DIILS graduated 10 students from the 2020 LAMSO Course. Countries represented were Bangladesh, Benin, Georgia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Moldova, Malta, Senegal and Sierra Leone. LAMSO is a three-week course for military commanders, lContinue reading
DIILS graduated 18 students from the 2020 LCT Course. Countries represented were Bangladesh, Benin, Georgia, Ghana, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Moldova, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda. LCT is a three-week course for military commanders, legal advisors and their civilian counterparts exploring effective means for combating terrorism within the rule of law. The course is designed to deepen understanding of the relevant law and the discussion of effective methods of combating terrorism th Continue reading
NEWPORT, RI, August 2020. DIILS is pleased to announce that Ms. Amber Ward has been appointed as the permanent civilian Deputy Director of the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS). 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. 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 partnered with the Australian Defense Forces to explore opportunities to support Timor Leste's efforts to strengthen its maritime governance capabilities. Read More
DKI APCSS professor Dr. Sam Mullins has a new article online called “Great Power Competition Versus Counterterrorism: A False Dichotomy” published by justsecurity.org. 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.
