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International Conference and The 8th International Student Colloquium 2026

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The subtitles describe the opening and keynote/panel sessions of the “International Conference and the 8th International Student Colloquium 2026” hosted by Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII)’s Faculty of Law.

  • Date: Saturday, 6 June 2026
  • Theme: “Armed Conflict, Energy Crisis, and Sustainable Development: The Role of Law in Shaping Global Resilience.”

Main points and arguments

1) Opening and framing: conflict → energy crisis → development pressures

  • Speakers and organizers frame the conference around the idea that armed conflict is no longer contained; it cascades into:
    • energy insecurity
    • supply-chain disruption
    • inflation
    • environmental and social harm

  • Law is presented as a cross-cutting tool for:

    • coordinating responses
    • protecting vulnerable populations
    • enabling sustainable recovery including via international humanitarian law, energy law, environmental law, and human rights law.

  • The keynote and panel discussions emphasize overlapping crises:

    • energy shortages worsen social vulnerability
    • sustainability demands compete with instability

2) Keynote 1 (Professor Kyung Chan Lee): rule of law and maritime order as resilience infrastructure

  • Argues that the rule of law is the “ultimate force” shaping global resilience under crisis conditions.
  • Connects modern energy-security problems to maritime history and regional legal identity, emphasizing Indonesia’s historical maritime networks (the “Nusantara” maritime sphere).
  • Claims that disruptions to key chokepoints and routes—linked in the talk to Middle East instability—raise risks for East Asian energy-dependent economies.
  • Highlights the North Natuna Sea as a legal test case where UNCLOS and rules-based frameworks are needed instead of unilateral power claims.
  • Advocates legal support for energy transition:
    • moving to green energy to reduce dependence on volatile maritime chokepoints
    • insists the transition is also a legal challenge, not only a technological one

3) Keynote 2 (Associate Professor Guuang Kuang Tuen): land–environment–energy must be governed together

  • Presents a “land–environment–energy nexus” to show that energy projects—especially during transition—inevitably create:
    • land acquisition
    • environmental impacts
  • Argues that “clean energy” can still trigger major conflicts because it requires physical space, affecting farmers and communities.
  • Notes that mineral extraction for renewables can cause water stress, deforestation, and social protest.

  • Proposes that effective legal frameworks should ensure:

    1. Proper consultation of affected people early and comprehensively, including rights to question and express concerns
    2. Fair compensation reflecting true land value and livelihood loss
    3. Accessible and effective dispute resolution mechanisms

  • On wartime environmental harm, argues that environmental protections during armed conflict often fail in practice, and enforcement gaps remain serious.

  • Calls for:
    • integrated national planning
    • coordination among land/environment/energy authorities
    • strengthened enforcement institutions, including an idea of an independent environmental protection agency
  • Encourages students to practice law as interdisciplinary problem-solving, not isolated technicalities.

4) Panel session themes: legal gaps across humanitarian law, climate law, investment law, and governance

The panelists develop the idea that multiple legal regimes currently do not work together effectively under crisis conditions.

Panel contributor (Associate Professor Munan Tuang Tang / paper summarized in subtitles)

Focuses on energy resilience and green transitions amidst uncertainty, especially in Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia contexts.

Key points:

  • Green supply chains are:
    • geographically concentrated
    • exposed to export controls and sanctions
    • vulnerable to commercial and geopolitical disruption
  • During armed conflict, energy infrastructure is attacked, causing cascading humanitarian crises and creating additional vulnerabilities such as cyber attacks.

Legal weaknesses identified:

  • Humanitarian law protections for the environment during warfare are difficult to meet and may not adequately cover renewable infrastructure.
  • Climate commitments (e.g., the Paris Agreement’s “non-regression” logic) can be weakened under emergency and energy price pressures.
  • Investment law can resist decarbonization policy; investors may seek compensation through treaty protections, threatening policy space for developing states.

Example discussed:

  • Vietnam/offshore wind: rights under UNCLOS exist in theory, but overlapping zones and legal uncertainty reduce investor commitment.

JETP discussion:

  • The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) may rely too heavily on loans/guarantees rather than grant-like funding, which may not align with justice and resilience.

