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Nouvelles created on 10/21/2015 - 14:08 by in DIILS
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NEWPORT -- DIILS is pleased to congratulate our Deputy Director, Commander William Potter Smith, on his recent promotion. Commander Smith, a native son of Iowa, holds a BA in Communications from Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia and a JD from the Drake School of Law in... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 10/08/2015 - 13:54 by in ACSS
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This month, we talk with Kate Almquist Knopf, who heads the Africa Center for Strategic Studies at the US National Defense University (NDU), Washington, DC. In our interview, Ms Knopf 1) describes ACSS’ mission and areas of activity; 2) highlights the African trends and developments that the... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 10/06/2015 - 10:55 by in ACSS
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Mme Laurence Aïda Ammour nous a récemment parlé de la lutte contre l’extremisme violente en Afrique lors du Séminaire pour hauts responsables 2015. Nous vous invitons à regarder cette vidéo et partager vos opinions.Nous allons continuer à présenter certaines de nos vidéos ici sur Globalnet mais... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 09/25/2015 - 13:42 by in DIILS
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SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- In July, DIILS conducted a seminar on Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) attended by 20 military and civilian representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Immigration Department. Participants from the Dominican Ministry of Defense included... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 09/21/2015 - 09:23 by in DIILS
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DIILS recently completed an Operational Law and Human Rights seminar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was attended by 28 officers of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), and focused on the impact of human rights law on domestic military operations. Using case studies and lessons learned from... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 09/14/2015 - 14:38 by in ACSS
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Longtime friend of the Africa Center, Dr. Emile Ouedraogo spoke to us recently about military professionalism. Dr. Ouedraogo retired in 2012 as a colonel in the Burkina Faso Army and then served as a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso and the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja.... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 09/01/2015 - 15:24 by in DIILS
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A DIILS team conducted an important bridge-building legal engagement in a remote training area close to the village of Bare, in the Somali region (Kilil) of Ethiopia. The Human Rights seminar focused on the law of armed conflict (LOAC) in international and non-international armed conflict, as... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 08/24/2015 - 14:38 by in DIILS
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Twenty-nine internationals and two U.S. Army participants completed DIILS second Legal Aspects of Defense Support of Civil Authorities (LADSCA) course on 6 August 2015. The three week LADSCA course promotes the participants’ ability to engage in defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) in... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 08/05/2015 - 15:02 by in ACSS
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Le Centre d’études stratégiques de l’Afrique et ses collègues du Département de la Défense des E.U. ont assisté hier à l’Exposition du YALI Mandela Fellowship pour représenter le Département. Par le biais des questions, nous avons invité les fellows à réfléchir sur les liens entre leur travail et... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 08/05/2015 - 14:59 by in ACSS
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The Africa Center for Strategic Studies along with colleagues from the Department of Defense attended yesterday’s YALI Mandela Fellowship Expo to represent DoD. We had the opportunity to have thought-provoking conversations with the YALI fellows about how security is tied into their important work... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 08/05/2015 - 14:29 by in ACSS
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On Friday, July 31, the Africa Center was pleased to welcome the newest class of African fellows at the National Defense University. Numbering 20 and coming from 12 countries across the continent, the fellows arrived this summer before beginning their rigorous year-long academic program at the... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 07/30/2015 - 10:19 by in DIILS
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DIILS recently completed a Legal Considerations in Military Operations Seminar in Uzbekistan. The seminar, held in the historic capital, Tashkent, was attended by 24 military officers and one representative of the Ministry of Interior. The event focused on the law of armed conflict... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 07/24/2015 - 07:41 by in DIILS
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23 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Police Department, Prosecutor’s Office, Inspector General, and Office of Taxation participated in the DIILS “Legal Aspects of Combatting Corruption in the Security Sector” (LCC) course from 9-12 June 2015 held in Jahorina, Bosnia. This one week... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 07/16/2015 - 17:29 by in DIILS
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NEWPORT -- 31 international participants from DIILS joined 20 U.S. judge advocates attending the Naval Justice School for a DIILS Resident course focused on international operational law. The DIILS International Law of Military Operations (ILOMO) course prepares military legal advisors to... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 06/22/2015 - 18:01 by in DIILS
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Nine international students from eight countries visited with staff members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during a week-long visit to Washington D.C. as part of their ten-week Military Law Development Program (MLDP) course in Newport. During their meeting with professional committee... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 06/12/2015 - 12:11 by in ACSS
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While the natural resource curse is typically considered an economic phenomenon, access to abundant natural resource revenues also has profound effects on governance and the politicization of the security sector. Given the opaque nature of many of the transactions involved, relatively little is... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 06/04/2015 - 09:20 by in DIILS
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Congratulations to these DIILS alumni who recently graduated from the Judge Advocate Officer Graduate Course at The U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General Law Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. We love hearing about the professional accomplishments of... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 06/01/2015 - 11:43 by in DIILS
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SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- DIILS conducted a seminar on land and maritime border security attended by 20 military and civilian representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Immigration Department. Representatives from the Dominican Ministry of Defense included uniformed...... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 05/22/2015 - 15:01 by in DIILS
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NEWPORT - Stephen J. Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large for the U.S. Department of State Office of Global Criminal Justice, addressed 25 military and civilian participants from 19 countries on the occasion of their graduation from 9 th Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights (LCHR) course offered by... Read more...
Nouvelles 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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Nouvelles created on 02/20/2015 - 15:48 by in DIILS
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The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) conducted a two-day seminar on human rights and the law of armed conflict in Niger, as mandated by DoD Instruction 5111.19 (Global Train and Equip Program) and Section 2282 of the 2015 NDAA. The DIILS team of U.S. Army and Air Force... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 01/15/2015 - 14:22 by in DIILS
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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...... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 01/06/2015 - 15:48 by in DIILS
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Photo caption: AFRICOM Legal Engagements Chief meets with MLDP participants from African countries.
NEWPORT - U.S. Coast Guard Commander Michelle Bas, a Judge Advocate who leads the Engagements Division of the Office of Legal Counsel at United States Africa Command, observed participant...... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 12/29/2014 - 09:59 by in DIILS
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KINSHASA – A graduation ceremony for 56 members of the Congolese armed forces(FARDC) served as the most recent reminder of DIILS long-standing military justiceengagement program with the FARDC. This successful partnership involved a DIILSteam of Navy Reservists and Congolese magistrates... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 12/16/2014 - 09:11 by in DIILS
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MAJ Korbieh with fellow DIILS alum Olga Scripovscaia on the occasion of the
Ghana Contingent's Medals Day parade in Bouake, Ivory Coast, November 2014.
Name: Major Felix Korbieh
Country: GHANA (Army)
Attended: “Military Law Development Program” (MLDP... Read more...