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Noticias created on 01/20/2021 - 11:02 by in DIILS
DIILS recently graduated 15 students from our Military Justice Resident Course. Countries represented were Egypt, Kenya, Lithuania, Slovak Republic, Moldova, Mongolia, Republic of North Macedonia, Nigeria, Nepal, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Ukraine, Burkina Faso, and Zambia. The three... Read more...
Noticias created on 09/16/2020 - 16:53 by in DIILS
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...... Read more...
Noticias created on 06/16/2020 - 11:48 by in DIILS
DIILS is excited to announce Resident Courses will resume this July. Legal Aspects of Defense Support to Civil Authorities (15 July – 14 August), Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism (19 August – 9 September), and Legal Aspects of Maritime Security Operations (10 September - 30 September... Read more...
Noticias created on 11/19/2019 - 09:06 by in DIILS
A DIILS Team Conducted a program in Oman on the Legal Aspects of Terrorism.
Noticias created on 05/12/2017 - 15:57 by in DIILS
NEWPORT -- 41 participants from 30 countries attending DIILS's 18th Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism (LCT) course learned the international law and legal principles that govern national and international responses to terrorism in three contexts: internal disturbances (domestic crime); internal... Read more...
Noticias created on 07/15/2016 - 15:45 by in DIILS
On 23 June, 28 participants from 22 countries graduated from the 14th International Law of Military Operations course (ILOMO) offered by DIILS. This 3-week course prepares military legal advisors to better support unit commanders on the legal aspects of operations and enables them to play a more... Read more...
Noticias created on 07/15/2016 - 12:02 by in ACSS
As in much of Africa, the vast majority of security threats facing Nigeria are internal, often involving irregular forces such as insurgents, criminal gangs, and violent religious extremists. Effectively combating such threats requires cooperation from local communities—cooperation limited by low... Read more...
Noticias created on 04/27/2015 - 12:44 by in DIILS
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NEWPORT - At the DIILS Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism (LCT) graduation on 2 April, John Burnham, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, exhorted the 24 participants from 23 nations to implement a whole-of-government approach to combatting terrorism....... Read more...
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Noticias created on 10/06/2014 - 11:27 by in ACSS
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Al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and Boko Haram, while all different, each display three common characteristics that aid in understanding terrorist actors in Africa. The observation was made by Dr. Benjamin Nickels, Associate Professor of Transnational Threats and Counter-...... Read more...
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Noticias created on 10/06/2014 - 11:19 by in ACSS
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Speaking at the start of a four-day seminar titled, “Africa’s Contemporary Security Challenges” hosted by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), Dr. Paul Williams, an Associate Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Security Policy Studies Program at George...... Read more...
Noticias created on 04/17/2014 - 16:32 by in DIILS
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Many of the 32 participants from 27 Countries attending DIILS' 15th Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism course shared their counterterrorism experiences with fellow participants during the three-week seminar. For example, representatives from several African countries...... Read more...
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Noticias created on 10/31/2013 - 14:48 by in DIILS
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Sarajevo -- A team from DIILS traveled here in late September to conduct a regional seminar on the Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism that confront defense sector agencies in the Balkans. Twenty three participants from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia attended. Seminar topics included... Read more...
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Noticias created on 10/24/2013 - 13:54 by in DIILS
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DIILS conducted a seminar in San Salvador on the legal aspects of combating terrorism that emphasized land and maritime border security. In light of El Salvador's long Pacific coastline and its sparsely populated, mountainous borders with Honduras and Guatemala, the United States and El...... Read more...
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Noticias created on 09/26/2013 - 15:10 by in DIILS
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DIILS LCT participants outside their quarters in Newport, RI, during a break.
NEWPORT, RI. 19 participants from 16 countries discussed and analyzed the challenges related to implementing international and interagency plans for combating terrorism in ways that uphold the rule of law... Read more...
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Noticias created on 06/13/2013 - 08:11 by in DIILS
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DIILS conducted a seminar in Vyskov, Czech Republic, on stability operations and rules for the use of force/rules of engagement in Afghanistan (SOLARA), in advance of a Military Police battalion deployment in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Operation...... Read more...
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Noticias created on 05/14/2013 - 11:01 by in ACSS
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Here's a link to Ambassador Susan Rice's remarks yesterday at a UN Security Council Briefing on Terrorism in Africa...http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2013/05/20130513147291.html?utm_source=Africa+Center+for+Strategic+Studies+-+Media+Review+for+May+14%2C+2013&utm_campaign=5... Read more...
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Noticias created on 04/26/2013 - 11:26 by in DIILS
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The 3 week Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism (LCT) course explored effective means for combating terrorism within the rule of law, with emphasis on interagency cooperation. LCT participants study the international law that applies to combating terrorism in three contexts: internal disturbances... Read more...
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Noticias created on 03/01/2013 - 11:43 by in DIILS
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LCT participants engage in group discussions.
Recent deployment of 100 U.S. troops to Niger was preceded by the signing of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between Niger and the United States. The deployment, designed to promote regional stability in support of U.S. diplomacy and... Read more...
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Noticias created on 12/13/2012 - 11:18 by in DIILS
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DIILS Adjunct team and participants in Nouakchott, Mauritania, August 2012.
DIILS adjunct legal instructors recently completed a mission in Nouakchott, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Military and civilian leaders attending the U.S. human rights and counter... Read more...
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Noticias created on 09/26/2012 - 08:49 by in DIILS
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Resident Program Director Leads Discussion Group During LCT Course.
30 participants from 28 Countries met in Newport, RI for DIILS’ LCT course, in which they analyzed effective means for combating terrorism within the rule of law. Particular emphasis was placed on interagency...... Read more...
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Noticias created on 08/06/2012 - 15:04 by in DIILS
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SOLARA Participants consider the legal impact of combat actions during atable-top exercise.
DIILS hosted 17 Participants from 11 countries attending the 2 week"Stability Operations: Rules of Engagement/Rules on Use of Force -Afghanistan" (SOLARA) course. Participants studied and... Read more...
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Noticias created on 05/22/2012 - 13:55 by in DIILS
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DIILS' instructor discusses Human Rights with members of the class.DIILS conducted a seminar on Counter-Terrorism in accordance with the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights in Sana'a, Yemen in April. The DIILS team engaged with 65 Yemeni participants, including officials from the Ministries... Read more...
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Noticias created on 02/07/2012 - 15:09 by in ACSS
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The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) held opening ceremonies on Monday, January 23, 2012, in Kigali, Rwanda, for its weeklong workshop on preventing youth radicalization in East Africa... Read more...
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Noticias created on 10/12/2011 - 09:33 by in DIILS
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In late August 2011, DIILS welcomed 22 participants from 18 countries to Naval Station Newport to attend our three-week “Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism” (LCT) course, which addresses the multi-faceted problem of how to defeat terrorism while adhering to the rule of law. The course is... Read more...
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Noticias created on 10/12/2011 - 07:08 by in DIILS
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Twenty international participants journeyed to Newport, RI from 18 countries to attend the DIILS SOLARA course.SOLARA is short for “Stability Operations: Legal Aspects of ROE/RUF Afghanistan”, a two-week course for forces deploying or continuing deployments to Afghanistan.The SOLARA seminar... Read more...