Advancing international and regional security through law.

The Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security seeks to advance national and international law as a means for achieving sustainable regional and international security, including human security. It also seeks to advance and promote the responsible development and use of technology for military and security purposes. APILS strives, across all its activities, to strengthen adherence to international law and to increase respect for the values inherent in the international legal order.

Based in Australia, we are a specialist, independent not-for-profit organisation, with a team of focused, internationally recognised experts with an in-depth understanding of legal issues related to conflict, peace and security. Much of our work focuses on the law of armed conflict, arms control law, and the governance of emerging and disruptive military technologies. We combine academic rigour with practical insight to help States and other stakeholders understand how contemporary security challenges can be addressed through policy and law.