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
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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
The Marshall Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Alumni Scholars Program. This year we received 110 applications for 15 available scholarships. The competition was extremely tough, and we congratulate all applicants on their outstanding Read More
(THAILAND) On November 18, 2019, the Royal Thai Armed Forces’ Strategic Studies Center of the National Defence Studies Institute began their inaugural Senior Security Studies Course in Bangsaen, Chonburi. The intensive one-week course for senior Thai security sector 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.
