Diplomatic Law Guide

‘Quam fluctus diversi, quam mare conjuncti– though the waves are many, the sea is one.’

This website contains an evolving bank of legal materials, on-line library resources, news, talks, articles, and blogs, about the dynamic and inter-related subjects of:

(i)   Conflict;

(ii)  the Mediation of International Disputes between State Actors; and

(iii) Mediator tools, i.e. how a mediator can facilitate the negotiation of a road-map for peace (i.e. a ‘Peace Process’), which results in the agreement and practical implementation of a coherent, comprehensive and sustainable ‘political’ solution to the underlying ‘root’ and ‘dynamic’ causes of the conflict (i.e. a ‘Peace Treaty’). Thereby, ensuring peace, underwritten by security guarantees and International Law.

I founded this website in June 2014, and it was listed with my permission, on the website of the United States ‘American Foreign Service Association’ (the ‘AFSA’) based in Washington DC underneath the heading ‘Codes of Conduct from Other Services/Countries’ (http://www.afsa.org/ethics).

According to Google Analytics, in under 10 weeks the website grew from a zero readership to a weekly audience spread across Canada, the USA, South America, the Caribbean, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, North Africa, the Gulf states, Pakistan, India, China, South East Asia, and Australasia.

Carl Amir-UL Islam

B.Soc.Sc (Keele) (Law & Political Science) (1st year subsidiary subjects: Human Biology & Psychology) (Joint-Honours)*, LLM (Exon)(International Business Legal Studies), Diploma in Art Law (Institute of Art & Law) (London), Barrister (Lincoln’s Inn), TEP, SCMA Accredited Mediation Advocate, MSoM, CMC Registered Mediator. Member of the Southeastern Circuit, Chancery Bar Association, STEP, and the Art Lawyers Association. Author of ‘Tax-Efficient Wills Simplified’ (Amazon Kindle): Tax-efficient Wills Simplified 2014/15: Amazon.co.uk: Carl Islam: 9781852527396: Books, the ‘Contentious Probate Handbook’ (published by the Law Society on 1 October 2016): Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World’s Legal Bookshop Search Results for isbn: ‘9781784460600’, and the ‘Contentious Trusts Handbook’:  Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World’s Legal Bookshop Search Results for isbn: ‘9781784461249’. I am also a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (Ad Eundem), and dual qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court (remaining on the Roll). On 14.12.2023 I was appointed as an Advisory Board Member to the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates in London (https://scmastandards.com/).

CMC Registered Mediator: Mediator Search — Civil Mediation

*[Keele is a leading school of Political Science, International Relations & Diplomacy, see Keele Top 3 in England for Politics – Keele University]

1 EC Barristers, 3 Kings Bench Walk North, Temple, London EC4Y 7HR.  (www.1ec.co.uk) and (www.carlislam.co.uk).

Founder of the Diplomatic Law Guide and author of ‘The inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises’ (1988), which was the first article to be published about the existence and legal effect of the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987. Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 – Wikipedia

Text version available HERE.  ‘The article was very helpful for getting our heads round a law we didn’t know existed until last night, so your work was put to good use.’ Dave McMullan, Senior Broadcast Journalist, The Today Programme, BBC Radio 4 (15 August 2012).

My next live Zoom webinar to be presented to members of the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates worldwide in 2025 is entitled – ‘Mediation of International Cultural Heritage Disputes – Part 1: Introduction & Overview.’

This is scheduled for the afternoon of Tuesday 11 November 2025.

I am currently writing a Monograph about this subject to accompany the programmes, for publication in 2026. See the ‘Mediation of Cultural Heritage Disputes’ page at www.carlislam.co.uk. In the Monograph, I will also discuss IOMed, see: https://lnkd.in/ecraaKxX and the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation, see: http://www.marinacastellaneta.it/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IOMed_Convention.pdf.