The era of digitalization as it is now has made human life faster and easier. Various activities that were previously unimaginable to be carried out digitally can now be realized. The presence of a pandemic also seems to accelerate the digitization process in order to normalize the situation so that it can continue to run smoothly. Therefore, innovation must continue to be developed in various fields to support the digitization process which is one of the keys to progress. Including in the field of education and administration of correspondence as happened at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga. Recently, through a podcast held on Friday (11/03/2022), Iman Prihandono, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D. as the Dean, launched his first letter administration system application, named Veritas.

On the occasion, he explained that the rapidly increasing need for technology, especially in the field of education, has encouraged the Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga to prepare future generations who are technology literate. This makes the use of technology increasingly inevitable for teaching and learning activities. The digital transformation policy has also begun to be implemented slowly starting from classrooms, e-resources in libraries, and now the mail administration system is starting to be carried out digitally to answer the demands of the times. Furthermore, he explained that “veritas” in Latin means “honest, nothing to hide”. This is the background of the name of the new application in the hope that it can be a reflection of the more honest system of administration of correspondence at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga. “Hopefully, Veritas will make the mail administration system simple, fast, and most importantly transparent,” he emphasized.

In connection with this, Ekawestri Prajwalita Widiati, S.H., LL.M. as Secretary of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga explained that the transition from a manual system to a digital system will be carried out slowly and one by one. “Correspondence will still use paper, but it will slowly begin to be reduced by using various features in the Veritas application,” he said. In addition, he also explained a little about the advantages of this application, starting from the mail tracking feature, monitoring, and even being able to cut the existing bureaucratic time. For example, if you want to apply for a room loan that used to take weeks or even months, it can now be done in less than 24 hours. Another advantage is the availability of routine letter templates such as requests for information on active students, recommendations, and even the legalization of diplomas for alumni.

Author : Dean Rizqullah Risdaryanto

Public Relations (16/3/2022) | UNAIR International Law Expert Koesrianti, Ph.D. has been inaugurated as a professor on Wednesday morning (16/3/2022). In his inaugural speech, Koes reviewed ASEAN’s regional response to trigger the region’s economic recovery after being hit by the turmoil.

Koesrianti said that the COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact, considering that it was a combination of a health crisis and an economic crisis. Therefore, the economic recovery is plagued with uncertainty about its success. He added that this all depends on how this pandemic is ended, as well as how the pandemic can affect global economic growth.

“Due to globalization and interdependence, the ASEAN economy has become integrated with the global economy. Therefore, ASEAN has also been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, ASEAN has determined three stages of economic recovery due to the pandemic for its member countries, namely: re-opening, recovery, and resilience,” said the FH UNAIR lecturer.

According to Koesrianti’s explanation, these stages are intended to re-open access for countries by looking at the severity status of the pagebluk. He added that the realization of these stages was also carried out with close coordination between sectors, and adjusted to the long-term vision of ASEAN.

ASEAN established the ASEAN Covid 19 Response Fund, which is a joint pooling of funds for the purposes of directors, supervision and prevention of transmission in ASEAN countries. Koesrianti said that the focus of this fund is to provide protection for health workers and other frontline workers, as well as to provide the country with medical and non-medical equipment.

“This plan is funded by ASEAN countries and their partners from regional organizations, both public and private. However, in practice, this platform is powerless due to unclear guidelines where countries cannot determine quickly when to make a decision,” he said.

Therefore, Koesrianti said that there are five holistic strategies so that economic recovery can be realized. The strategies are: improving the quality of the health system, strengthening human security, maximizing the potential of ASEAN’s internal market and expanding economic integration, accelerating digital transformation, and being optimistic towards a more resilient and sustainable future.

“To encourage collective actions from ASEAN member countries, a comprehensive framework for cooperation has been drawn up, namely the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework which contains a consolidated solution strategy for a resilient and stronger ASEAN that emerges victorious from COVID-19. Strong collaboration, coordination and solidarity are needed among ASEAN member countries so that all programs as a regional response can be realized,” he concluded.

