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A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to the Philippines. The engagement continued ongoing security cooperation work with supporting maritime agencies of the Philippines National Maritime Center.

Thirty-eight international participants representing twenty-three countries recently graduated the Legal Aspects of Defense Support of Civil Authorities (LADSCA) course presented by the Defense Security Cooperation University’s Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS).

COL Elizabeth "Liz" Allen, Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) Director, and other DIILS colleagues were pleased to meet up with many former DIILS Resident Course alumni at the African Military Law Forum in Zambia last month. African Military Law Forum.

Last month, a DIILS team traveled to Ghana to conduct a three day human rights and law of armed conflict executive seminar with members of the Ghanaian military and other government agencies.

The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) and legal colleagues from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (MOD) recently partnered to conduct a two-week proof of concept training course on operational law. The course was specifically tailored to train Ukrainian legal advisors providing operational law guidance to battlefield commanders.

In June, a DIILS team traveled to Vietnam to conduct a two day human rights and law of armed conflict executive seminar with members of the Vietnamese military and other government ministries.

DIILS graduated thirty-eight students from the 2024 Cyber Law and Hybrid Warfare course. Countries represented were Austria, Belize, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Slovak Republic, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Thailand, Taiwan, and Zambia.

A DIILS team recently traveled to the Philippines to conduct seminars on Human Rights and the Law of Armed Conflict with members of that country's military.

A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct a seminar on Human Rights and the Law of Armed Conflict with members of their military.

A team from the Defense Security Cooperation University’s Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to the Dominican Republic to meet with members of their military and government as part of an ongoing Security Cooperation program.

A Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) team recently traveled to Thailand to conduct a seminar on Human Rights and the Law of Armed Conflict with members of the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Center.

Air Commodore Agus Pramono, a DIILS resident course alumnus, was recently posted as the Indonesian Air Force Chief of Legal Services.

A Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) team recently met with military members from El Salvador for a discussion on the law of armed conflict and international human rights law.

For more than 30 years, DIILS, located in Newport, Rhode Island, has been the lead U.S. Department of Defense Security Cooperation resource for global legal engagement with Partner Nation security sector institutions and personnel. As a component of the Defense Security Cooperation University, DIILS broad mission is to advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by building the capacity of foreign security forces to respond to shared security challenges in a responsible, accountable, and legally compliant manner.

A team from the Defense Security Cooperation University’s Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to Morocco to meet with members of their military as part of an ongoing Security Cooperation program.

Fifteen students graduated from the Defense Security Cooperation University’s Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) 2024 Law of Military Operations course.