DIILS partnered with the Australian Defense Forces to explore opportunities to support Timor Leste's efforts to strengthen its maritime governance capabilities.
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A DIILS Team was in Togo in August 2019 to discuss with members of the Togolese Army and Gendarmerie the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights as they apply to international and non-international armed conflict.
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The Legal Aspects of Defense Support to Civil Authorities 19010 course presented the second annual Vincent Sowa Award to Major Mahmoud Magdy Farag from Egypt.
The Sowa Award is to honor the memory of LTC Vincent Sowa from Sierra Leone. The award citation reads: Continue reading
DIILS traveled to Bahrain in July 2019, to discuss with members of their military the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights as they apply to international and non-international armed conflict.
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DIILS traveled to Uganda in May 2019, to discuss with members of the Ugandan military the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights as they apply to international and non-international armed conflict.
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DIILS congratulates Commander Carolyn Leonard-Cho, USCG, (Retired) on her retirement from the United States Coast Guard. We wish her fair winds and following seas. Read More
NEWPORT, RI, 1 July 2019. Captain Ian Wexler, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, United States Navy, assumed the directorship of the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS), from Colonel Kirk Davies, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, United States Air Fo Read More
Congratulations to DIILS alumnae COL Charity Njuguna, from Kenya, who recently completed a tour of duty as a legal officer at the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and was promoted to Colonel. Read More
A DIILS team partnered with the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force to conduct operational law training. The program focused on utilizing a legal advisor in the military planning process. Read More
DIILS partnered with the Australian Defense Forces to explore opportunities to support Timor Leste's efforts to strengthen its maritime governance capabilities. 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.
