A pair of UGM Faculty of Law students has claimed Second Place in the Legal Review Competition organized by the Asian Law Students' Association National Chapter Indonesia (ALSA Indonesia). The competition's theme was "Human Rights Enforcement in Indonesia." The pair -- Ni Nengah Dhea Riska Putri Nandita (FH UGM 2017) and Kerin Dharmawan (FH UGM 2017) -- submitted a paper titled "Human Rights in Indonesia: Recommendations for a Draft Land Law to Optimize the Recognition and Protection of the Customary Rights (Hak Ulayat) of Customary Law Communities."
The competition ran from February 10, 2020, with online submission of the legal review paper, and the winners were announced on March 15, 2020, as part of the SEMUNAS XXVII event in Surabaya, Indonesia. The UGM team was formed through the recruitment and training process of the Asian Law Students' Association Local Chapter, Universitas Gadjah Mada (ALSA LC UGM).
Over approximately one month, the team conducted extensive research -- including interviews with Faculty of Law lecturers and practitioners in the field of land law -- alongside a literature review involving the gathering, reading, analysis, and synthesis of a wide range of sources to produce the legal review. This achievement is hoped to inspire other UGM Faculty of Law students to compete with enthusiasm and pursue excellence in both legal and non-legal fields, nationally and internationally.
