Files of press cuttings from Irish and international press with coverage of the 1981 Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison and with some relating to wider work and activities of the ICJP and with coverage of international political events, including in South Africa. Includes issue of The Irish News "28 Nov 2009", with lead headline of "The Hunger Strike - Was there a deal?" with multipage coverage of claims and discussions that a deal was brokered that could have ended the hunger strikes in the Maze Prison.
Files of documents collected by ICJP and relating to reports and publications on and about the 1981 Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison, Belfast and wider prisoner conditions at the Maze. Includes: "The H-Block Issue: An Interim Study" published by the Advisory Forum on Human Rights if the Irish Council of Churches (Feb 1980); "The H-Block Protest: Hunger Strikes and Emergency Law" A second paper presented by the Community of the Peace People, Belfast (17 Feb 1981); "Mercy, Justice, and Peace: Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock", 6 Sep 1981; "H-Block" by Fr. Denis Faul and Fr. Raymond Murray, Christmas 1979; "Help Prisoners - Pope Paul - What Can We Do"; "The Social Policy Implications of Emergency Legislation in Northern Ireland" by John Ditch and Mike Morrissey (Draft) June 1979; European Parliament Working Documents 1980-1981, Motion for Resolution tabled by N. Blaney, L. Castellina, and Mr. Coppieters on the violation of human rights in the community (14 Mar 1980).
File 2 includes: "Christian Morality and the Prison" - Summary of Talk given by Fr. Donal Murray; "Prisoners in the Republic of Ireland - the Advisory Forum on Human Rights, published by the Irish Council of Churches Board of Community Affairs, May 1981; Booklet "Day to Day Life in Northern Ireland Prisons" with text and images, published by the Northern Ireland Office (Mar 1981); Annual Report on Prisons and Places of Detention for the Year, 1978; Resolution of the Council of Europe on "Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (30 Jul 1973); Council of Europe "Tenth Conference of European Ministers of Justice on "Alternative Measures to Imprisonment" Report, 3-4 June 1976, Brussels.
File of letters between Kevin Boyle and various others, dating from Boyle's time as a Scholar in Residence at University of Maine, Law School. Items include:
Press cutting from Portland Maine Press Herald, giving a description of Boyle's lecture in Maine on the topic of the current conflict in Northern Ireland.
Other letters are from and by Prof. Rolando Delogu, Law School, University of Southern Maine, a friend of Kevin Boyle and a visiting academic at U.C.G. Delogu deposited such letters and include Rev Theodore M. Hesburgh, President, University of Notre Dame;
James F. Carroll - Aileen Carroll; Letter from Boyle to Delogu, discussing in detail the 'H-Block affair' and the ongoing hunger strikes and their perception in the press and public (item 9);
Letters also detail arrangements for Boyle's lecture as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at University of Maine at Orono;
John C. Tronto of Bowdoin College, Dept. of Government and Legal Studies, Miaine, discussing Boyle's lecture on Northern Ireland and 'the Troubles;
Letter from Boyle to Delogu (14 Oct 1981) mentioning Delogu's contribution of donation of Law reports to the Library at U.C.G. and also mentioning the H-Block hunger strike (item 22);
Argine Dalton of the Ireland Fund, New York; Letter from Yvonne Scannell, Law School, Trinity College, Dublin, to Delogu, outlining, among other things, that Boyle has "now got the Attorney General to provide informal link-ups between academics and government departments..." (item 24);
Letter from Boyle to Delogu, discussing research and teaching, a Smurfit Professorship at U.C.G., Boyle's proposed trip to the Gambia with Amnesty International and other matters. (item 25)
Letter from Boyle to Delogu, Dec 1981, discussing a proposed law text discussion with Jim Casey and also confirming Boyle will be travelling to the Gambia, without his family, for a period in 1982 with Amnesty International (item 26)
Letter from Delogu, detailing a shipment of assorted law books and journals being shipped and donated to the Hardiman Library at U.C.G.; details of a lecture given by Boyle at University of Detroit on "Irish Problem: New Solutions";
Documents from symposium on Northern Ireland at the John F. Kennedy Centre, Mar 1982, with a talk by Boyle on Historical Background on Northern Ireland;
Letters also present between Boyle, Robert Woodbury, President of University of Maine, Kinvin Wroth and Orlando Delogu confirming Boyle's appointment as Scholar in Residence at Maine Law School in Sep 1982.
File of typescript and manuscript correspondence between Prof. Kevin Boyle and numerous others discussing and working on a development plan, led by Boyle, for the Law Faculty at University College Galway. This development drive included building Library and academic staffing resources. Documents include a list of "Current Needs" by the Law Faculty, detailed reports by Boyle on the Law Faculty, facilities, staffing, resources and plans for requirements, details of the 'Friends of U.C.G.' group in Chicago, Report compiled by Boyle on "Development Committee UCG: Report from K. Boyle on Chicago Trip, Nov 1982 and other such records. Letters are present between Boyle and Judge Arthur Dunne, Chicago District Judge, Terence F. McCarthy, Executive Director, Federal Defender Programme, U.S. District Court, Chicago; Dr. Colm Ó hEocha, President, University College Galway; Christine G. Cooper, Asst. Prof. of Law, Loyola University of Chicago; Seamus O'Cathail, Academic Secretary, University College Galway; Mark Rutherford, Centre for Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York; Liam Canniffe, Consul General of Ireland, Chicago and Peter E. O'Rourke, Attorney, Detroit, Michigan.