Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia has been committed to fully supporting all outbound mobility programs that are followed by its students. This is evidenced by the participation of students in the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) and the Credit Transfer Program. There are two of Faculty of Law UII students that have been selected to take part in the IISMA program at the University of Sussex, UK and the University of Warsaw, Poland. As for the transfer credit program, Faculty of Law UII has built a partnership with Youngsan University in South Korea. Both programs are planned to be implemented in September in 2021. Therefore Faculty of Law UII holds a Pre Departure Program event to equip the participants who participate in these two programs.
The Pre Departure Program event was held for two days, namely on August 9 and 10, 2021. The event presented several speakers, both Faculty of Law UII lecturers and speakers from related institutions. On the first day of the Pre Departure Program, began with a briefing on “UII’s Commitment” which was delivered by the Dean of Faculty of Law UII, Dr. Abdul Jamil, S.H., M.H. The second session discussed “Academic Commitment During Study Abroad” which was conveyed by the Head of Undergraduate Program in Law (PSHPS), Prof. Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, S.H., M.Hum. The third session was filled with debriefing on “Consolidating Worship and Morals during Study Abroad” which was delivered by the Secretary of Undergraduate Program in Law (PSHPS) UII, Mr. Ari Wibowo, S.H., S.HI., M.H. and the last session was filled by the Secretary of International Undergraduate Program in Law UII Mr. Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D. which discusses “Departure Preparation (Non-Academic) and Explanation of the Joint and Credit Transfer Program.
On the second day of the event, Faculty of Law UII invited five speakers who discussed preparations related to psychological readiness when living and studying abroad, discussions related to cultural awareness in destination countries, explanations regarding health protocols during travel and studying abroad and the last one is sharing session with Faculty of Law UII students who have participated in the Double Degree program at Youngsan University. The first session was filled by Mrs. Dr.rer.nat. Dian Sari Utami S. Psi. M.A., who provided briefing on Psychological Readiness. The second session was filled with briefing on Cultural Awareness in South Korea, England and Poland which was delivered by Mr. Riefki Fajar Ganda Wiguna, S.Pd., M.Hum. The third session was filled with briefing on “Explanation of Health Protocols during Travel and Study in South Korea, England and Poland” which was delivered by Dr. dr. H. Ferry Ardiyanto, MMR from the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI). The last session was filled by Yuwan Zaghlul Ismail and Kurniawan Sutrisno Hadi. They are Faculty of Law UII students who are currently studying for a double degree at Youngsan University. They filled the last session by sharing their experiences while studying at Youngsan University.
The enthusiasm of the participants was visible in the program with the many questions asked. There were a total of five participants who took part in this event. Two participants are IISMA delegates and three participants are Credit Transfer Program delegates. The participants asked questions about the program and also expressed their concerns about studying abroad. One of the questions they asked was about how to deal with religious and cultural differences that could affect their daily lives when living abroad and so on. The questions and concerns raised by the participants can be answered properly by the speakers so that the participants are more enthusiastic in participating the outbound mobility program. At the end of the event, the moderator made an announcement regarding the most active participants in this event. The participants were Akhiruddin Sahputra Lubis and Aryana Sekar Widyaningsih. Both participants received prizes in the form of interesting souvenirs from Faculty of Law UII.
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.
