EduAsiaNews,Lampung – The University of Lampung (Unila) has once again reaffirmed its role in advancing national legal development through the conduct of an Open Doctoral Promotion Examination in Law, held on Friday, 30 January 2026, at the Open Examination Room of Building B, Faculty of Law, Unila.
At the session, Zoya Haspita was officially declared to have passed and became the 50th doctoral graduate of the program after successfully defending her dissertation entitled “The Formulation of an Integrated Restorative Justice System in the Enforcement of Criminal Law in Indonesia.”
The research highlights the urgency of reformulating Indonesia’s national criminal law enforcement system through an integrated restorative justice system approach.
The dissertation is grounded in the reality that Indonesia’s criminal justice system remains predominantly oriented toward a retributive (punitive) approach, which has yet to fully deliver restorative justice for victims, offenders, and society at large.
Through normative and conceptual approaches, Zoya Haspita formulated a restorative justice model that does not operate partially within individual law enforcement institutions, but is instead integrated from the investigation stage through to the execution of court decisions.
This formulation emphasizes regulatory harmonization, synchronization of authority among law enforcement agencies, and the strengthening of legal foundations so that restorative justice is not merely a sectoral policy, but becomes an integral part of the national criminal justice system.
Substantively, the research offers a significant contribution to legal development in Indonesia. The integrated restorative justice system model is considered capable of reducing prison overcapacity, expediting case resolution, restoring social relationships disrupted by criminal acts, and delivering a more humane and recovery-oriented form of justice.
In the long term, this formulation has the potential to strengthen public trust in the justice system and to encourage the transformation of Indonesian criminal law toward a more modern paradigm grounded in social justice.
The doctoral promotion examination was chaired by Prof. Dr. Ayi Ahadiat, S.E., M.B.A., as Chief Examiner, with Dr. M. Fakih, S.H., M.S. serving as Secretary/Examiner. The examination board consisted of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akib, S.H., M.Hum.; Prof. Dr. Maroni, S.H., M.Hum.; Prof. Dr. FX. Sumarja, S.H., M.Hum.; and Dr. Heni Siswanto, S.H., M.H. as internal examiners, and Dr. Salman Alfarasi, S.H., M.H. as the external examiner.
The supervisory team comprised Dr. A. Irzal Fardiansyah, S.H., M.H., as Promoter, and Dr. Erna Dewi, S.H., M.H., as Co-Promoter, who guided the candidate until she successfully defended her dissertation before the examination board.
In his remarks, Prof. Dr. Ayi Ahadiat emphasized the importance of the contribution of newly awarded doctors to institutional strengthening and national legal development. He expressed confidence that the successful completion of this open examination represents not only a personal academic achievement, but also an enrichment of the body of knowledge in Indonesian criminal law.
“Hopefully, with the increasing number of doctoral graduates from Unila, the university will further position itself as a leading institution. God willing, we will continue to strive together to improve quality. Legal development can become stronger because we must all think positively in facing global competition,” he stated.
The concept of an integrated restorative justice system is expected to serve as a reference for legislative policy reform, the strengthening of law enforcement practices, and the reform of Indonesia’s national criminal justice system toward a model that is more effective, just, and recovery-oriented.
