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DIILS COURSE BUILDS INTERNATIONAL TEAM TO COMBAT CORRUPTION
NEWPORT -- At a 17 December 2015 graduation ceremony for DIILS's Legal Aspects of Combating Corruption course, the class speaker challenged the 39 graduates from 25 countries to take up the international effort against corruption. He said "fighting corruption requires an international partnership. No one nation can solve the problem by itself, but we can be effective working together under the international legal framework." The three week DIILS course focuses on building transparency in the defense sector. By contrasting U.S. and international lessons learned and best practices, the course objective is to empower participants to improve their national mechanisms to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute corrupt practices in accordance with international legal standards.
The class speaker, selected by his peers, described the course as "an opportunity for each of us to compare our legal frameworks and anti-corruption infrastructures with other countries, identify weaknesses in our systems and legislation, and assess what has been achieved, where we have failed, and what remains to be done in our respective countries."
Other participants commented that the course "demonstrates that the U.S. Government has a strong commitment to combat corruption and encourages other countries to start fighting corruption that impedes their development." The most frequently cited positive aspects of the course included "international sharing of knowledge about legal systems", "having a chance to see important (anti-corruption) institutions in the USA" and "adoption of modern teaching techniques."
When asked how they plan to use what they learned, participants said:
"As a military teacher and instructor, I will disseminate knowledge and experiences I received in this course."
"The most important thing for my organization is to strengthen standards of conduct."
"I will work on improving internal controls and designing and implementing an ethics training program."
The Legal Aspects of Combating Corruption course (MASL P176040) will be offered again 18 November to 8 December 2016.