Assorted documents used in class as part of LLM International Human Rights Law, including case judgements and press releases from European Court of Human Rights, such as Akdivar V. Turkey (Sep 1996); From the United Nations documents include 'The Nature of States parties Obligations"; 'The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health', article 'Collective intervention to protect human rights and civilian populations: the legal framework' by Prof. Nigel Rodway (1992), copy of the European Convention on Human Rights (1990), Rosalyn Higgins Lecture, British Institute of Human Rights on the topic of United Nations Human Rights Committee (16 Nov 1987) and other such documents.

File of documents relating to the teaching and researching of module LW223 also known as LW330, European Human Rights Law. Documents include course outlines, reading lists, overviews for individual lectures and topics, manuscript lecture notes on topics such as access to the courts system written by Prof. Kevin Boyle. Also includes printed sources being newsletters, policy documents, reports etc. issued by international groups such as the O.S.C.E.

Files relating to the teaching and research of M.A. Theory and Practice of Human Rights at University of Essex.

Files of documents filed by Prof. Kevin Boyle as directly or loosely associated with research and teaching of M.A. Theory and Practice of Human Rights. Includes weekly class schedules and lectures, research topics, press articles, published academic papers, official comment and papers and other such documents.

File of documents relating to 'The Commonwealth and Human Rights' - a proposed new module within the M.A. in Human Rights. File includes a proposal for the course with commentary and annotation by Boyle; extended document entitled "The Commonwealth: Has it a Role in the Advancement of Human Rights"; draft outline for seminar on 'Human Rights and the Commonwealth (Jan - Mar 2000); manuscript notes on this topic by Boyle; page of The Irish Times, (27 Nov 1998) being the full test of address delivered by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, to the joint Houses of the Oireachtas, Dublin, with an image of Blair delivering the speech; text of article by Boyle and Richard Bourne, entitled 'The Contemporary Commonwealth and featured in the Irish Times, Note, draft of same article with notes and annotation is included; Manuscript notes from notebook written by Kevin Boyle and cover page attached is entitled "Commonwealth Text Book Project"; File also includes copy of letter from Prof. Nigel Rodley, University of Essex to the Honourable Mr. Justice A. R. Gubbay, Chief Justice of Zimbabwe, commenting in detail on Gubbay's earlier letter and discussing articles of Zimbabwe constitution "that seems on its face to claw back such a time-honoured means of exercising freedom of expression and assembly" and also notes he has asked Article 19 to forward a copy of their Manual on Freedom of Expression, on Kevin Boyle's Recommendation.

File containing course outlines, aims and objectives, weekly seminars outlines and other such documents relating to course LW996, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Other (4) folders contain general reading and research documents, including press articles, published articles and comment from official agencies and bodies, academic papers, including a working paper by Prof. Françoise Hampson and other such documents.

Files relating to the establishment of a proposed M.A. in International Peacekeeping at University of Essex.

File of assorted printed documents relating to the M.A. in International Peacekeeping, such as press cuttings, published policy documents and official articles.

Files relating to conferences on topics related to Human Rights studies which were attended by Prof. Kevin Boyle or in which he was a participant during his time as academic and also Director of the Centre for Human Rights at University of Essex.

Documents include conference records as follows:
Shorthand notebook with cover page "Blue Notebook" and in manuscript writing by Prof. Kevin Boyle. Note on inside cover states "Washington D.C. Conference" and includes notes and comments on talks given by conference delegates on a wide range of topics such as "Regions, Nations and Europe", Scottish Identity and Constitution", "U.K. Constitutional Reform" and other topics;
List of participants at seminar on "The Promotion and Protection of International Human Rights: A Seminar for Officials from Small Commonwealth States" (4 - 14 Mar 1991, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex)
Seminar on "Freedom of Conscience", organised by the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe, Leiden 12 - 14 Nov 1992, and featuring full text of report delivered by Prof. Kevin Boyle on "Freedom of Conscience in International Law";
Programme for Human Rights Summer School at the Citizenship Foundation in Association with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Essex, directed by Hugh Starkey (15-18 Jul 1993) focusing on the teaching of Human Rights and featuring a lecture by Prof. Kevin Boyle;
File of correspondence between Boyle and Proinsias Ó Drisceóil regarding Boyle giving a lecture for Kilkenny VEC to mark the United Nations Year For Tolerance (1994)
Programme from Conference on the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights - Human Rights on the Americas - at the Institute of Advanced Studies, London (17 Nov 1995); Conference on Co-operation between Humanitarian Organisations and Human Rights Organisations (Dec 1995)
Invitation to Prof. Kevin Boyle to participate at and programme for conference on Human Rights, Refugees and the Restoration of Stability: the Role of the E.U. and hosted by the Institute for Advanced Public Policy and Research. (Jan 1996);
Book of published conference proceedings entitled "Regional and Inter-Regional Development in Transition Societies: Economic, Legal, Political and Security Dimensions" held at the University of Essex and featuring a paper by Boyle entitled "Regional Authorities and Democratic Audit".