Some 25 guests and members of the ALSA Criminal Law Chapter gathered on 2 June 2026 at Universitas Brawijaya’s Jakarta campus for their third annual conference. Under the topic ‘Continuity and Change: Criminal Law Reform in Asia’ speakers from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong SAR, and Australia presented their research on legislative and policy developments in criminal law, criminal procedure, as well as sentencing and punishment. Topics ranged from proposals for a new ‘forced criminality’ defence in Malaysia to public attitudes on the death penalty in Singapore.
The keynote address was delivered by Dr Fachrizal Afandi on the topic ‘Rushed Codification? The Paradox of Indonesia’s Criminal Law Reform’. The co-chairs of the ALSA Criminal Law Chapter, Professors Mrinal Satish and Andreas Schloenhardt, expressed their sincere thanks to Dr Afandi as well as Professor Widodo, the Rector of Universitas Brawijaya, and Professor Dr Gugus Irianto, Director of UB’s Jakarta campus, for their welcoming remarks and for their generous support and hospitality.
Read more about the event at https://beritajatim.com/pakar-hukum-asia-soroti-reformasi-kuhp-indonesia-persada-ub-ungkap-paradoks-implementasi-yang-terlalu-cepat
The 4th conference of the ALSA Criminal Law Chapter will take place on 24 and 25 May 2027, hosted by Singapore Management University (SMU). A call for papers will be made in early 2027.
3rd Annual Conference of the ALSA Criminal Law Chapter
‘Continuity and Change: Criminal Law Reform in Asia’
Date: Tuesday 2 June 2026
Venue: Universitas Brawijaya Campus Jakarta
The Criminal Law Chapter of the Asian Law Schools Association (ALSA) proudly announces its third annual conference and invites academics and emerging scholars from ALSA member institutions and other relevant organisations to participate.
The one-day conference to be held on Tuesday, 2 June 2026 between 8:30am and 5:30pm, kindly hosted by Universitas Brawijaya Campus Jakarta, will be focusing on the topic of ‘Continuity and Change: Criminal Law Reform in Asia’.
The conference will involve a keynote address followed by nine academic presentations in three separate panels on codification of criminal laws vs common law traditions, criminal procedure and evidence, and sentencing and punishment. The conference organisers welcome contributions from legal academics, postgraduate students, and other experts working on criminal law history and criminal law reform, including substantive criminal law, criminal procedure, criminology, other fields of criminal justice and associated disciplines.
Please register for the event at this link ALSA’s Criminal Law Chapter – 3rd Annual Conference, and note the following deadlines.
Persons seeking to present at the conference should register before 1 March 2026.
- Registration for other participants remains open until 30 April 2026.
- Participation in the conference is free-of-charge.
- Participants bear their own costs for travel, accommodation, and local transportations. Refreshments will be provided