‘Quam fluctus diversi, quam mare conjuncti – though the waves are many, the sea is one.’
This website once contained an online Library of legal materials 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).
Carl Amir-UL Islam

See also – ‘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).
Link to my Talk on YouTube on 11.11.2025 – ‘Mediation of Cultural Heritage Disputes’ : “The Mediation of Cultural Heritage Disputes”
I am currently writing a new book entitled – ‘Mediation of Cultural Heritage Disputes’, see the ‘Mediation of Cultural Heritage Disputes’ page at www.carlislam.co.uk
In the book I will also discuss IOMed, see the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation.
I am closing down this website, and have removed all of the extensive Library material on Diplomatic Law from the website. I will be selling the Domain name in 2026.