FH USU PUBLIC RELATIONS: On Monday (September 7, 2026), the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Sumatera Utara (FH USU), attended the opening of the Technical Training on Strengthening the Reform of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law organized by the Education and Training Agency (Badiklat) of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Indonesia at the North Sumatra Education and Training Center in Medan.

The Dean of FH USU’s participation in the activity was part of the collaboration between FH USU and the Education and Training Agency of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Indonesia, particularly in providing resource persons for the Training on Strengthening the Reform of the new Criminal Code (KUHP) and Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP). Through this collaboration, several FH USU academics were involved as instructors in the training, which equips prosecutors with the knowledge and skills needed to address fundamental changes in the national criminal justice system.

The collaboration between FH USU and the Education and Training Agency of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Indonesia in organizing this training represents a tangible contribution by the Faculty of Law, Universitas Sumatera Utara, to strengthening the capacity of law enforcement officers, particularly in understanding and implementing reforms to substantive criminal law and national criminal procedure law introduced through Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code and Law Number 20 of 2025 on the Criminal Procedure Code.

The training was held for five days, from September 7 to 11, 2026, using a classroom-based learning method. The activity was attended by 150 participants divided into three classes, each consisting of 50 participants.

The participants consisted of Heads of General Crimes Sections, Heads of Subsections, and Functional Prosecutors in the general crimes division from the High Prosecutor’s Offices and District Prosecutor’s Offices in five provinces, namely North Sumatra, Aceh, Riau, Riau Islands, and West Sumatra, along with several Functional Prosecutors from the Education and Training Agency of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Indonesia.

The Head of the Education and Training Agency of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. Harli Siregar, S.H., M.Hum., in his remarks emphasized that the training was part of the Agency’s commitment to preparing professional, integrity-driven, adaptive human resources within the Prosecutor’s Office who are ready to face changes in the national criminal justice system.

He stated that the enactment of the new Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code was not merely a regulatory change, but a major transformation of Indonesia’s criminal justice system that would directly affect the mindset, work patterns, and law enforcement practices of all law enforcement officers. Therefore, the training was designed not only to introduce changes in legal norms, but also to establish a correct and consistent understanding of their implementation in practice.

To strengthen the learning process, the Education and Training Agency brought together instructors and trainers from various backgrounds, including academics and practitioners, among them representatives from Universitas Sumatera Utara, Politeknik Medan, senior judges of the Medan High Court, and the Assistant for General Crimes of the North Sumatra High Prosecutor’s Office. This composition was intended to enable participants to understand the reforms to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code not only from normative and theoretical perspectives, but also from the standpoint of implementation and the practical needs of law enforcement.

The involvement of FH USU as a provider of resource persons for this training reaffirms the faculty’s commitment to bridging the academic world with law enforcement practice. Through its collaboration with the Education and Training Agency of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Indonesia, FH USU actively contributes to the transfer of knowledge concerning reforms to substantive criminal law and criminal procedure law to prosecutors in the Sumatra region and surrounding areas, while strengthening the role of higher education institutions in supporting the proper and high-quality implementation of the new Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code.