Author: Pradnya Wicaksana

Setiap orang tua pasti akan mengharapkan yang terbaik untuk anaknya, termasuk dalam mengenyam pendidikan pada semua jenjang. Hal inilah yang melatarbelakangi Fauzy Iskandar Alamsyah, S.H., M.H. untuk selalu bersemangat dalam menjalani masa studinya pada Program Studi Magister Ilmu Hukum Fakultas Hukum Universitas Airlangga. Tak hanya itu, kini dirinya berhasil menuntaskan studi dan menjadi wisudawan berprestasi ketiga periode Maret 2022. Dalam sebuah kesempatan, dirinya sempat menceritakan bahwa salah satu motivasinya untuk mengenyam pendidikan strata-2 adalah orang tuanya. Dirinya menceritakan bahwa hal itu bermula ketika wisudanya pada tingkat strata-1 yang masih diselenggarakan secara offline. “orang tua dari wisudawan terbaik dipanggil untuk berdiri dan disorot kamera. orang tua saya lantas berkata “kamu nggak pingin ta mama sama papa dipanggil terus disorot kamera gitu?” dan seketika itu saya menjawab “nanti ya ma, pa kalau aku S2.” Ujarnya menceritakan penuh tawa. Kini dirinya berhasil untuk mewujudkan janjinya kepada orang tua tersebut karena berhasil menjadi salah satu wisudawan terbaik. 

Mahasiswa yang sekaligus sebagai seorang musisi tersebut berhasil lulus dengan indeks prestasi kumulatif 3,83 dengan membawakan tesis berjudul  “Pembentukan Sistem Hukum Lisensi Satu Pintu Untuk Memfasilitasi Penciptaan Cover Lagu dan/atau Musik Tanpa Melanggar Hak Cipta”. Dalam tesis tersebut, dirinya menyoroti bahwa sistem hukum tentang regulasi pengelolaan royalti atas lagu dan/atau musik yang dinyanyikan ulang oleh pihak lain di Indonesia masih sangat kurang efektif serta menyulitkan bagi para pengguna lagu. Hal ini kerap menimbulkan berbagai masalah terhadap pengelolaan royalti juga dirasakan bagi para pengguna lagu dan/atau musik seperti adanya penarikan royalti secara ilegal. Oleh karenanya, mahasiswa angkatan Tahun 2020 tersebut menyarankan agar Sistem Informasi Lagu dan Musik (SILM) dan sistem Secure Socket Layer (SSL) digunakan untuk memberikan perlindungan hukum bagi pengguna maupun Pencipta, Pemegang Hak Cipta, atau pemilik Hak terkait lagu dan/atau musik guna meminimalkan pelanggaran hak cipta di Indonesia.

Akhir kesempatan, dirinya merasa bahwa perkuliahan yang dilakukan secara daring sangat berbeda dan kurang seru. Meskipun demikian, hal itu tidak menjadi penghalangnya untuk tetap belajar dan bersosialisasi dengan teman perkuliahannya yaitu Mahendra Harun Ar-Rasyid, S.H., M.H. yang juga menjadi wisudawan terbaik kedua. Dirinya juga berpendapat bahwa Universitas Airlangga, khususnya Fakultas Hukum, tetap memberikan yang terbaik dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar dan pelayanan kepada mahasiswa meskipun dalam keterbatasan keadaan. “Fakultas selalu memberikan yang terbaik meskipun dalam keadaan terbatas karena pandemi ini” jelasnya. 

Penulis : Dean Rizqullah Risdaryanto

Public Relations (24/2/2022) | Airlangga Education Expo (AEE) 2022 also offers various interactive speech titles. One of them is titled “Lecture with Scholarship, Why Not?” which was held on the third day of the AEE 2022 event, Sunday (20/2/2022). Director of Student Affairs UNAIR Dr. M. Hadi Subhan was present as a resource person to discuss what scholarships are available at UNAIR.

First, the Smart Indonesia Card (KIP) scholarship which was previously known as the Bidikmisi program. Provided by the Government of Indonesia, Hadi explained that the target of this scholarship is for students from economically disadvantaged groups. The KIP scholarship opportunity is very large, Hadi added that 35% of UNAIR students received this scholarship.

“So prospective students who are declared eligible to receive the KIP Lecture scholarship will receive full educational funding for eight semesters for undergraduate and D4 students, six semesters for D3 students, four semesters for D2 students, and two semesters for D1 students,” said the labor law expert. that.

Hadi said that scholarships based on academic achievement and performance are also widely available. These merit scholarships are available from various sources such as the government, BUMN, foundations, or private companies, such as the Bank Indonesia Scholarship.
“Usually, this type of scholarship program requires a GPA score and other achievements, both academic and non-academic,” said the FH UNAIR lecturer.

