Cilacs and Faculty of Law UII agreed with the New Concept of Bridging Program

On Monday, March 18 2019 at the Main Meeting Room (3rd floor) of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between the Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia (FH UII) and Center for International Language and Cultural Studies Universitas Islam Indonesia (Cilacs UII). There were two MoAs signed on this occasion, which were concerning to the English Matriculation Program and CEPT Preparation. The two programs are designed as new model for the bridging program for International Program Students.

“The English Matriculation Program is address to even semester students of the 2018/2019 academic year International Program, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia. Furthermore, for the CEPT Preparation Program is designed for students of 5th (fifth) semester of International Programs, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia. We do not have common consensus with the International Office of UII to continue the program as they do not want to customise with our new curriculum. Some of the substances are having similarities with the current curriculum – this is part of the reason for us to introduce the new program for the international program.” said Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, S.H., M.Hum.

The event was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Law UII, Head of Study program of the FH UII, Secretary Study Program of the International Program and the head of Cilacs UII. In his remarks, Dr. Abdul Jamil SH, MH, as Dean of the Faculty of Law UII, said that “Hopefully this MoA can bring better benefits to students who hope our students will not only be competent in law practice but also have good ability of English in order to expand coverage of his career to the international level. We do hope also that this program could be implemented for the regular program students.”. Furthermore, this event was followed by a speech delivered by Director of Cilacs UII. “Basically, legal English with English in general is different. Because legal English has several terms that are not possessed in English in general, therefore through this program, we hope that it can improve the ability of students in understanding of legal english”, she said.

The event was closed with an exchange of souvenirs from the Faculty of Law UII and Cilacs UII. May through this program the level of English language proficiency of UII Law Faculty students can be develop and able to answer global competition.

International Seminar “International Law within Domestic Legal Systems: Comparative Studies”

Undergraduate Study Program of Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia invites the university/academic community to an international seminar to be held as follows:

Topic: International Law within Domestic Legal Systems: Diverse Approaches
Date: Monday, 22nd April 2019 (time: 08.00 AM – 12.30 PM)

Place: Ruang Sidang Utama (Main Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Law Faculty UII)

Speakers:

  1. Professor Dr. Sefriani, S.H., M.Hum. (Professor of International Law, UII)
  2. Professor Dr. Ni’matul Huda, S.H., M.Hum. (Professor of Constitutional Law, UII)
  3. Professor Farid Sufian Shuaib, LL.B., LL.M., PhD. (Dean and Professor of Constitutional Law, AIKOL, IIUM, Malaysia)
  4. Dr. Csaba Gondola (Legal Adviser, to the Deputy Minister of the Hungarian Prime Minister Office, Hungary)
  5. Christopher Cason, J.D. (University of Washington)

Moderator:
Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., L.LM., Ph.D.

To joint this seminar, please register via this link

Contact Person: Yaries (+6287865100588)

 

 

 

University Ambassadors and Global Issues (2019)

 

Alif Muhammad Gultom Won the Best Student Competition at Yogyakarta’s Regional Level

Student at International Program, Undergraduate of Law Study Program, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia just won the first place for the Outstanding Student Selection (Pemilihan Mahasiswa Berprestasi) at Higher Education Unit Service Region 5 Yogyakarta (Lembaga Layanan Pendidikan Tinggi). After going through several assessments from the Jury/Panel such as Interview which was conducted in English and also Presented the paper that has been made by each competitor. He successfully presented his paper with the topic of The Obligation of Ecolabel Certification and Innovation in the Voluntary Ecolabel Policy as Alternative to create Responsible Consumption and Production. Previously, Alif also won the first place for the same competition at the university level (in the scope of Universitas Islam Indonesia Students). During the competition, he supervised by Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., L.LM., Ph.D. The paper talks upon the Ideas on how to achieve Responsible Consumption and Production one of the Sustainable Development Goals. The competition was held at LLDIKTI building on Tuesday, 19th of March 2019.

This event was attended by 14 Private University in the scope of Higher Education Unit Service Region 5 Yogyakarta. Each student has their own ideas in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. “Alhamdulillah, today the selection process and the announcement of the Outstanding Student Selection has been conducted, which was attended by great students from these 14 universities. This reward becoming a new responsibility for me in order to bring the good name of Universitas Islam Indonesia in the future. I need the support and also prayers from all UII academics in order to face the next level of this Outstanding Student Selection and for sure, hope for the best according to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala” Alif Said.

After the announcement, Alif immediately met with Ms. Hazhira Qudsyi from the academic affairs to discuss the next strategy in facing the Outstanding Student Selection at the national level.

