The Right to a Healthy The Right to a Healthy and Safe Environment and the Obligation of Disaster Mitigation from the Perspective of Environmental Engineering Students on the Case of Flash Floods in Sumatera The Right to a Healthy and Safe Environment and the Obligation of Disaster Mitigation from the Perspective of Environmental Engineering Students on the Case of Flash Floods in Sumatera

Abstract

Every Indonesian citizen has the right to a healthy, safe, and disaster-free environment and is obliged to manage all aspects of environmental infrastructure that support a good environment. The purpose of this study is to determine the rights and obligations of citizens to obtain a healthy, safe environment and the obligation to mitigate disasters in the case of flash floods in Sumatra. The method used in this study is a qualitative-descriptive method with a legal-sociological approach. Analysis through case studies was conducted on the issue of environmental damage, highlighting the gap between government accountability and public safety. Based on a qualitative approach, the flash flood case in Sumatra in 2025 shows that the constitutional rights of citizens to a healthy and safe environment as guaranteed in Article 28H paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution have not been optimally fulfilled due to the accumulation of ecological damage such as deforestation, degradation of river basins, and weak management in all aspects of environmental infrastructure. Therefore, the limitations imposed by existing regulations in Indonesia indicate that Indonesian citizens have the right and full obligation to obtain a healthy and safe environment, and the obligation to maintain and manage every aspect of sustainable environmental infrastructure.

Keywords: Disasters, Rights, Obligations, Environment, Regulations