UNAIR also provides religious scholarships, such as the Tahfidz Quran scholarship. Hadi explained that if a student can memorize five juz of Al-Quran, he will receive education funding for one full semester and can take part in the selection again in the following semester.
“We also provide similar scholarships for non-Muslim students. So, for those who memorize the holy book and then there is an accountable verification, they can also get scholarships,” he said.

Of course, UNAIR scholarships are not limited to these three types. Hadi said that scholarship information is usually shared on the UNAIR Student Affairs website or through their respective faculties.
“In the future, the Directorate of Education will cooperate with the Directorate of Information Systems so that scholarship information can be directly accessed on the CyberCampus UNAIR page,” he concluded.

Mining is an activity that has a broad impact on society. Juridically, the regulation is regulated in Law No. 4 of 2009 which was recently amended through Law No. 3 of 2020 and Law No. 11 of 2020. The change in regulation caused various reactions to encourage the submission of a judicial review application to Constitutional Court. This petition for case Number 37/PUU-XIX/2021 was submitted by 4 (four) Petitioners consisting of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) as Petitioner I, the Association of East Kalimantan Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM Kaltim) as Petitioner II, Nurul Aini, as Petitioner III, and Yaman as Petitioner IV who is a farmer and fisherman. The petition for judicial review has now entered a new phase through a trial held on Monday, February 21, 2022 in the Plenary Session Room of the Constitutional Court (MK) virtually with an agenda to hear witness and expert testimony from the applicant.

Also attending as experts were environmental and mining law experts from the Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, namely Franky Butar Butar, SH, M.Dev., LL.M.. The lecturer who had studied at James Cook University focused on the issue of deautonomizing management authority mining by the local government. This is motivated by the provisions in the amendment to Article 4 paragraph (2) which states that the control of minerals and coal by the state is only carried out by the central government. This arrangement is, of course, different from Law No. 4 of 2009 which also authorizes local governments to exercise control over them.

In his expert statement, he explained that if the management of natural resources was only determined by the central government, it would lead to public distrust. “I imagine that the authority regarding mining in the district/city government alone is difficult to access by the public, let alone withdrawn to the central government. This will only distance what is already far away,” he emphasized. This condition certainly causes limited public access in responding to problems surrounding mining.

In closing, he reiterated that the withdrawal of mining authority belonging to the regional government to the central government not only limits but also eliminates access to information and participation from the community. Therefore, this is a setback to regional autonomy or also called deautonomy. He himself suggested that this authority be returned to the regional government and that the instrument of guidance and supervision be strengthened.

Author : Dean Rizqullah Risdaryanto

Public Relations (23/2/2022) | Airlangga Education Expo (AEE) 2022 was held again in a hybrid manner to introduce the faculties offered by UNAIR. The nuance of the event was surrounded by the consideration and optimism of final year high school students who intend to continue their higher education at Bumi Airlangga. To provide the latest information, each faculty and directorate has their own booth.
The FH UNAIR booth was conceptualized with a judicial simulation that could be used as a photo spot for booth visitors. He is equipped with a judge’s table, a judge’s hammer, judicial clothes from a District Court judge’s shirt to an orange vest for a Corruption Eradication Commission prisoner.

Visitors also have the opportunity to win door prizes if they can win a Kahoot quiz about the ins and outs of FH UNAIR, and upload photos on Instagram Stories. In fact, UNAIR Chancellor Prof. Moh. Nasih and his vice chancellors also stopped by and took pictures with flowery expressions. On the last day, Sunday (20/2/2022), the FH UNAIR booth received an award from the AEE 2022 committee as the 3rd most interactive booth.

Visitors, especially high school students, also asked various enlightening questions related to the opportunities and dynamics of studying at FH UNAIR. Things like the 2022 student quota, what branches of law will be studied, lecture models, and career prospects. Public Relations Coordinator Masitoh Indriani, S.H., LL.M also said that the presence of this booth was to break the stigma associated with law lectures.
“Things such as whether to be a law student you have to memorize the articles, we will answer them in a friendly and enthusiastic manner. Even the Dean of FH UNAIR himself was also present to answer questions from AEE 2022 visitors,” said the Cyber ​​Law expert.

