On Monday, April 24, 2017 two courses began at the Perry Center: Strategic Implications of Human Rights and the Rule of Law (HR/ROL) and Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Networks in the Americas (CTOC). Read More
On Monday October 21, the William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies welcomed 81 defense and security professionals representing 15 countries across the Western Hemisphere to the two week residential phase of the Strategy and Defen Read More
The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies is pleased to welcome Ms. Melanne A. Civic as its new Operations Director. Ms. Civic is a U.S.-educated attorney with more than twenty years of public service, primarily with the U.S. Read More
On Thursday, November 10, the Perry Center welcomed visitors from the Argentine American Dialogue as part of that organization’s one-week visit to Washington, D.C., to observe U.S. national elections. Read More
Newport, RI -- October 30 was Graduation Day for 25 international participants who attended the DIILS Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights (LCHR) course. The three-week seminar at Naval Station Newport enables participants to ascertain how they, and their respective... Read More
38 international participants graduated from the 12th offering of the DIILS Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights (LCHR) course on 26 October, 2016. Read More
NEWPORT -- 16 international participants graduated from the 14th DIILS "Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights" course. The participants lived and studied at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island while attending this three week seminar, which enabled them to ascertain Read More
May 1 was Graduation Day for 16 international participants who attended the DIILS Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights (LCHR) course. The participants, who hailed from 9 countries, also learned about American culture and history through field studies pro Read More
In December, DIILS hosted 24 participants from 18 countries for the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights Law (LCHR). The three-week course at Naval Station Newport was designed to help participants ascertain how they and their respective countries can enhance the Read More
May 5, 2016 was Graduation Day for 34 international officers and civilian officials who attended the DIILS Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights (LCHR) course. Read More
On March 1, 2017, members of the Perry Center’s Costa Rican alumni network and representatives of the National Coalition against Human Trafficking (CONATT) held a roundtable about security policy and human trafficking in San José, Costa Rica. Read More
NEWPORT -- A delegation from Lebanon visited the United States to learn about professional military education of American soldiers on the Law of Armed Conflict and International Human Rights Law. The delegation, headed by the Director of International Humanitarian L Read More
The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies offers nine annual courses on contemporary defense sector legal challenges at DIILS' home base, Naval Station Newport. Read More
DIILS Operations Director, Melanne A. Civic, moderating a debate on Foreign Fighters and their Families: Reconciling the Competing Obligations of International Humanitarian, Human Rights and Refugee Law and Domestic law. Read More