HLIOS formulates adaptive legal solutions to address global health challenges
Semarang — Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata in Semarang is holding the 4th Health Law International Online Seminar (HLIOS) 2026 to formulate adaptive legal solutions to address global health challenges.
Dr. Endang Wahyati Yustina, Secretary of the Master’s Programme in Health Law at Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata Semarang, acknowledged that medical science, health technology, and digitalisation of health services are developing rapidly. These swift developments have brought significant changes to the global health services system, but have also created various complex legal issues, including regulation, governance, accountability, patient rights protection, and medical dispute resolution.
She cited telemedicine as a remote health service and palliative care as relatively new health services in Indonesia. “Previously, health services had four approaches: preventive, promotional, curative, and rehabilitative. Then, ‘palliative care’ has recently been incorporated into legislation,” she noted.
HLIOS 2026 serves as a space for academic dialogue to discuss these challenges comprehensively and comparatively across countries, including in the context of pandemics, population ageing, climate change, and health technology development. “This is the fourth HLIOS. We hold it annually, except during the pandemic. It is one of the international academic forums we organise on an international scale,” she said.
The international academic forum brings together experts, academics, and practitioners from various countries to discuss strategic issues in health and medical law. Speakers presenting virtually include Kumaralingam Amirthalingam from the National University of Singapore, Muhammad Nasser from Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata, Chung-Shan Hung from Hungkuang University in Taiwan, Nor Azizan Zakaria from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and Dave E. Marcial from Silliman University in the Philippines.
Dr. Susy Ariyanie Yusuf, Chairperson of the HLIOS 2026 organising committee, stated that the seminar is part of the institution’s commitment to developing responsive health law scholarship in response to global dynamics. “HLIOS 2026 serves as an important forum for exchanging ideas, enriching perspectives, and formulating legal solutions that are adaptive to various global health challenges,” she said.
In addition to the plenary session, HLIOS 2026 is also opening a call for papers for academics, researchers, and students to present their scholarly work in parallel sessions. The topics covered include clusters such as health law governance and public health, global and comparative health law, patient rights and bioethics, medical professional responsibility and legal disputes, and digital health technology and artificial intelligence.