Author: Pradnya Wicaksana

Public Relations (23/2/2022) | BEM FH UNAIR and IKA FH UNAIR Jabodetabek collaborated to launch the 2022 Foster Brother program. The introduction of the program was carried out via Instagram Live on Thursday night (17/2/2022) by cooperating with two IKA FH UNAIR Jabodetabek administrators as resource persons: Mohamad Iqbal J. Rachman (Iqbal ) and Shevierra Danmadiyah (Shevi).

Shevi explained that Foster Brothers were a mentoring program that brought together Foster Brothers as mentors, and Foster Sisters as mentees. The purpose of this program is to help mentees determine steps related to a first career that match their abilities and interests.
“The actors who are Foster Brothers here are FH UNAIR alumni who have had careers in companies, government institutions, and the judiciary. Take for example the Indonesian Ministry of Industry, the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office, and many more. Meanwhile, the actors who become Foster Brothers here are third and fourth year FH UNAIR students, as well as new graduates,” said the ELSAM researcher.
According to Iqbal, the purpose of launching this program is so that the Adik Foster will not feel alone in determining their steps after winning a bachelor’s degree. Accompanied by competent mentors, it is also hoped that the quality and competitiveness of FH UNAIR graduates can increase.

“The Foster Brothers will later get practical knowledge that generally you won’t get in the classroom. Also, with programs that are modeled so that there is more personal communication between mentors and mentees (two-way conversations), it gives the impression that there is exclusive access to experienced people. Not to mention the benefits of networking that can be obtained,” said the IKA administrator.
Kakak Foster will be held from April to December 2022. Shevi said that the length of the mentoring period does not mean that the mentees will be overwhelmed by busyness. On the contrary, the mentoring session will be designed as flexible as possible so that it will benefit the Foster Brothers and Foster Brothers, without reducing the benefits.

Author: Pradnya Wicaksana

Public Relations (22/02/2022) | This year’s semi-autonomous body ILSA Chapter UNAIR published a book containing a collection of papers on international law entitled ILSA Jurist Dicta: The Role of International Law in Managing The Challenges Faced During the Pandemic. In addition to their achievements in international arbitration competitions, members of ILSA Chapter UNAIR also develop their academics through writing papers. This paper was written by members of ILSA Chapter UNAIR, both alumni and active students. Before being published, the collection of papers has also been corrected, both in content and grammar by lecturers who are experts in international law. The ILSA Jurist Dicta book has also received an International Standard Book Number (ISBN).

On the first page of the book, there are remarks from Koesrianti, S.H., LL.M., Ph.D. as a lecturer at the Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, Airlangga University. Then there is a table of contents containing the titles of the papers along with the main discussion of each paper. The first paper is the work of Auralia Rizki Putri which discusses the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in various countries, especially developing countries. The paper entitled “Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines: Dissecting Obligations of States in Aiding Developing Countries” consists of an introduction, two main discussions, and a conclusion or conclusion.

In addition, this book also contains nine other papers that also discuss COVID-19 in international law. Other papers are “Evaluating WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS): An Obstacle For A Vaccinated World” written by Arya Raditya Tjahjono, “The Weakening of The Global Trade and Booming Medical Needs During The COVID-19 Pandemic” written by Diva Salasa Anastasia and Hisyam Fadhlirrahman, “Substandard and Fake Vaccines: The Perspective of Human Rights Fullfilment of the States” written by Nenes Renata and Nada Sophia, “Human Rights Violations During COVID-19 Pandemic: Criminalization Threats For Those Who Refuse To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19” written by Dewi Yugi Arti and Kirani Bararah, “Impacts of Coronavirus on Environment and Government Attitude in Responding” written by Azzahra Mazaya Khalisah, “A Review of Indonesia’s Government Attempt at Treating Waste From COVID-19 Vaccine of International Law Perspective” written by Alma Putri Dhiafira, “State Responsibility To Comply with The Non-Refoulement P detail During The COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Fulfilment of Refugees’ Rights” written by Nur Indah Apriani Tiban and Tazkia Nanini, “Dilemma of States in Regards of Admitting Refugees During The Pandemic, Between The Faith of Humanity or National Security” which written by Muhammad Riovano and Michael Christian Budianto, and “International Human Rights Perspective in Refugee Protection Policy in Indonesia In Terms Of Health Aspects During COVID-19 Pandemic” written by Anita Maharani Tanusaputri and Azzahra Nabila Nurfirdaus. The 184-page book was first published by Nas Media Pustaka Publisher in December 2021.

Author : Goddess Yugi Arti