NEWPORT – With great sadness, DIILS mourns the passing of two alumni, LTC Vincent Sowa (LADSCA 2014) and BG Muhammad Hasnain (LCT 2014). Continue reading
NEWPORT -- 28 international participants from DIILS joined U.S. judge advocates attending the Naval Justice School for resident course focused on international operational law. The DIILS International Law of Military Operations (ILOMO) course prepares military legal advisors to support commanders on the legal aspects of operations and to be more proactive in operational planning. During this annual three-week course, the class often splits into small groups of U.S. Continue reading
In July, 2017, DIILS and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense Legal Bureau co-hosted a four-day Legal Aspects of Maritime Law Enforcement Exchange Workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop included presentations by U.S. Coast Guard and Navy legal and operational experts, and by Indonesian Maritime Security Agency and Navy legal experts. Continue reading
NEWPORT, RI, 21 July 2017 Colonel Kirk Davies, United States Air Force, assumed the directorship of the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS), in a Change of Director Ceremony officiated by Mr. Robert Helfant, Principal Director for the Building Partnership Capacity Directorate at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Colonel Davies is the 12th Director of DIILS. Continue reading
NEWPORT -- 32 international participants from 21 countries graduated from the 13th DIILS "Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights" course. The participants lived and studied at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island while attending this three week seminar, which enabled them to ascertain how they and their respective countries can enhance the lawful conduct of military operations -- internal and international. In order to present a range of perspectives, the team of instructors included U.S. Continue reading
In July, 2017, DIILS and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense Legal Bureau co-hosted a four-day Legal Aspects of Maritime Law Enforcement Exchange Workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop included presentations by U.S. Read More
Col. Roy Collins,37th Training Wing Commander (left), presented the 637th Training Group Guidon to Col. Sean Raesmann as he assumed command as the new Group Commander and DLIELC Commandant on July 19, 2017. Read More
This research note reports the results of a pilot questionnaire on priorities in terrorism and counter-terrorism, which was completed by seventy-five security-sector professionals from more than fifty countries who attended the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (P Read More
The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies - DIILS - is a Defense Department organization that plans and executes professional legal education and international engagement focused on human rights, international humanitarian law, and the law of armed conflict. DIILS is one of several Defense resources that support the conduct of U.S. foreign policy through security cooperation.
