(Yogyakarta) Geographical Indications as one of the intellectual property rights regimes have the potential to advance the society economy in certain areas. Magelang Regency has produced one Geographical Indication product, namely Beras Mentik Wangi Susu Sawangan. This rice is produced in Sawangan, Magelang Regency, Central Java.
Geographical Indication Area of Beras Mentik Wangi Susu Sawangan
The application for registration of Geographical Indications was made by the Society for the Protection of Geographical Indications of Beras Mentik Wangi Susu Sawangan (MPIGBMWSS) and a management structure has been formed, which consists of members of the rice farmers of Mentik Wangi Sawangan. Application for registration of Geographical Indications which is currently in the certification process at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
Geographical Indication Logo of Beras Mentik Wangi Susu Sawangan
The Geographical Indication Registration is accompanied directly by the Center for Intellectual Property Rights, Law, Technology and Business (PHKIHTB) Faculty of Law UII. Director of PHKIHTB Dr.Budi Agus Riswandi, SH., M.Hum as an IPR consultant directly oversees and assists the process of completing both substantive and administrative requirements. Starting from determining the name of the Geographical Indication used, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), and all the completeness of the requirements book.
The use of the name Beras Mentik Wangi Susu Sawangan is actually the name of the national superior variety, namely Beras Mentik Wangi Susu. However, because there are indeed characteristics that come from natural also human factors and the rice is produced in Sawangan, then name that was taken and agreed upon was Beras Mentik Wangi Susu Sawangan. (Putri Yan Dwi Akasih)
Meanwhile, Budi Santoso presented material on the Undang-Undang Baru KPK, TWK, dan Masa Depan KPK. At the beginning of his presentation, Budi Santoso explained the extraordinary potential of Indonesia’s wealth, the impact of corruption, the causes of corruption, and the positions of corruption suspects. Budi Santoso recounted that when he became an adviser to the KPK (2019), the KPK received very sudden information that there was already a revised draft of the KPK Law (Quarter four of 2019), the KPK was difficult to obtain and access the said KPK Draft Bill, the KPK identified 26 points that were at risk of weakening the KPK Bill. In addition, he explained that there were 8 points from the implementation of problematic TWK.
The first session started at 09.00 WIB and was opened by Master of Ceremony Rahadian Diffaul Barraq Suwartono, S.H., after that the Master of Ceremony allowed Cristopher Micheal Jason, JD as moderator to lead the paper presentation session by participants who had submitted papers. 4 presenters will present their papers, the four participants are from several universities in Indonesia. First, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heryanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D. from the Universitas Islam Indonesia with the paper title “Establishing Intensive Diplomatic Channels to Recover Stolen in Indonesian Public Assets Stored Overseas”. Second, Nella Sumika Putri & Budi Arta Admaja from Padjadjaran University with the paper title “Optimizing Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters in the Return of Assets Resulting from Proceeds of Crime: Lessons Learned from Indonesia”. Third, Rayhan Zidane comes from the Universitas Islam Indonesia with a paper entitled “Arbitration”. And Fourth is Dr. Joyce Soraya S.H., M.Hum from PGRI University Kanjuruhan Malang with the paper title “Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) and Asset Recovery in Criminal Law Perspective”.
The second session started at 13.00 WIB, this International Conference invited 2 Keynote Speakers and 6 Speakers, 2 Keynote Speakers, namely: first, Cahyo Rahadian Muzhar, S.H., LL.M. he is the Director-General, General Legal Administration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia. Cahyo Rahadian in addition to delivering material on mutual legal assistance and asset recovery, also said that “we are struggling to overcome the covid-19 pandemic which is causing misery to the global economy, the Indonesian government is trying to get more than 50% of Indonesian people vaccinated by the end of July 2021, do not hesitate about the effectiveness of the vaccine and register for vaccination at the nearest state health facility”. And the second is Yusfidli Adhyaksana, who is the Legal Attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore who provides material on Indonesia’s “Legal Framework on MLA Asset Recovery”.
The event was opened by the rector of the Universitas Islam Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Fathul Wahid, S.T. M.SC., Ph.D. In his opening remarks, Fathul Wahid said that “I as the rector of the Islamic University of Indonesia congratulated the Faculty of Law at the Islamic University of Indonesia for the implementation of this international conference”, at the end of his speech Fathul Wahid hoped that “from this event we could find a common thread that could be a stepping stone for progress. Together, these similarities can be used as a starting point for setting up a more standardized legal system, as we can refer to mutual legal assistance and asset recovery. Once again we thank all the speakers and all the participants”. He said.
At the handover ceremony, the Secretary of the FH UII International Program, who was also the Supervisor of the SAIL UKM, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, SH. MH. LL.M., Ph.D. asked by the board of the Bina Siwi Orphanage to give greetings and motivation to the foster children. In his speech, Dodik Setiawan said that since childhood he also had special needs, that his left ear could not hear. But with the motivation from teachers and his parents, he was able to achieve achievements in Europe by getting the summa cum laude predicate in the doctoral program from the University of Debrecen, Hungary. Based on his inspiring story, he advised the foster children and students to continue their enthusiasm for learning even in the midst of a pandemic time.
