Universitas Brawijaya Criminal Justice System Research Center (PERSADA UB) in collaboration with the Association of Teachers of Criminal Law and Criminology (ASPERHUPIKI) and The Asia Foundation (TAF) held Advanced Training for Criminal Law Teaching Based on Human Rights (HAM THERAPY) for a week (1 /6-6/6/2024).
Chairman of PERSADA UB Dr. Fachrizal Afandi, S.Psi., S.H., M.H. stated that Human Rights THERAPY aims to equip criminal law academics with human rights-based criminal law teaching methods. According to this UB FH lecturer, Human Rights THERAPY was designed to strengthen the teaching of criminal law after the ratification of Law 1/2023 concerning the Human Rights-based Criminal Code to 30 young criminal law lecturers and was held for six days, on (1/6-6/6 /2024).
Fachrizal, who is also the General Chair of ASPERHUPIKI, said that this human rights THERAPY model uses a learning model based on experiential learning and active learning which emphasizes instilling values about the importance of strengthening human rights guarantees through the national Criminal Code. Fachrizal is of the view that the national Criminal Code can be used as an instrument to strengthen human rights guarantees for citizens. It is hoped that the young lecturers who are members of Human Rights THERAPY can play a greater role in the human rights-based national Criminal Code teaching process and indirectly also contribute to the reform of the criminal justice system.
Professor of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Topo Santoso, S.H., M.H. on the same occasion stated that the formulation of the National Criminal Code was based on human rights.
This has been stated repeatedly starting from the preamble, 1st Book of the Criminal Code, 2nd Book of the Criminal Code, even in the explanation of the National Criminal Code. Prof. Topo, as chairman of ASPERHUPIKI Advisory Board, stated that through human rights therapy, criminal law teachers from various campuses in Indonesia can teach the New Criminal Code from a new perspective, namely the perspective of protecting human rights. So, not only teaching dogmatically, textually what the formulation is, but also what the meaning contained in the articles, how to interpret them from an angle that better protects human rights.
Head of ASPERHUPIKI Education and Training Department Dr. Febby Mutiara Nelson, S.H., M.H. who is also a lecturer at FH UI, stated that human rights therapy presents speakers who are experts in their fields. Introduction to Criminal Law Teaching Methods based on Experiential Learning / Active Learning” delivered by Dr. Nella Sumika from FH Padjadjaran University, followed by material from Herlambang P. Wiratraman, S.H., M.A., Ph.D., from FH UGM regarding “Introductory Material: Human Rights”, “Experiential Learning-based Criminal Law Teaching Skills”, and “Evaluation Methods and Reflections on Human Rights-based Criminal Law Teaching”. Dr. Patricia Rinwigati Waagstein, S.H., M.I.L., from FH UI regarding “The Principles of Human Rights in Criminal Law”, followed by the Concept of Human Rights and Principles of the Rule of Law”, The Concept of Human Rights in Criminal Law”, as well as the presentation of material by the Professor of FH UI, Prof. Dr. Topo Santoso, S.H., M.H., regarding “The Formulation of a National Criminal Code based on Human Rights”. Human Rights Principles in Book 1 of the National Criminal Code, Human Rights Principles in Book 2 of the National Criminal Code, Human Rights Dimensions in the Criminal Justice System, and Projections of Human Rights Issues in the RKUHAP. This activity was guided by facilitators; Dr. Fachrizal Afandi, S.Psi., S.H., M.H., Dr. Nella Sumika Putri, S.H., M.H., Rival Gulam Ahmad, S.H., LL.M., Dr. Febby Mutiara Nelson, S.H., M.H., Dr. Ahmad Sofian, S.H., M.A.
Dr. Nella Sumika Putri from FH Padjadjaran University as the facilitator said that on the last day of HAM THERAPY the participants were asked to do a Human Rights-based Criminal Law Teaching Practicum, and were asked to design a Human Rights-based Criminal Law Learning Session on their respective campuses. Dr. Nella said that ASPERHUPIKI provided grants to participants to practice the learning model in this training on their respective campuses.
Participants from FH UGM Diantika Rindam Floranti, S.H., LL.M. welcome human rights therapy. He said that through this activity he could learn many things related to studying criminal law based on human rights. He hopes that efforts related to teaching human rights-based criminal law will be increasingly massive and can become the basis for all universities in Indonesia to develop their curriculum to be even better.
In line with Diantika, Filep Ayomi, a lecturer in Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, Cenderawasih University, Papua, said that human rights therapy provides inspiration for criminal law lecturers to teach human rights-based criminal law more creatively and innovatively. He hopes that similar training must be carried out on a massive scale so that it has a greater impact, especially on campuses in eastern Indonesia
This activity was supported by 12 (twelve) State University Law Faculties from all over Indonesia, namely from the University of Indonesia, Univrsitas Brawijaya, Airlangga University, Gadjah Mada University, Diponegoro University, Padjadjaran University, North Sumatra University, Lambung Mangkurat University, Hasanuddin University, Cendrawasih University, Sriwijaya University, and Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung which is located at the Singhasari Resort, Batu City, East Java. (FRZ/OKY/UB PR/ Trans. Iir).
