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c.60 poems in Irish collected from oral tradition in Munster c.1917 as a university postgraduate exercise, with index.

Material in this file, labelled "6th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1978", relates to a Private Members Bill, put forward by the Labour party "in an attempt to place beyond any doubt the constitutional validity of… (a) Adoption orders and other decisions made by the Adoption Board...(b) the provisions of the 1974 and 1976 Adoption Acts which place the child's welfare first in cases of custody disputes", and includes background document for Labour Party press conference given by Frank Cluskey, TD [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish parliament], Leader of Labour Party, 22/06/1978; extract of address/article by Mary Robinson "Adoption: A Missed Opportunity" on procedure to amend constitution, 197[8?]; copies of Sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1978 as initiated; speech by Minister for Justice at 2nd stage of 6th Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Bill [Government's own Bill subsequently?]; handwritten note "the Dept of Justice thinking on the adoption of legitimate children today is on a par with the Dept of Justice thinking on the adoption of illegitimate children 40 years ago", n.d., writer unknown; copy of Sixth Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Bill, 1978 as initiated; order paper for Seanad Éireann [upper house of Irish parliament, Senate], 07/03/1979, including hearing of Bill.

CD-RW containing 129 aerial photographs of coastal promontory forts and potential promontory fort sites on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry.

Conference flyer and programme from attached copy of MS paper from conference held in France, 6th Festival Celte en Terre Séquane.

This sub-sub-subseries consists of material relating to the 75th anniversary of Conradh na Gaeilge.

Tag / Ref: G60/16/1/1/2

Documents relating to 7th International Conference for National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Kevin Boyle was a panellist at this conference. File includes text of article on "the Seoul Declaration"; outline and background document on the conference.

File relating to the 8th informal Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEM) seminar on Human Rights, held in Siem Reap, Cambodia and entitled "Freedom of Expression". Kevin Boyle was a participant. Includes detailed programme of the seminar events; Executive TS draft of essay/talk by Kevin Boyle; Final report and executive summary of working group discussions; details on "Italy and Human Rights" also at the seminar. Print copy of 'Final Report' by Kevin Boyle on Freedom of Expression.

Documents include text of speech of His Excellency Om Yentieng, President of Cambodian Human Rights Committee; text of welcome speech from Samdech Hun Sen, at Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, entitled "The Freedom of Expression", Siem Reap and also a delegate list.

CD-RW containing an Interim Progress Report (.pdf format) on the assessment of the proposed N4 route corridor in County Longford prepared for the National Roads Design Office (NRDO) in order to provide the design team with preliminary information on the existing environment and to highlight key issues at this stage of the project.

File of documents relating to the response and deliberation of the Office of High Commission for Human Rights of the UN in response to the 9/11 attacks. File includes Note from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mary Robinson) and entitled 'A Human Rights Perspective on the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in the United States" (20 Sep 2001) Multiple drafts of this document present with MS annotation by [Robinson]; Text of draft statement by the OHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNDP, OCHA and WFP detailing condemnation of the 9/11 attacks, with MS annotation by [Robinson and Boyle] (19 Sep 2001); Note from the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Chair of the Counter Terrorism Committee, offering a perspective on Counter-Terrorist Measures', including draft copy with annotation; TS notes for Centre for Victims of Torture, Public Meeting, Minneapolis, 20 Oct 2001; Update by the OHCHR by the Senior Policy Committee on Post-9/11 Action; 'Note for File' on 'D. Kedzia's mission to the Council of Europe' on anti-terrorism and Human Rights issues (26-28 Nov 2001); Text of preliminary Strategy for the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Light of 11 September Events', includes multiple copies with annotation by Boyle (1 Oct 2001); Agenda for Strategy Meeting Re. Post 11 September [actions], with MS annotation by Boyle; text of 'Thoughts on human rights issues following 11 September attack with a few ideas on action by OHCHR' by Nicholas Howen (16 Oct 2001); Text of Guidelines for OHCHE field presences regarding anti-terrorist measures at National Level; Text of statement by the OHCHR on 'Human Rights and Terrorism' (11 Oct 2001); Text of essay 'Terrorism: The Complementary Approaches of Human Rights Law, Humanitarian and Refugee Law' by Mona Rishmawi (19 May 2002); Draft text by Kevin Boyle for statement and article issues to and published by the New York Times from the OHCHR, responding to the 9/11 attacks and the aftermath.