DIILS is pleased to announce a new resident course; Legal Aspects of Maritime Law Enforcement and Security Operations (LAMSO) for FY2019. Continue reading
DIILS recently traveled to Mexico City, Mexico to partner with some members of the Mexican military and engage in discussions on Human Rights in Domestic Operations and Defense Support to Civilian Authorities. The engagement was very productive; we will continue to work together in the upcoming months on these and other important shared issues.
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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 Philippines in November 2017. Continue reading
NEWPORT - 54 participants from 33 countries completed the 10th Legal Aspects of Combating Corruption (LCC) course in December, 2016. This was the largest number of participants in any DIILS resident course to date. Read More
DIILS Congratulates our Alumna, Captain Grace Ajierh from Kenya, who recently completed the Female Military Officers Course co-organized by UN Women and the International Peace Support Training Center. Read More
An investigation specialist from the UN Office of Internal Oversight Service visited Newport to discuss how peacekeeping troop contributing countries can effectively gather evidence in cases of sexual misconduct in remote mission areas. Later, the 24 participants fr 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.
