Mark Muller Stuart KC  currently acts as a Senior Mediation Advisor to the UN Department of Political Affairs and the UN Special Envoy to Syria in the Syrian peace talks. Prior to taking the UN post he advised numerous international bodies on conflict resolution, mediation, confidence-building, ceasefires, power-sharing, humanitarian law, constitution-making and dialogue processes and acted as a Senior Advisor to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Geneva), Beyond Conflict (Boston) and Inter-Mediate (London). He has first-hand experience of Track 1 and 2 negotiations between governments and armed groups and has worked in a number of conflict zones including in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Gerogia, Ukraine and southern Africa. He is also the founder of Beyond Borders – a Scottish initiative dedicated to fostering peace and international understanding through cultural dialogue and co-founder of the Delfina Foundation.

As a senior advocate he has brought numerous human rights and rule of law test cases before the UK courts as well as the European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice. Between 2006-12 he acted as Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee and then Chair of the Rule of Law Group (2012-15) for the Bar Council of England and Wales. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics, a fellow of Harvard Law School and member of the Scottish Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh and Doughty Street Chambers in London.

Events participated in:

Lunchtime Interview: Enjoy award-winning director/actor Guy Masterson as he talks to Mark Muller Stuart about his life, Dylan Thomas, and journeys with his uncle, Richard Burton. (2022) 

Book Launch: Decameron: Join Roddy Martine, Catherine and Mark Muller Stuart, Andrew Brown, and others, as they talk about their scrapbook Decameron in which 10 friends explored 10 artistic themes for 10 weeks during lockdown 2020. (2021)

Storm in the Desert: Join the Herald’s Foreign Affairs Editor David Pratt as he talks to Stephen Gethins MP and Mark Muller Stuart, who discusses his new book concerning Britain’s intervention in Libya. (2017)

Accounting for Justice: The international community talks of justice but often fails to act. Join Mark Muller Stuart QC as he talks to UN mediator Robert Dann and David Marshall, author of a recent report into human rights abuses in South Sudan. (2016)

Why Santa Fe?: Beyond Borders goes Santa Fe – David Marshall, William Miller, Cyndi Conn and Mark Muller Stuart QC tell you what to expect. (2016)

An Act of Scottish Union?: Join artist Peter Sacks as he brings his monumental triptych The Debatable Land to life – a pictorial homage and treatise on Scotland- commissioned by Beyond Borders to celebrate Scotland’s referendum year. Mark Muller Stuart QC introduces. Afterwards, enjoy a glass of wine with some music. (2014)

Bearing Witness: Join Mark Muller Stuart QC and academics Dr Margareta Jolly and Dr Meg Jensen as they explore why the recording of life narratives is so crucial to the protection of fundamental freedoms. (2014)

Scotland’s Role in the World: Participate in an important debate about Scotland’s future androle in the world with a number of Scotland’s political luminaries,including a slew of politicians from across the political divide.Mark Muller Stuart QC, Jeremy Purvis , and Spanish senator, Urko Aiartza Azurtza from the Basque country join the debate. Sir Kieran Prendergast poses the questions. (2013)

The Future of Turkey: Join a discussion with Cengiz Candar, senior political columnist of the liberal Turkish daily Radikal, Kerim Yildiz, Director of the Democractic Progress Institute, former UN diplomat and Ambassador in Ankara, Sir Kieran Prendergast and Tûba Candar, biographer of Hrant Dink, as they talk to Mark Muller Stuart QC about the Future of Turkey. (2013)

Glimpses of the Middle East: a reception hosted by Mark Muller Stuart QC and Joseph Maxwell Stuart. (2011)

Love and Death in Gaza: Mark Muller Stuart QC talks to Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish about why he refuses to hate following the tragic death ofhis three daughters during the bombing of Gaza in 2009. (2011)