DIILS Operations Director, Melanne A. Civic, moderating a debate on Foreign Fighters and their Families: Reconciling the Competing Obligations of International Humanitarian, Human Rights and Refugee Law and Domestic law. Continue reading
NEWPORT -- 16 international participants graduated from the 14th 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
"United Nations Day highlights the enduring ideals of the Charter, which entered into force on this date 74 years ago. Amid stormy global seas, the Charter remains our shared moral anchor." — UN Secretary-General António Guterres
UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. Continue reading
11 participants attending the DIILS Military Justice course visited the Rhode Island Crime Lab and a local police station as part of their participation in the 3 week course. Read More
A DIILS Team was in Niamey, Niger in August, 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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NEWPORT- 29 August 2019, eight participants from partner nations graduated from DIILS’s 3-week Legal Aspects of Peacekeeping Operations (LAPKO) resident course. Read More
DIILS partners with the Jordanian Armed Forces Military Justice Directorate to provide operational legal advisor training. The July 2019 training and exchange focused on shared challenges Jordanian and American military legal advisors face. Read More
DIILS Operations Director, Melanne A. Civic, moderating a debate on Foreign Fighters and their Families: Reconciling the Competing Obligations of International Humanitarian, Human Rights and Refugee Law and Domestic law. 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.
