Military Justice
Military justice refers to a system of law and procedures that provide discipline to military personnel. Such systems include all aspects of investigation, prosecution and appeals of misconduct and crimes associated with the military’s response to crime and misconduct. The term “military justice systems” includes both judicial and nonjudicial institutions and procedures. For example, sanctions against soldiers for misconduct determined by a commanding officer is a nonjudicial military justice system. Some countries use civilian courts to decide criminal cases involving members of the military. For those countries the civilian courts are part of the military justice system.
AFRICOM LEGAL ENGAGEMENTS CHIEF VISITS DIILS MILITARY LAW DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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...
CONGRATULATIONS TO GRADUATES OF DIILS MILITARY JUSTICE RESIDENT COURSE
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 week...
DIILS BUILDS MILITARY JUSTICE CAPACITY IN COTE D'IVOIRE
DIILS conducted a 5 day IMET engagement to promote the development of military justice capacity and enhance rule of law in Cote d'Ivoire. The participants included civilian and military Ministry of Defensepersonnel, magistrates, NGOs and Human Rights Groups. The multi-service DIILS team,...
DIILS COMPLETES 3 WEEK MILITARY JUSTICE COURSE
11 participants attending the DIILS Military Justice course visited the Rhode Island Crime Lab and a local police station as part of their participation in the 3 week course. The Military Justice course offered a comprehensive overview of the U.S. military justice system and comparative...
DIILS ENGAGES WITH GUATEMALAN ARMY AND MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
DIILS teamed with the Staff Judge Advocate offices of U.S. Air Forces Southern and U.S. Army South to conduct an engagement in Guatemala City, Guatemala on the subject of Military Legal Capacity Building. The engagement involved 40 members of the Guatemalan Army and Ministry of National...
DIILS ENGAGES WITH JORDAN
A DIILS institutional capacity building team traveled to Jordan to meet with key leaders of the Directorate of Military Justice.
DIILS ENGAGES WITH NIGERIAN LEGAL ADVISORS
DIILS hosted a senior delegation of Nigerian Legal Advisors to discuss professional military education and development of the military legal advisor corps. The delegation visited Washington, DC, Charlottesville, VA, and Newport, RI. They are pictured here with LTG Pede, The Judge Advocate...
DIILS GRADUATES 28 INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS FROM 14TH INTERNATIONAL LAW OF MILITARY OPERATIONS COURSE
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...
DIILS OFFERS NEW MILITARY JUSTICE COURSE
NEWPORT -- On 19 November, 14 international participants graduated from the inaugural offering of a resident course devoted to strengthening human rights and military discipline through improvement of military justice systems. Based on a detailed comparison of the U.S. and other military...
DIILS PARTICIPANTS INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN MILITARY JUSTICE COURSE
An investigation specialist from the UN Office of Internal Oversight Service visited Newport to discuss how peacekeeping troop contributing countries can effectively gather evidence in cases of sexual misconduct in remote mission areas. Later, the 24 participants from 21 countries attending...
DIILS PARTICIPANTS VISIT MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE AS PART OF THE MILITARY JUSTICE COURSE
11 participants from 10 countries attending the DIILS Military Justice course were hosted for a tour of the Massachusetts State House by Commonwealth Representative Harold Naughton as part of their Field Studies Program visit to Boston. Earlier, Representative Naughton, who is also a U.S. Army...
DIILS PARTNERS WITH CAMEROON
DIILS team discusses military justice institution-building with MOD representatives in Cameroon, February 2017.
DIILS Partners with the Republic of Moldova
DIILS team recently partnered with a contingent from the Moldovan Armed Forces that will soon deploy to Kosovo in support of the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) peace-support mission. During this engagement, we discussed the Legal Aspects of Peacekeeping Operations, and look forward to further...
DIILS-MALI COOPERATION BUILDS MILITARY JUSTICE CAPACITY
The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) is pleased to support a partnership with the Military Justice Directorate of Mali and the US Embassy in Bamako. The new U.S. legal advisor to the Military Justice Directorate will coordinate the United States’ support of the Malian...
Hail and Farewell - Summer 2021
It’s the season where DIILS bids adieu and good luck to much-valued colleagues moving on to new military assignments, and hello to new Judge Advocates arriving to help us execute our global mission set.
Military justice experts gather in Kyiv to launch dialogue on reform
Kyiv, Ukraine (8 September, 2016) Today the PfPC in conjunction with the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) completed the first iteration of an academic exchange program focused on the establishment and enhancement of effective military justice systems....
Transitional Justice in Colombia: Amnesty, Accountability, and the Truth Commission
On September 23, 2015, the Colombian government announced a breakthrough in the peace talks between government representatives and the largest insurgent group in the country. Over the previous three years, the government and representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, People’s...