Fax letter from Harrington, Department of Foreign Affairs, Political Division, Human Rights Unit, Dublin, to Boyle and writing at the request of the Minister of State for Overseas Development and Human Rights, Mr. Tom Kitt, T.D., inviting Boyle to chair a seminar on the theme of "Towards Development of the E.U. Policy in Relation to Human Rights Defenders." Further details of the seminar are outlined. Attached is a copy of a letter by Kevin Boyle and addressed to John Biggar, Head, Human Rights Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, enclosing papers from the Association of Human Rights Institutes Essex conference on U.N. Human Rights Reform, letter dated 23 Sep 2003.

Letter from [ ], University of Amsterdam, to Boyle, enclosing which may be of interest to Boyle, a copy of new guidelines on the use of minority languages in the broadcast media, which were drawn up by the Office of High Commissioner on National Minorities, the Hague.

Email from Puddephatt to Boyle with the subject heading of 'Changes', informing Boyle that he (Puddephatt) has made the decision to step down from Article 19 at the end of 2004. Puddephatt outlines his personal and professional reasons for stepping down from his post, which he ran from 1986 onwards. As one of his last projects he invites Boyle to provide training to a group of financial journalists in London.

Email from Peric to Boyle, informing and updating Boyle on the proposed Essex Human Rights Review journal, of which a first edition is drafted and an attached to the email was a document (not present) entitled 'EHHR1.doc' and inviting Boyle to act as a member of the advisory board for the Review.

Email newsletter sent by the group Search for Common Ground to Prof. Boyle which details the work of the group and also a round up of international press details and coverage of Human Rights related issues, summer 2004.

Email from Wild, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), to Boyle forwarding on a letter, included, from Mepham, Associate Director, IPPR, inviting Boyle to serve on Advisory Committee to the International Programme at the Institute for Public Policy Research.

Email from Barker, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, to Boyle and following up after their recent meeting and discussing points on the weak links between rights of citizens and obligations of duty bearers and seeks advice on his planning towards economic, social and cultural rights and mapping of projects to take national institutional resources and budgets into account.

Letter from Gallienne, Evaluation Administrator, Economic and Social Research Council, thanking Boyle for his comments on the report, 'The Role of Law and Litigation in Articulating Northern Ireland's Emerging Constitutional Framework.'

Email from McGonagle to Boyle under the subject of 'Code of Practice' and discussing the Press Council of Ireland, mentioning the recent passing of Douglas Gageby and forwarding an email (1 Sep 2004) Ann Marie Lenihan of National Newspapers of Ireland, attaching a draft of the code of Conduct mentioned by McGonagle.

Letter from Boyle offering personal condolences on the passing of Stephen Livingstone, and comments on his personal, professional and academic contribution to Human Rights issues, particularly on Northern Ireland.