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Files relating to the actions and activities of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights.

Records from the annual conference of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights (SACHR), held at the Country House Hotel, Kells, and entitled "Protection of Rights and Freedoms in Northern Ireland. Includes conference booklet list list of attendees and speakers. Kevin Boyle presented a paper entitled "Options for Monitoring and Enforcement". File also includes TS correspondence between Boyle and others including R. Charles Hill, E.D. Carson, both of the SACHR discussing arrangements for the conference.

General TS correspondence between Kevin Boyle and others including these members of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights and discussing a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. Letters include a letter from Tom Haddon to Kevin Boyle, enclosing a draft of article entitled "Minority Rights and Majority Rules", (21 Apr 1987)

TS copy letter from Tom Hadden to The Director of Human Rights, Secretariat General, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, stating how he has been invited to attend the Colloquy on Democracy and Human Rights on behalf of the SACHR and discussing his paper, co-written by Kevin Boyle, entitled "Minority Rights and Majority Rule. (15 Jun 1987)
Copy of TS letter from Boyle to John Hume, enclosing a draft from Boyle and Hadden on the argument of communal aspects for a Bill of Rights. (6 May 1987)
TS copy letter from Thombh [ ] to George Brock, Features Editor, The Times London, discussing a possible Boyle/Hadden publication on the topic of a Bill of Rights. (2 Mar 1987)
TS copy letter from E.D. Carson of the SACHR to Peter Leuprecht, Director of Human Rights, Council of Europe, discussing in detail the enhancement of Human Rights in Northern Ireland. (26 Feb 1993)
Copy of TS document with title "Bill of Rights: Questions for discussion"; Fax letter from Denis Carson of the SACHR to Kevin Boyle, copying Boyle on a Fax sent to Caroline Ravaud, thanking her for attending the 1993 SACHR conference and discussing arrangements (16 Mar 1993).

Annual Report for 1976 - 1977 of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights. Other documents include text of address by Dr. Christopher McCrudden, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford and member of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights to the committee on the Administration of Justice, Belfast, 15 Jun 1985; Copy of Annual Report of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights, 1985-1986; "European Dimensions to a new British-Irish Agreement: A Working Paper. (n.d.)

Copy of TS submission by the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

Records from and relating to the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, being a forum established by the government of Ireland in October 1994 as part of the Northern Ireland peace process.

File of TS correspondence between Kevin Boyle and numerous others concerning the work of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation. File includes TS letter from and signed by Judge Catherine McGuinness, Chairperson of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, Dublin Castle, to Kevin Boyle, thanking Boyle for his good wishes on her appointment as Chairman and for Boyle's offer of assistance, along with Tom Hadden, to assist with the work of the Forum. (1 Dec 1994)
TS letter signed by Walter Kirwan, Secretary General of the Forum, to Boyle, discussing work and planning of the Forum, proposed studies etc. (13 Apr 1995)
TS letter of reply from Boyle and to Tom Hadden and Colm Campbell, detailing his thoughts on the proposed work and objectives of the Forum. (5 May 1995)
Letter from Hadden to Kirwan enclosing an outline of his paper on Human Rights, prepared for the Forum. (6 May 1995)
Further correspondence regarding the work of the Forum and papers submitted by Boyle and Hadden include letters from Rory Montgomery, Forum Secretariat and others.
Also, Memorandum from Colm Campbell, Director, enclosing copy correspondence from Campbell and Kieran Rose of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) and copy press cuttings relating to the work of the Forum in relation to Gay rights. (1996)

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.