence. Consequently, disparities in access to nutrition and health services persist, particularly in socio-economically disadvantaged regions.
This study proposes a reconstruction of Articles 6 and 10 of the regulation by integrating principles of substantive justice, child-centered budgeting, participatory governance, and state accountability. The reconstruction is expected to transform stunting policy from an administrative framework into a rights-based legal instrument that safeguards children's constitutional right to health and supports sustainable social transformation.
Keywords: Stunting, children's rights, progressive law, social justice, legal reconstruction, Indonesia.
How to cite this article: Suhaeni E, Sutrisno E, Rodiyah, Suminar SR. Reconstruction of equitable stunting handling arrangements (perspective of Presidential Regulation Number 72 of 2021). Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(7s): 81-91; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.7s.12
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