File of documents regarding the establishment and activities of the Council of Europe Human Rights Documentation Centre. File includes a letter from Peter Leuprecht, Director of Human Rights, Council of Europe, inviting Boyle to attend the first meeting of the H.R.D.C. and attaching a list of participants. (27 June 1986). A breakdown of material and data and also selection criteria for data to be included in the database (24 Nov 1986); Also a draft of this document with 'Approved' written on the front; (24 Nov 1986) Summary of replies sent to national correspondents of the first meeting of the H.R.D.C. (24-25 Nov 1986) Minutes of meeting of H.R.D.C. committee, 12th meeting, Strasbourg, 27 Jan 1988.

File of documents relating to the publication by the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex of a Handbook for Human Rights: A practical guide for monitoring Human Rights, by Kathryn English, Adam Stapleton. File includes correspondence (fax, typescript, manuscript) between Kevin Boyle and the authors, editors and publishers of the book regarding drafting, the content, editing process, distribution and also translation of the book.

File includes two copies of report entitled "Medicine and Human Rights - National Report: Ireland"; This report was prepared by Boyle. TS copy of letter from Boyle to Carla Magnoni, Division of Higher Education and Research, Council of Europe Strasbourg, enclosing a copy of Boyle's report (30 Sep 1982) Copy of the New Law Journal (Vol 134) Jan 27, 1984; and TS letters from Boyle to Charles B. Connolly, Consultant Pathologist, Regional Hospital, Galway, discussing legal interpretations of death, right to life, brain vs cerebral death, autopsy law and related matters relating to research by Boyle (Sep 1982) and press cuttings from Irish Times, 27 Jun 1980, detailing opinion on euthanasia from the Vatican.

File of documents relating to conference "Human Rights in the Americas - Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights", held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London and organised by University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre. Includes manuscript notes and draft paper by Kevin Boyle entitled "ECHR and the American Constitution on Human Rights - A Comparison." Noted to be for 'IHRLJ (1980) 44.'; Edition of "American Convention on Human Rights", Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 12 Dec 1969 and signed by Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Copy of report by Cecilia Medina for the Foundation for Legal Aid in Chile and entitled "The Impact of National and International Legal Systems on Human Rights in Latin America. (n.d.). Also includes manuscript shorthand notebook with extensive notes by Kevin Boyle, being notes, comments, suggested reading etc, presumably written during this conference attended by Boyle.

Text of keynote address by Thomas Hammarberg, entitled "Protection and Promotion of Human Rights by International Structures - Dilemmas and Lessons Learned'.

Files relating to the teaching of human rights and human rights within education worldwide. Materials relate mainly to teaching and curriculum design for human rights and young people, files of teaching programmes for human rights in schools; reports, booklets and flyers re. existing education programmes worldwide. Some files relate to human rights and democracy in schools programme which Kevin Boyle was active in working on during his time at University of Essex; correspondence between Kevin Boyle and others re. human rights education; file re. human rights summer school held at University of Essex, 1993.

File relating to a Human Rights Network seminar on the Committee for Eradication of Religious Discrimination, at which Kevin Boyle was a Chair of panel sessions.

Edition of "Human Rights Quarterly", published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol. 30. No. 2, May 2008. Kevin Boyle is editorial review board member.

Edition of journal 'Human Rights Quarterly', Vol. 32, No. 3, Aug 2010. Published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Includes review of a book edited by Kevin Boyle, entitled "New Institutions for Human Rights Protection" (2008) reviewed by Gerd Oberleitner, University of Graz, Austria.

Files relating to research by Kevin Boyle on aspects of human rights, environment and sustainable development.