On 18 June 2026 RGSL Lecturer Ieva Miļūna has defended her doctoral thesis at the University of Latvia Promotion's Council and has obtained doctoral (PhD) degree. Her doctoral thesis theme is "The Reform of the UN Security Council", where there author offers the reform of this political organ on the basis of binding international law. Ieva Miluna's supervisor was the University of Latvia Faculty of Law Associate Professor, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Dr. Arturs Kucs.