Ardya Syafhana Participated at London International Model United Nations 2019

LIMUN (London International Model United Nations) is an annual event of LIMUN Foundation which consist for more than 2500 delegation from all over the world. Located in cosmopolitan city of United Kingdom, it spend almost 3 days in facilitating intensive debate among the delegates. This year as the 20th edition of LIMUN was held on 22-24 February 2019. The participants acted as state representative of members in UN (United Nations) and was given the chance to represent that state in a council with analysing and formal debate about international issues. As the delegates of particular state, they have their own stances to resolve the issues, negotiate their state interest and then form best solution for the international issues.

Ardya Syafhana is one of the official delegates of Universitas Islam Indonesia which have been selected as the best representation and passed several selection (Administration, interview and speech assessment also simulation test). She was chosen as the person who got highest score and defeat other 25 applicants and was assumed had consistently worked hard and improve her skills to join LIMUN. She joined SPECPOL or (Special Political and Decolonisation Committee) of General Assembly and represented State of Peru. This Council discussed the topic “Belt and Road Initiative – Addressing Concerns of ‘Recolonisation’ “. In the Committee session, Hana or Delegation of Peru argued its perspective about BRI (Belt and Road Initiatives) as an opportunity and foreign policy and it can help the world economic development but did not eliminated several issues which appeared from such China’s Foreign Policy.

The main issues was then raised in how China give loans to some states but such states were not able to pay the debt back. In rectifying their absence of payment, they give China possession over vital public facility like port and military bases. It also covers the problem of collapsing project of BRI in infrastructure sectors. Peru believes that those states must have been considered all the risk and condition so that they finally agreed on the project, so the issue of “Recolonisation” can’t be connected with BRI and it is necessary for the partners to pay the debt and fulfil their performances. The Committee session was closed by adopting Draft Resolution of China and allies (includes Peru).The Document consist of the conclusion of discussion and several solutions and it used the formal form of United Nations Resolutions.LIMUN 2019 gave not only certificate but also prestigious chances for the participants to communicate beyond different culture and nationality. Depending on the knowledge, experience and networks they have been taken from LIMUN, participants were expected as the next generation of world leaders which will be equipped with the ability to deal with global issues in the spirit of cooperation

Guest Lecture by Arnaud Amouroux

March 12, 2019, at the Main Session Room, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, UII’s Faculty of Law’s held a Guest Lecture on the topic “Sport as a catalyst for Social change: Aiming for the real gold”. The event was led by Ginanjar Gailea S.Pd., M.A. as the moderator invited Monsieur Arnaud Amouroux as the speaker in this Guest Lecture.

A former United Nations staff, with 12 years’ experience in the field of peacekeeping, peacebuilding and conflict resolution, Mr. Amouroux explained that sport can be ‘more than just a game’ and introduced the concept of ‘Sport for Development and Peace’ (SDP). Sport can serve as a ‘low-cost and high impact tool for social change’. Sport has the unique ability to transcend differences, connect people and elevate/inspire them. The presentation also addressed the recognition by the United Nations of sport as an important ‘enabler of sustainable development’, especially with regard to SDG 3 on Health, SDG 4 on Education and SDG 5 regarding Gender equality. Mr. Amouroux specifically referred to 4 domains where Indonesia could use sport-based approaches to tackle some of the challenges the country is faced with: need to invest in disaster risk reduction and preparedness; fostering tolerance and living-together; fighting sedentary and unhealthy behaviours and promoting open, safe and inclusive spaces as part of urban regeneration initiatives.

Mr. Amouroux also made a comparative review of the 1962 and 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia noting the tangible and intangible legacies of each event. The successful organisation of the 2018 Asian Games is testimony to Indonesia’s ability to host even larger mega-sporting events, such as the Olympic Games, however this would require a fully integrated sustainability strategy within the candidacy proposal (i.e. focusing on generating social benefits for the communities after the event as well).

The lecture ended with a question and answer session given by UII Faculty of Law students, participants were actively involved in this session. One of them is the question raised by Rangga, “Changes in the times that have occurred at this time have affected changes in social activities carried out by children, particularly who used to be active in carrying out social activities through sports and gatherings but now they use their gadget or handphone to socialize. How does the government see this incident? “He concluded. Finally, the event was closed with the handed over of token of appreciation by Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto S.H., M.H., LL.M., P.hD as Secretary of the International Program of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia to the speaker.

Internal Audit to All Units at the Law School

As part of an effort for the continuous improvement, the law school audited by the internal audit from the Waqf Foundation of Universitas Islam Indonesia (Yayasan Badan Wakaf). The audit is not only evaluating the working performance of the law school in the past 2018 year but also the financial audit. The whole expenditure of the 2018 budget also evaluated by the internal auditor.

