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Press release with statements from Amnesty International, focusing on international instances of torture abuse and denial of rights, including in Turkey, Korea and the case of Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic and various other countries.

Assorted items including a flyer "Amnesty International Irish Section, Conference for the Abolition of Torture, Burlington Hotel, Dublin, 6 Oct 1973, featuring Sean McBride and Mary Robinson; attached is a letter enclosing the programme flyer for the conference to Boyle from KEvin White (24 Sep 1973) "Amnesty International and Ireland 1976 - 1978"; Notice of Amnesty International Irish Section AGM , June 1982; Agenda and minutes of Amnesty International Irish Section, 10 May 1986".

File includes other letters between Kevin Boyle and members of Amnesty including letter from Boyle to Angela Wright, seeking a copy of recent Amnesty Report on interrogation practices in Northern Ireland (23 Jun 1978); Letter from Boyle to Anna Weinfeld, Research Dept, Amnesty International London, discussing the role the Galway branch of Amnesty and Boyle can contribute to plight of certain unnamed group of prisoners (23 May 1980); letter from [ ] to John [ ], discussing plight of 'prisoners of conscience and potential role of Security Council of the United Nations (n.d.); Letter from Boyle to John Heffernan, National Director, Amnesty International, Dublin, regarding ill-treatment of prisoners (7 Sep 1981) Further letters between Heffernan and Boyle, asking Boyle to be a patron for Amnesty International in Ireland; Letter from Lindsay Farmer to Boyle seeking support for campaign for the disappeared in Guatemala (26 Feb 1982); Letter from Thomas Hammarberg to Boyle seeking advice on nominations for position of Secretary General of Amnesty International. (13 Mar 1986)

File of assorted Amnesty International documents including Statute of Amnesty International, guidelines on adoption of prisoner issues, assorted press releases and report "Building Ireland's Future: A Human Rights Handbook" by Amnesty International, Ireland.

Files relating to the work of Kevin Boyle as a Special Rapporteur for Amnesty International in South Africa, reporting on issues relating to the Pass Laws and other issues for civil rights and apartheid in South Africa.

File of drafts and notes made by Kevin Boyle as part of his Amnesty International mission to South Africa, including an internal Amnesty document entitled "South Africa: "Pass Laws" Mission", detailing a background to the trip (18 May 1984); a memo regarding details and arrangements for the trip (2 Apr 1984); typescript notes by Boyle on "A.I Mission to South Africa - Week commencing 2 April 1984"; 4 copies of draft typescript report by Boyle entitled "Amnesty International Report of a Mission to South Africa to Enquire into the Pass Laws and Their Enforcement" written by Kevin Boyle - Including some manuscript comment and annotation.

File of typescript draft chapters of larger report on "the Pass Laws of South Africa", An Amnesty International Report. by [Kevin Boyle]

File of letters between Kevin Boyle, persons at Amnesty International and others concerning his mission and report carried out in South Africa regarding the Pass Laws. The letters include recommendations from Amnesty International on the Pass Laws, internal document being a background to the mission and purposes of the mission and also manuscript notes by Boyle. Correspondents include Declan [Costello]; Prof. Ian Taylor, Carleton University, Canada; Bruce Levy, House of Commons, Canada; Malcolm Smart, London; Chris Nicholson, Durban and Geoff Budlender, Johannesburg.

Issues of a reference booklet printed by Amnesty International as examples of the Pass Law Identification Booklets used in South Africa.

Editions of pamphlets entitled "This is Apartheid" by Leslie Rubin and with a foreword by Alan Paton (1961) and "A Crime Against Humanity - Questions and Answers on Apartheid in South Africa" issued by the United Nations [1980s].