A DIILS team recently traveled to Riga, Latvia to meet with members of the Latvian National Armed Forces to conduct Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict Seminars.
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In September 2021, DIILS had the honor of co-hosting the Baltic Regional Operational Law Workshop with the legal department of the Estonian Ministry of Defense in Tallin, Estonia. In addition to Estonian counterparts, in attendance were military legal professionals from Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania. The event covered a variety of operational law subjects related to the operation of Integrated…
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In September 2021, a DIILS team of instructors, along with colleagues from the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, conducted a Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict seminar for personnel from the Djiboutian Navy.
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July 2021 - DIILS participated in a Black Sea Maritime Collaboration tabletop exercise jointly sponsored by the Department of State Export Control and Related Border Security Program and U.S. Naval Forces Europe in Batumi, Georgia. Numerous Georgian maritime agencies, all Black Sea partner nations, the Royal Danish Navy, and NATO Allied Maritime Command attended the tabletop exercise.…
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DIILS met with the Secretary General of the government of the Republic of North Macedonia and leaders of the National Committee for Countering Violent Extremism and Counter Terrorism (NCCVECT) as a part of a legal institutional capacity building (ICB) program focused on interagency coordination among key counter terrorism stakeholders.
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On 18-20 May 2021, DIILS conducted advanced-level Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict seminar in connection with personnel from a variety of infantry, artillery and special operations units, of the State Security Service of Georgia. Participants demonstrated greatest interest and engagement with issues relating to targeting and use of force in International Armed Conflict.
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It is with deep sadness that we extend our condolences on the passing of a highly regarded former DIILS colleague, Mr. Aubrey Bogle. By all accounts, he was a Tennessee gentleman, a scholar, Renaissance man and was dedicated to selfless public service throughout his life. Aubrey served as a line officer in the US Navy from (1967–1983) and as a judge advocate in the Coast Guard (1983–2001) and…
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DIILS recently conducted a 3-day virtual maritime ICB engagement with the Bahrain Coast Guard (BCG). It was the first formal meeting with DIILS since a pre-COVID visit in December 2019 which introduced the BCG to the DIILS mission, function, and methods. Joined by personnel from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain, and Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, DIILS led a…
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DIILS conducted a virtual institution capacity building (ICB) engagement with the Bulgarian Navy and Bulgarian Ministry of Defense in February. This was DIILS’s first formal ICB engagement with Bulgaria, and marks the beginning of an ICB program intended to support Bulgaria’s efforts to enhance legal capacity, particularly as it relates to enhancing Maritime Domain Awareness. This initial…
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DIILS recently conducted a virtual engagement with Vietnam government officials on maritime security operations. For these meetings, DIILS utilized a cooperative governmental approach which, from the US side, included representatives from the United States Coast Guard, Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and the Institute for Security Governance,…
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