Files relating to the case of Jeffrey Dudgeon Vs. United Kingdom, who took a case and won at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, challenging the constitutionality of homosexual rights in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom.

File of records relating to the application of case made by Jeffrey Dudgeon, Belfast against the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Documents include:
Copy of TS application made to the Commission of Human Rights, Strasbourg. (April 1976) Kevin Boyle is named as being acting Barrister on this application;
Copy of the Observations of the Government of the United Kingdom on the Admissibility of Application lodged by Dudgeon, with MS annotation by Boyle;
"Observations by the Applicant on the Observations by the Government of the United Kingdom on the Admissibility of Application lodged by Jeffrey Dudgeon.";
Copy of TS Decision of the Commission as to the Admissibility of the Dudgeon Case (3 Mar 1978);
Copy of TS Observations of the United Kingdom on the Merits of Application lodged by Jeffrey Dudgeon;
Verbatim record of the hearing on the merits held in Strasbourg on 6 July 1979 at the European Commission of Human Rights, Dudgeon Vs. The United Kingdom. Boyle and Francis Keenan named as legal representatives. (6 July 1979);
Judgement made by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in the case of Dudgeon Vs The United Kingdom. (22 Oct 1981)

Press cuttings detailing coverage of the Dudgeon case and other issues relating to rights and abuse of rights of homosexuals in Northern Ireland. Also includes an issue of Time magazine with cover story relating to Gay rights in U.S.A. (23 Apr 1979)

File of MS case research and notes by Kevin Boyle relating to his work on the Dudgeon Vs the United Kingdom. Also includes MS notes in another hand, thought to be of Jeffrey Dudgeon, relating to homosexual rights and the Dudgeon Case. These notes are written on NIGRA headed paper - The Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association.

Editions of newsletters issued by the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association (Jul - Aug 1976 and Mar - Apr 1978) and also newsletter of Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform, Dublin. (1 Sep 1978)

File of documents including a pamphlet "Campaign for the Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men - The Need for the Campaign], Dublin.; TS pamphlet "The Criminal Law of Northern Ireland Concerning Homosexual Offenses", (n.d.); Booklet entitled "No Offence - The Case for Homosexual Equality at Law" by Bob Sturgess and the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, Scottish Minorities Group and Union for Sexual Freedoms in Ireland (n.d.); Booklet "Towards a Charter of Homosexual Rights - Campaign for Reason. The first 174 sponsors". (1978) Edition of 'In Touch' - The Newsletter of the Irish Gay Rights Movement". File also includes a seating plan from an untitled meeting at the European Commission for Human Rights;

Files relating to the case of David Norris Vs. The Attorney General and Norris' challenge against the laws in Ireland which indicated that homosexual acts were criminal offences. Norris was represented by Mary Robinson, SC. The case was heard at the High Court on 10th October 1980 and the Supreme Court, 22April 1983.

TS notes and analysis by [Kevin Boyle] on the case of Norris Vs the Attorney General, giving a detailed account and coverage of the events of the case and the legal reasoning and arguments of the case. File also includes a copy of the published judgement of Norris Vs The Attorney General, with detailed information on the case and its basis and arguments.

Copy TS letter from Kevin Boyle to David Norris, stating he has read in the Irish Times of Norris' plans to challenge Irish laws on homosexuality and offering his assistance to the Norris case should Norris want it and also offers his opinion on how the case should be argued.

File of original and copy press cuttings from various Irish press covering and reporting on legal cases taken by David Norris challenging Irish laws on homosexuality. Includes a bound book of copy press cuttings labelled "Press Coverage of High Court Proceedings, Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland, June/July 1980" and other loose cuttings on general stories concerning homosexual rights in Ireland and coverage of Norris' challenge at the supreme Court and at the European Commission for Human Rights in Strasbourg.