The audit process started on Tuesday, 5th of March 2019 and ended on Wednesday 6th of March 2019. All units audited by the internal auditor was the Dean Leadership, Division of Financial Management Administration, Undergraduate Study Program, Postgraduate Study Program of Law, Public Notary Study Program, Doctoral Study Program of Law, Advocate Profession Unit, Centre for Legal Training and Education, and International Program. Those all units were successfully followed the audit process with the average performance percentage 85%. The International Program performance has the highest percentage of working performance from all the units (98%).

“Based on the audit result, we received some notes from the auditor. Mostly about the incomplete documents to support the accountability of the use of certain budget. Fortunately, we could share the supporting documents. With this condition, we need to improve our administration process.” said the Dean.

Closing Ceremony for English Course Batch 2 and 3 for Law Faculty Supporting Staff

English Courses for Batch 2 and 3 just finished last week on Friday, 1 March 2019. There were around 50 participants that took part in the courses. The courses started in early January 2019. “Participants were enthusiastic and they did a great job. I am really proud of their progress. Now, our law school has supporting staffs with their English capability to support their daily job.” said Christopher Cason, the course tutor.

At the closing ceremony, the Vice Dean for Resource Management (Hanafi Amrani, SH, MH, LLM, PhD) said in his speech “as the representative of the leadership, we would like to congratulate for all the participants. Please remember two things: do not forget and do not hesitate. Do not forget the things that you learned from the course. Do not hesitate to practice English in our daily activities. We do hope that this English course will provide more benefit for all participants as well as for the law school.”

As part of the internationalization of the law school, the basic understanding of English is important for supporting staffs because they are the key to our academic services. The law school itself had already visited by the AUN-QA assessors to get certified at the regional level.

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Difabel dalam Debat Capres Cawapres

Author: M. Syafi’ie, S.H., M.H.

Lecturer in Faculty of Law,  Universitas Islam Indonesia, Departement of Constitutional Law

Debat Perdana Capres-Cawapres 2019 yang diselenggarakan KPU telah dilaksanakan. Hiruk pikuknya masih terasa sampai saat ini. Salah satu materi hak asasi manusia yang dibahas adalah terkait dengan difabel. Capres-Cawapres Urut 1 (satu) menjelaskan bahwa sejak disahkannya Undang-Undang No.8 Tahun 2016 tentang Penyandang Disabilitas, pendekatan dalam melihat difabel sudah berbeda, dari yang awalnya charity (belas kasih) ke arah hak asasi manusia, adanya penyamaan bonus bagi atlet difabel dan non difabel dalam event Asian Para Games 2018, dan masih adanya problem penghormatan sosial kepada difabel. Sedangkan Capres Cawapres Urut 2 (dua) lebih mencontohkan figur Zulfan Dewantara, sosok difabel yang dinilai sukses menciptakan lapangan kerja dan menjadi mentor bisnis online.

Tempo debat yang singkat, dan tidak diprioritaskannya isu difabel bagi para kandidat, berdampak pada bahasan difabel yang hanya berkutat di area yang permukaan. Tidak ada ulasan yang utuh dalam melihat persoalan struktural dan kultural difabel dan bagaimana strategi dan program para kandidat untuk membenahi problem yang akut. Karena itu, debat perdana Capres-Cawapres hanya menyampaikan sedikit pesan yang sangat permukaan, di tengah gundukan dan lapis problem yang menimpa kaum difabel di negara ini.

Problem Struktural dan Kultural

Di dunia nyata, kita sangat mudah menemukan bagaimana peminggiran kaum difabel yang terjadi cukup sistemik. Di level struktural, kita masih menemukan peraturan, kebijakan dan aktor pemangku kebijakan yang secara langsung dan tidak langsung diskriminatif kepada difabel. Diantaranya terkait regulasi persyaratan jasmani dan rohani dalam rekruetmen tenaga kerja yang mengakibatkan banyak difabel tidak lolos tes administratif kesehatan; Pasal 433 buku 1 KUH Perdata yang menempatkan sebagian difabel sebagai orang yang tidak cakap hukum, tetapi dalam prakteknya hampir semua difabel dianggap tidak cakap hukum dalam membuat perjanjian hubungan keperdataan, serta aturan hukum KUHAP yang digunakan para penegak hukum sudah tidak cukup dijadikan dasar bagaimana difabel yang berhadapan dengan hukum semestinya diproses dan diadili secara fair.

