- Defense Institute of International Legal Studies
- DIILS COURSE PROMOTES STANDING UP TO CORRUPTION
DIILS COURSE PROMOTES STANDING UP TO CORRUPTION
NEWPORT - 32 participants from 22 countries completed the 9th Legal Aspects of Combating Corruption (LCC) Course in 2014. This three-week course focuses on building defense sector transparency through comparative analysis of U.S. and international lessons learned and best practices in combatting corruption. The course objective is to enable participants to improve their national mechanisms to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute corrupt practices in accordance with international legal standards. During LCC, participants complete a national anti-corruption self-assessment exercise and discuss how they would improve the prevention and response to corruption in their own countries. Eight of the participants offered presentations on their personal experience with anti-corruption. During a one-week visit to Washington D.C., LCC participants met with U.S. anti-corruption experts and visited the World Bank, the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon. The next Legal Aspects of Combating Corruption (MASL P176040) course is scheduled 9-30 November 2015.
Participant comments, such as those below, exemplify the value-added and positive impact of the LCC course:
“The self-assessment exercise helped us to identify our countries' level of corruption and identify the gaps.”
“I learned how we can set up an anti-corruption unit and follow up on cases involving corruption.”
“The program pushed me to work more to stop corruption in my field and job. It is the responsibility of everyone.”
The LCC classroom is a venue to exchange best practices on combating
defense sector corruption.
Panel discussions on transparency and accountability in government offer a
range of approaches to a complex topic.