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Arthur Shields managed the 1932-1933 tour of North America which ran from October 1934 until June 1935. This tour took in the North East, Washington D.C., the Midwest, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, Before returning to the Midwest and then traveling on to Montreal and finally Boston. Typically the company stayed for a week or longer at each venue.

File relating to research by Etienne Rynne on the church at Abbeyknockmoy, Co. Galway, such as stone carvings, of which black and white photographs taken by Etienne Rynne in 1968 are present in the file. Includes other MS notes and drawing by Rynne and copies and extracts of assorted published work on the history of Abbeyknockmoy and early Irish churches.

Materials pertaining to the case filed by Mr Abdullah Menteşe, Ms Zühra Bozkuş, Ms Hatun Demirhan, Mr Mustafa Demirhan, Ms Ayşe Harman and Mr Süleyman Moçu against the Republic of Turkey with the European Commission of Human Rights (application number 36217/97, referred to internally within the Kurdish Litigation Project as Case 165 and assigned to Kevin Boyle and Tim Otty as leads) regarding the death of the first, second, fourth and sixth applicants’ relatives and the forced eviction and destruction of the family homes and possessions of all of the applicants. The applicants also applied on their own behalf where they alleged to have suffered destruction of property and on behalf of their deceased relatives who were killed during the incidents that took place in Yolçatı village between 13 and 18 May 1994. On 18 January 2005, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that there had been a violation of Article 2 of the Convention on account of the failure of the authorities of the respondent State to conduct an adequate and effective investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the first, second, fourth and sixth applicants’ relatives, and that there had been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention in respect of the first, second, fourth and sixth applicants’ complaints concerning the death of their relatives. The Turkish Government were ordered to pay the first, second, fourth and sixth applicants €15,000 each in non-pecuniary damages and €10,000 globally in legal costs and expenses. The full judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-67984.
Materials in the file include the initial application of 12 November 1994 including witness statements and appendices, supplementary documents on military operations in Lice, and a 4 April 1997 resubmission of the application with further appendices.

Materials pertaining to the case filed on 3 January 1996 by Abdülsamet Yaman against the Republic of Turkey with the European Commission of Human Rights (application no. 32446/96, referred to internally within the Kurdish Litigation Project as Case 209 and assigned to Jon Rud as lead). Yaman, formerly the Adana provincial leader of HADEP (People's Democracy Party), alleged that on 3 July 1995 he was taken into custody by police officers from the Adana Security Directorate. He alleges that he was blindfolded, put in a car, beaten and threatened. After being driven around for some time, still blindfolded, he was taken to the Adana Security Directorate, where he was interrogated about his association with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) and tortured. On 2 November 2004, the European Court of Human Rights found that numerous violations of the European Convention on Human Rights had occurred. The full judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-67228
Materials available for access in the file include the application of 24 April 1996 including appendices (letter of authorisation, statements of the applicant and witnesses, and reports and article on state torture with focuses on Turkey) and correspondence from Kurdish Litigation Project members pertaining to the case.

Materials pertaining to procedures under Article 25 (Plenary Court) and Article 50 (Expenditure on the Court/claims for just satisfaction) in the Akdivar and others case. Materials from the main casefile in Akdivar and others are located at A44/43/12.

Final observations of the applicant on the merits of the Abdurrahman Çelikbilek application against Turkey submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, including the applicant's claims for just satisfaction. The observations submit that the Government's failure to provide the documents pertaining to the Çelikbilek requested by the Court in July 1999 provide a compelling reason for the Court to hold an on-the-spot investigation in Turkey. Appended are schedules of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages and legal and professional fees and costs.

Observations on the merits of the Abdurrahman Çelikbilek application against Turkey submitted by the applicant to the European Court of Human Rights on 8 October 1999, including the applicant's claims for just satisfaction. The observations submit that the Government's failure to provide the documents pertaining to the Çelikbilek case requested by the Court in July 1999 provide a compelling reason for the Court to hold an on-the-spot investigation in Turkey. Appended is a schedule of professional fees and costs for all work performed in the case by the applicant's legal team.

Summary/working notes (presumably written by Bill Bowring) following the 22 June 1999 admission of the application of Abdurrahman Çelikbilek by the European Court of Human Rights, followed by the author's questions raised in light of the admission. The author notes that the Court joined to the merits of the application the question concerning the effectiveness of the Turkish criminal investigation, and that Turkey has been asked to submit the full investigation casefile. The author asks the Kurdish Human Rights Project for essential details on the case, such as obtaining a further statement from Abdurrahman Çelikbilek regarding the incident and potential witnesses, and a statement from the deceased's widow if possible (it was noted in later observations submitted by the applicant that the widow was not able to be located). (2 copies)