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Various submissions made to the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, including "Paths to a Political Settlement: Realities, Principles and Requirements - Final paper of the Drafting Committee of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation" by Judge Catherine McGuinness, Forum Chairperson; "A Submission to the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties" (Jan 1995) "A Submission by the Committee on the Administration of Justice to the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation"; "The Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Peace and Reconciliation in Ireland" - A submission by Kevin Boyle and Tom Hadden; numerous working drafts of this paper by Boyle and Hadden;

Other documents that are included in the files by Boyle among Forum for Peace and Reconciliation include a copy of "Northern Ireland - human rights and the peace dividend" published by National Council for Civil Liberties. "Mar 1995)
"Liberty - Bill of Rights", commentary on the Bill of Rights for the U.K. produced by the National Council for Civil Liberties. (1995)
Newsletter for April 1995 of the Committee on the Administration of Justice; "Taking the Initiative - Report of Initiative '92 for the year after The Opsahl Report";
"Release and Reintegration of Politically Motivated Prisoners in Northern Ireland." by Brian Gormally and Kieran McEvoy, Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. (1995)

Report published by the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, "The Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Peace and Reconciliation in Ireland.". Consultancy Studies, No. 2 and written by Kevin Boyle, Tom Hadden and Colm Campbell. Enclosed is a press cutting dated 13 June 1996, taken from the Irish Times with headline "Bill of Rights need not await final deal, say report authors" and reports on this publication.

A4 notepad with manuscript notes by Kevin Boyle on various aspects of Human Rights in Northern Ireland, including Corrymeela Estate in Northern Ireland, Anglo-Irish relations, economics, constitutional study, communal rights and other such issues.

Records relating to various Human Rights related conferences including notices, agenda, etc. File includes:
Agenda of seminar on Human Rights, Kevin Boyle is a named speaker, organised by Irish School of Ecumenics, 22-24 Apr 1977;

the release of Human Rights Watch report on policing in Northern Ireland, entitled "To serve without favour: policing, human rights and accountability in Northern Ireland.2 (28 May 1997, Belfast);
Invitation from National Peace Council conference "Does Northern Ireland Need a Bill of Rights", chaired by Lord Holme, Kevin Boyle was a speaker. (15 Jun [ ] );
Queen Mary University, London, "Practicalities of a Bill of Rights", Kevin Boyle was a speaker (12 Nov 1996);
Public Lecture Series of the Irish Studies Centre of North London (Autumn 1996);
Notice of preparatory conference on the Northern Ireland Human Rights Assembly (National Council for Civil Liberties, 6-10 Apr 1992);
"Parade and Protest - A Discussion Document" by Neil Jarman and Dominic Bryan, from the Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster. (June 1996);
TS letter from Maggie Beirne, Committee on the Administration of Justice, to Kevin Boyle, commenting on conference (programme attached) entitled "Human Rights, the Northern Ireland Conflict and the Peace Process." (1995);
Conference booklet being the proceedings of a conference entitled "Human Rights: The Agenda for Change. Human Rights, The Northern Ireland conflict and the Peace Process." held in Belfast (11-12 Mar 1995);
Program and outline for conference "Britain and Ireland: Their Future in a Changing Europe". (Feb 1996)

TS letters between Kevin Boyle and others regarding various Human Rights issues. Letters include:
From William E. Hellerstein, Prof. of Law, Brooklyn Law School, to Kevin Boyle of Article 19, enclosing (not present) a copy of "Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Northern Ireland", a report issued by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York". Press release of the book is included. (30 Nov 1987)
Copy of TS letter from Dr. D. McGoldrick, Lecturer in Law, Trent Polytechnic, to Kevin Boyle, enclosing a chapter of a PhD thesis on the work of the Human Rights Committee (2 Dec 1988)
TS letter from Martin Collins, Britain and Ireland Human Rights Project, to Kevin Boyle, thanking Boyle for his contributions on the work of the Human Rights Assembly and seeking further comment form Boyle on funding and academic engagement issues. (28 Feb 1991)
TS letter from Stephen Livingstone, Assistant Director, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast, to Kevin Boyle discussing the Committee for Administration of Justice and other issues. (22 Jan 1992)
TS letters from Boyle and from Hadden to Cllr. Tom Hartley, Sinn Féin, thanking Hartly for the copy of the copy of the Sinn Féin proposed Charter for Justice and Peace [in Northern Ireland] which looks at international examples and Anglo-Irish relations. (28 Sep - 6 Oct 1994)

Printed flyer, "Introducing the Pat Finucane Centre for Human Rights and Social Change, Derry", also includes issues of 'Common Ground', a newsletter published by the Pat Finucane Centre in association with the Public Communications Centre. Issues available for Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1994, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Winter 1994, Vol 2, Issue 1, Summer 1995. Enclosed are press cuttings on Martin McGuinness, taken from the Irish Times (22 Mar 1995); A booklet published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties entitled "Know Your Rights" (1992), Vol 71 1995, of International Affairs" from the Royal Institute of International Affairs" and a booklet "The Search for Settlement - The People's Choice" by Colin Irwin and edited by Chris Moffat. Flyer entitled "A Major Miscarriage of Justice" referring to the cases of Patrick Kane, Michael Timmons and Sean Kelly, who were all imprisoned for charges of murder.

Files relating to the actions, activities and publications of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The U.K. Government made a commitment to establish a Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission was set up in 1999 following the introduction of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. It is the first national human rights institution in the UK.

Copy of "Creating an Effective Human Rights Commission for Northern Ireland" by Brice Dickenson, University of Ulster, a paper commissioned by the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights for Northern Ireland. File

Copy of report prepared by the American Protestants for Truth About Ireland, and entitled "Northern Ireland Human Rights Report - Fact finding trip 19-29 June 1989.