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. Continue reading
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. LAPKO offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal aspects of United Nations-sanctioned peacekeeping missions. It details the practical implications of the agreed legal basis for action on the mission, the rules of engagement challenges that derive from the respective UN authorities and the development of international agreements associated with peacekeeping missions. Continue reading
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.
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Tallinn – Members of the Estonian Ministry of Defense engaged with a team of DIILS attorneys on several areas of interest, including maritime and air targeting issues, support to civil authorities, and methodologies for tailoring legal support to operations. Read More
UPDATE:
Congratulations General Madrigal on your appointment as Chief of Staff to the Philippine Armed Forces and receiving a 4th star.
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Lieutenant Colonel Vu Van Hiep (Army, Vietnam) attended the inaugural Legal Aspects of Peacekeeping Operations (LAPKO) resident course in 2017 and has already begun applying what he learned at DIILS as a UN military observer in South Sudan. LTC Vu stated: "I l Read More
Tbilisi - Deputy Minister Nukri Gelashvili, and legal leaders from the Georgian Ministry of Defense partnered with DIILS attorneys on a review of a pending revision to the Georgian Defense Code. Read More
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
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.
