The International Program of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia held a Gala Ceremony for the Juridical Council of International Program (JCI) and the Student Association of International Law (SAIL) on Wednesday, (22/09/2021). The event was carried out in a hybrid manner by combining online and offline systems. The Gala Ceremony was attended by the Secretary of the International Undergraduate Study Program in Law of Faculty of Law of the Universitas Islam Indonesia (IP Faculty of Law) as well as JCI and SAIL board of managements.
The event was held to give appreciation to the previous management of the two organizations, as well as the symbolic handover of the organization’s relay to the new management of the organization. Secretary of the IP Faculty of Law, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LLM., Ph.D., in his speech appreciated the continuation of scientific activities that have been held by these two organizations. Dodik Setiawan appreciated JCI for holding several webinars that were relevant to actual legal issues, and to the SAIL that was actively making achievements on competitions at the international level. In addition, Dodik Setiawan also hopes that the next JCI and SAIL management will be able to increase the number of organizational members. Recalling that, human resources are one of the most important things in the implementation of activities.
Dodik Setiawan also reminded the students to keep the spirit in organizing. He also shared how JCI and SAIL have had a long history and outstanding alumni. Dodik Setiawan also shared how he was involved in the founding of JCI and SAIL when he was a student of the IP Faculty of Law. “SAIL is, like my child. JCI is also (like) my own child. So, I hope that all of us can build these organizations to be wider and bring good impact for the academic community of the Faculty of Law of the Universitas Islam Indonesia.”
Dodik Setiawan gave awards to the previous chairman of JCI and SAIL. These awards are given as a form of appreciation from the IP Faculty of Law, for the dedication and hard work of the students in running the organization. The previous chairman of JCI, Akhiruddin Syahputra Lubis, and the President of SAIL, Arief Hasanul Husnan Nasution, received plaques and souvenirs as a symbol of appreciation given by the IP Faculty of Law. In addition, souvenirs were also given for the chairman of JCI for the period 2021-2022, Muhammad Rifaldi Rizmawan. “So that he is not being burned out when carrying out the mandate as the JCI Chairman,” said Dodik Setiawan while symbolically putting a cap on Rifaldi.
According to Rifaldi, the momentum of this Gala Ceremony is the first step for the new JCI management to continue to build good relations and work programs with the faculty. “JCI as a student organization has a significant role in building the ‘horizons’ of IP students. JCI takes the spirit of collaboration and is progressive in welcoming this new period.” (Tazkia)





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.



The fourth day is held on Saturday (19/12/2020). On the fourth day, there were two speakers, namely the Director of the Center for Human Rights Studies at UII, Eko Riyadi, S.H., M.H., and Christopher M. Cason, JD., LL.M, a permanent lecturer at FH UII. Eko Riyadi delivered material on the relationship between human rights and business activities. Eko Riyadi pointed out how the conduct of business activities often results in human rights violations. Meanwhile, Christopher Cason delivered material on the effectiveness of implementing social responsibility by companies from the perspective of the United States.




