File including details of proceedings of Freedom of Conscience Seminar, organised by the Council of Europe in cooperation with Van Asbeck Centre for Human Rights Studies, University of Leiden and at which Boyle was a participant. Includes text of report by Boyle entitled 'Freedom on Conscience in International Law' and also texts of other talks at the seminar.

Item entitled 'Paper for the CSCE Seminar of Experts on Democratic Institutions" and delivered by Kevin Boyle.

Programme and agenda from seminar for Chairpersons and Members of Parliamentary Human Rights Bodies on Freedom of Expression, Parliament and the Promotion of Tolerant Societies.

Documents relating to the seminar 'Re-Inventing Democracy? Accountability in governmental and extra-governmental organisation" which focused on democracy and accountability in Northern Ireland and the UK, with a full report on conference proceedings. Also includes letters of correspondence between Boyle and Chris Moffat, Fortnight Education Trust, who drafted the conference report. (Mar 1995)

Booklet published by Article 19 and Interights as part of Freedom of Expression Litigation Project, entitled Freedom of Expression Case Summaries: Selected Freedom of Expression Case Summaries from International Human Rights Tribunals and Commonwealth Courts.

Printed programme from "See You Next Tuesday" adapted by Ronald Harwood and directed by Robin Lefèvre. Includes an article on Francis Veber by Michael Dwyer and also images and biographies of cast and creative team members.

File from conference entitled "Security and Protection for Human Rights Defenders", held at London Metropolitan University. Kevin Boyle was participant and panel chair at this conference. Includes conference schedule and programme; text of paper by Kevin Boyle with MS annotation by Boyle; speaker biographies and details, various supporting documents such as reports and statements; booklet by Peace Brigade International; reports of working group sessions and other documents.

Files of documents referring to the Section 31 media ban in Ireland which relates to a development during the Troubles in Northern Ireland where Sinn Féin and IRA members, under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act, were forbidden to be broadcast in the media. This rule was brought in by Fianna Fáil Minister for Posts and Telegraphs Gerry Collins in 1971 and strengthened by Labour's Conor Cruise O'Brien in 1977.

File relating primarily to the secondment of Hugh Logue from the European Commission to work as special advisor and of the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly. File is arranged as per original structure with some subject/section dividers in place, including those labelled "The Agreement", "Terms and Conditions", "Proposals", "Departmental Structures", "Civic Forum". File includes some manuscript notes by Logue on early points to discuss on party agreements etc., Series of Fax correspondence between Hugh Logue and J.G. Hunter of Central Personnel Group, Northern Ireland Civil Service, discussing terms and conditions of the secondment of Hugh Logue as Special Advisor to the Assembly from his current position at the European Commission (14 Aug 1998); Letter from Logue to Hunter seeking more information on the role and function of the new position (15 Aug 1998); Typed series of pages with cover letter signed by Logue and sent to Seamus Mallon (15 Aug 1998), the cover letter states "Word is just coming in of the utter horror of Omagh [Bombing], and much of the work attached feels empty". The 13-page fax by Logue sent to Mallon includes discussions on the "Departmental Structures - Considerations"; "Suggestions for New Departmental Structures Based on Existing N. Ireland Departments", "North-South Provisions", "Civic Forum".
Document under section "Timetable" includes a multi-page typed "Deputy First Minister's Diary" for 24 Aug - 31 Oct 1998.

Timetable to the Meeting of the Assembly (14 Sept 1998) sent to First Minister by Paul Sweeney; Document by John Semple entitled "Deputy First Ministers - Special Advisors" (17 Aug 1998) and also by Semple, "Organisation at the Centre of the New Administration" (13 Aug 1998); Sweeney to Deputy First Minister "Options for Departmental Structures and Ministerial Structures and Ministerial Portfolios" (17 Aug 1998).

Various papers/appendices: "Analysis of Proposals for the Establishment of a Northern Ireland Civic Forum"; Discussion Paper on Consultative Civic Forum"; "The Civic Forum - A Consultation Document from New Agenda"; "The Civic Forum - A Consultation Paper"; "Proposal For a Northern Ireland Civic Forum".

File of photocopies from the following sources:

A verse in Irish and with English translation, 'Colum Kill Sung' (published 1808);

Cover letter to Robinson from Edward O'Loghlen, Library, UCG, accompanying a photocopy of Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae, in Latin. 30 Apr 1993;

Cover letter to Robinson from Edward O'Loghlen, Library UCG, accompanying a photocopy of O'Hanlon's Life of St Enda 18 May 1993;

'Saint Brecán of Clare' by Anne O'Sullivan (published 1983), accompanied by cover slip from John Waddell, 15 Feb 1994;

'St Endeus or Enda, Abbot of Arran, County of Galway' from 'Lives of the Irish Saints' by Canon O'Hanlon, published 1873;

'Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae' by Carolus Plummer A M (in Latin), published 1910;

'The Life of Saint Enda' translated from Plummer by Anne Mohr.

'Medieval Irish Saints Lives: An Introduction to Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae' by Richard Sharpe (published 1991);

'Betha Coluimb Cille of his labours in the West', no author or date given;

'The Sources for the Early History of Ireland: Ecclesiastical an introduction and guide' by James F Kenney' (published 1979);

'The Monastic Churches 1' no author or date given;

Photocopy from the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette (1 Mar 1877), giving summary information on the Dioceses of Elphin, Tuam and Achonry.