Reform proposals:

  • Stronger humanitarian protections for renewable infrastructure (shifting environmental protections from soft law toward binding rules)
  • Better alignment between investment law and the Paris framework (preserving state policy space)
  • Regional frameworks for energy security and clean-energy transition governance

Panel contributor (Professor Jihun Park): war law, targeting rules, and dual-use risks

  • Argues that many conflicts show persistent violations of humanitarian law norms, especially:
    • the distinction between civilian and combatant
  • Explains how targeting is treated under international law:
    • energy facilities may be attacked only under specific legal conditions
    • requires assessment of military necessity vs civilian harm, including balancing requirements
  • Emphasizes law’s imperfection due to broad exceptions; humanitarian and human-rights protections must be strengthened and better applied.
  • Notes concerns about future escalation related to energy/power strategies, including discussion of small modular reactors and broader cyber/humanitarian “grey areas.”

Panel contributor (Mr. Fahim Abra Abid): “security absorption” blocks rights reasoning

  • Critiques how security discourse can structurally pre-empt human-rights reasoning, rather than only restricting rights after a security decision.
  • Provides examples where courts and states frame vulnerable groups as security threats or illegal immigrants—thereby removing them from legal protection before rights analysis occurs.

  • Argues human-rights integration must be:

    1. Structural and operational (threshold constraints that condition security discretion)
    2. Designed with Global South participation, not as a North-made agenda
    3. Supported by accountability mechanisms requiring procedural safeguards (review, transparency, proportionality, remedies) when security/development justifications are invoked

  • Concludes that the core challenge is not lack of rules, but whether integration ensures human vulnerability guides outcomes rather than state security.

Panel contributor (Mr. Dodi / Dodi Stawanur Haranto): virtual embassies and legal uncertainty

  • Proposes and analyzes virtual embassies as a cost- and access-improving alternative to physical embassies, potentially supported by AI, cloud tools, and online services.
  • Explains that diplomatic missions currently rely on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) for personnel procedures (e.g., persona non grata, credentials), but the convention does not clearly address “virtual” missions.

  • Identifies legal and practical issues, including:

    • sovereignty and cyber jurisdiction (“who owns the cyber space”)
    • immunity and inviolability for data and digital infrastructure
    • risks such as cyber attacks, data breaches, spoofing, and responsibility/liability (“who can be sued”)

  • Mentions Estonia as an example of a virtual-embassy approach, while stressing unresolved legal gaps.

  • Suggests that stretching Vienna Convention concepts may be insufficient; a new specialized regime for virtual diplomacy may be required.

Q&A highlights (selected)

  • A student asked about criteria/thresholds for when military necessity can outweigh expected civilian harm for attacking dual-use targets (e.g., nuclear facilities). The discussion referenced legal balancing, not a simple fixed numerical threshold.
  • Other questions addressed:
    • protecting humanity under widespread crisis
    • whether virtual embassies’ benefits outweigh cybersecurity risks
    • how to reduce the North–South imbalance in human-rights scrutiny and enforcement
    • whether cyber operations (including “virtual embassy” use) fit traditional UN Charter Article 2(4) “use of force” frameworks, and whether the legal regime should be expanded

Presenters / contributors (as named in subtitles)

  • Prof. Dr. Buddhi Aguswandi (UII Faculty of Law) — mentioned as representative in opening introduction
  • Prof. Dr. Kunyan Chanli (Yongang University, South Korea) — keynote speaker (online)
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Munian Kuang Tuyen (Hanoi Lao University, Vietnam) — keynote speaker (as listed in subtitle introduction)
  • Prof. Jihun Park (Yongang University, South Korea) — keynote/panel speaker
  • Mr. Fahim Abra Abid (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) — panel speaker
  • Assoc. Prof. Dodi Stawanur Haranto, PhD — panel speaker
  • Miss Chhatur Septiana Rahawati — session moderator
  • Professor Ekosu — opening remarks on behalf of UII director (as stated in the subtitles)
  • Mr. Zaki Takyodin — recited Qur’an
  • Miss/representative from SAR Turbidana — performed traditional Nirmala dance (cultural performance)

Note: Panel/paper-specific presenter names appear with some subtitle inconsistencies (e.g., “Munang/Tuantang,” “Muen Kuang Tuen,” “Dr. Guuang Kuang Tuen,” etc.), but the core contributors above are the distinct people repeatedly linked to keynote/panel roles.

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