Sub-section 1 - Indo-British Conference on Democracy and Human Rights

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UGA A/A44/25/9/1

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Indo-British Conference on Democracy and Human Rights

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  • 09/1993-02/1995

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1 file

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University of Galway Archives

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File of documents from the conference including programme and schedule of the conference, held in New Delhi in January 1995 and at which Kevin Boyle was a participant. The conference was a joint event between Democratic Audit UK and the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies; list of British speakers and paper titles; text of introductory address by Lord Howe of Aberavon; text of paper "Institutions of Democracy in Britain and India: A Framework for Comparison" by Sunil Khilnani (Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck College London); Report on conference proceedings by [Kevin Boyle]; Correspondence including letters and fax letters between Kevin Boyle and others such as Stuart Weir (Democratic Audit UK); Maharajakrishna Rasgotra, New Delhi, India; Raj Duggal, British High Commission, New Delhi; Shirley Williams, Harvard University; David Held, Polity Press; Mr. R.V. Pillai, Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi; Memo from Boyle to colleagues with details of the conference. Correspondence discusses planning of the conference, speaker arrangements and other such issues. Also includes two colour photographs 100mm x 151mm, featuring an image of Mrs Sonia Gandhi addressing the conference while standing at a lectern; Also an image of Mrs Gandhi and Lord Howe seated at the conference. MS annotation with details on reverse of both images.

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      academic.pdf

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      07/04/2014
      24/07/2025

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