The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies is pleased to welcome Ms. Melanne A. Civic as its new Operations Director. Ms. Civic is a U.S.-educated attorney with more than twenty years of public service, primarily with the U.S. Government, the United Nations, and with Civil Society / Nongovernmental Organizations. Ms. Civic is expert in three main areas of law and policy: security and the rule of law, international human rights, and international science, environment and energy cooperation. Continue reading
This Veteran's Day, November 11, 2018, DIILS honors the service and sacrifice given by all service members on our Nation's behalf, and pays special tribute to the many veterans who have been part of the DIILS mission over its 25+ year history. Continue reading
NEWPORT – The 2018 winner of the Nobel Prize for International Peace, Dr. Denis Mukwege, offered a resounding endorsement of FARDC military justice for actions that reflect positively on the work of the U.S. Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS). Since 2008, DIILS has conducted an educational program to enhance the FARDC’s military justice capacity. Continue reading
DIILS traveled to Mexico City, Mexico to partner with members of the Mexican military and engage in discussions on Human Rights in Domestic Operations and Defense Support to Civilian Authorities. Read More
LTGEN Benjie Rasgo Madrigal, Jr is a proud DIILS Alumnus of the 2003 Conducting Military and Peacekeeping Operations in accordance with the Rule of Law resident course, in Newport, RI. He has assumed command of the Eastern Mindanao Command in Southern Philippi Read More
DIILS congratulates Commander D J "Douggie" Ward, MBE, British Royal Navy, an operational lawyer who was recognized in Queen Elizabeth's 90th Birthday Honors List and awarded membership in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his outstanding outreach and men Read More
By Maj. Josh Southworth, Washington D.C., (Dec., 13, 2018) – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the Munich Security Conference’s Loisach Group met in Washington, D.C. to discuss transatlantic security challenges. The Group is comprised of U.S.... Read More
Vienna, Austria, December 7, 2018 – Since the establishment of a crisis hotline between Armenia and Azerbaijan in October 2018, reports of ceasefire violations have decreased approximately 75% according to George Niculescu, Partnership for Peace Consortiu 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.