Problem yang tidak kalah penting adalah aktor struktural pemerintahan yang umumnya masih belum bisa berinteraksi dan melayani difabel dengan selayaknya. Akibatnya, banyak program dan kebijakan yang dikeluarkan pemangku kebijakan tidak tepat dan secara langsung terkatagori diskriminatif. Salah satu program yang tergambar ialah terkait dengan pembangunan sarana prasarana publik yang setiap tahun pasti diadakan, baik pembangunan kantor pemerintahan atau pun fasilitas jalan publik. Setiap sarana prasarana yang dibangun umumnya tidak aksesibel sebab partisipasi difabel dalam pengambilan dan pelaksanaan program sangat lemah, dan pada sisi yang lain tidak banyak pemangku kebijakan yang memahami hambatan-hambatan dasar difabel.

Sektor problem yang tidak kalah akut terjadi di level kultural, di mana kita masih menemukan praktek penghinaan kepada kelompok difabel dengan sebutan kecacatan; pelecehan berupa kekerasan, pemerkosan, dan tindak asusila yang proses hukumnya belum adil; pengabaian terhadap penyelesaian kasus hukum karena kesaksian difabel berhadapan dengan hukum yang dianggap lemah, sampai dengan kekerasan berupa pemasungan yang umumnya menimpa difabel skizofrenia.

Secara umum bisa kita katakan bahwa pelanggaran hak difabel terhimpit dari problem struktural berupa hilangnya pemahaman dan kesadaran dasar pemangku kebijakan bagaimana negara seharusnya memenuhi hak-hak kaum difabel, dan pada sisi yang lain difabel termarginalkan dalam lingkungan sosial terus menerus terjadi.

Pasca Debat

Setelah perhelatan debat pertama yang menegangkan itu, hal penting yang perlu ditagih kepada para Capres dan Cawapres adalah harapan untuk menarasikan lebih detail hambatan-hambatan utama difabel di semua sektor hak dan kemudian menjelaskan terobosan produktif program-program yang harapannya dapat menyelesaikan problem existing yang menimpa kaum difabel saat ini.

Untuk menarasikan hambatan-hambatan utama yang terjadi, penting rasanya para kandidat Capres-Cawapres 2019 untuk mendengar, menjaring aspirasi komunitas, dan melibatkan aktivis difabel untuk mendiskusikan problem utama difabel dengan lebih serius. Pelibatan penuh aktivis difabel sangat penting agar para kandidat tidak kehilangan basis sosial dan menjadikan isu ini hanya sebagai pemanis di saat musim kampanye.

This article have been published in Kedaulatan Rakyat newspaper,  1 February 2019.

AUN-QA Visitation 2019

Law Study Program Undergraduate Degree at the Faculty of Law UII in 2019 has carried out the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) certification. The agenda was held for 3 days from 7-9 Jumadil Akhirah 1440 H / 12-14 February 2019 with various agendas in it. Furthermore, the AUN-QA visitation agenda series begins with the opening (Opening Ceremony) on Tuesday, 7 Jumadil akhirah 1440/12 February 2019 in the UII library’s Audiovisual room which is opened directly by the Rector. In addition to the Undergraduate Study Program of Law, there are other study programs which are also held by AUN-QA visitation, namely Industrial Engineering Study Program, Study Program of Economics and Psychology.

Dean of Faculty of Law UII, Dr. Abdul Jamil, S.H., M.H said that the preparation for the AUN-QA has been going on for a long time, since 2016 which began with the 2017 KKNI-based curriculum implementation and continued with the preparation of international certification grant proposals through the University Quality Assurance Board. “Renovations and additions to infrastructure that support academic activities in the Faculty of Law and others have also been prepared for one year ago,” he said.

Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, S.H., M. Hum as the Chair of the Faculty of Law’s undergraduate study program, said that the assessor appointed for the Law Study program at the Faculty of Law was Prof. Dr. Aleth Theresa L. Decanay and Associate Prof. Dr. Ornsiri Cheunsuang. “Allhamdulillah, we have constructive input, especially regarding the development of the 2017 KKNI curriculum, and for other inputs that can be considered related to campus internationalization such as increasing the number of foreign students, increasing the number of foreign teaching staff, developing International Programs and activities with regional and international tertiary institutions . “We are also advised that other activities can be more realized and improved, especially in terms of research, lecturer exchanges and community service. In addition, the assessors also appreciated the positive feedback from students, alumni and other ‘stakeholders, “he added. “Furthermore, we would like to thank all those who have worked hard and contributed to this 2019 FH AUN-QA visitation”, he concluded.

Furthermore, the AUN-QA Accreditation Visitation series was closed on Thursday, 9 Jumadil Akhirah 1440 H / 14 February 2019 by the Rector and was attended by the rector leadership, as well as representatives of each study program.