File of documents relating to activities of the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, 1979. Draft annual report of ICJP for 1979 - 1980; Commission for International Justice and Peace, Secretary's Report 22 Sep 1979 - 31 Mar 1980; Press Release "Irish Official Aid Figures for 1979 Welcomed by Justice and Peace Commission; Sharp Criticism of Delay in Setting up National Development Council of EEC Inefficiency (31 Jan 1979); List of ICJP members as of AGM 20 Apr 1979; Annual Report to the Irish Episcopal Conference 1979-80; Implementation of Research and Policy Follow-through Programme.
Minutes of Meeting of Joint Irish Council of Churches/Irish Commission for Justice and Peace and Peace Development Education Supervisory Committee - 12 June 1979;

Agenda for ICJP meeting 3 Apr 1979; 20 Apr 1979; 7 May 1979; 28 Nov 1979.
Minutes of ICJP meetings 3 Apr 1979; 20 Apr 1979.

File relating to ICJP 1979 consultation - "The Mechanisms of Power and Structural Injustice in Ireland". Includes notice to ICJP members on upcoming meeting on the topic of the consultation; Document "ICJP - Social Justice: General Comments"; "ICJP 1979 Consultation - Topic 6 - Structural Injustice: Media", Topic 3-5: The Relative Power if Employees and of Owners of Capital", "Topic 4 - The Injustice of Misrepresentation"; "Topic 2 - Structural Injustice - The Medical Field in Ireland"; "Topic 2 - Social Welfare".
Document "The Mechanism of Power and Structural Injustice in the Church"; "Case Studies 15 - 17 - Social Welfare and the Elderly"; Case Studies 5 - 14

File of documents relating to activities of the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace in 1980. Includes financial statement of ICJP year ended 31 Dec 1980; Draft statement by ICJP on Capital Punishment 6 Jan 1980; Brief progress report on joint ICJP/ICC Development Education Project - Dec 1980; Notice of meeting of Human Rights Working Party; Edition of "Info" bulletin of Justice and Peace international body, "Justitia Et Pax", no 8, Dec 1980, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Statement on South Africa, 22 Nov 1980; Draft document statement by ICJP on Capital Punishment; Memo from Jerome Connolly to Human Rights Working Party, re. Proposal for an Independent Complaints Body in N. Ireland; Agenda for Commission for International Peace and Justice meeting, Dublin, May 1980; Draft annual report for ICJP year ended 1980/81; Discussion document, first draft, "Unemployment and Employment in Ireland" (Mar 1980); Draft annual report 1980/81; Minutes of ICJP meeting 28 Feb 1980 and minutes for meeting 24 Oct 1980; Document "Ireland and the Implications of Plant Breeders' Rights Legislation for the Third World". Letter from Jerome Connolly ICJP to members advising on the use of statement on Northern Ireland submitted by John Hume (27 June 1980; text of letter from ICJP sent to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Brian Lenihan re. Development Assistance (8 Feb 1980)
Document from ICJP - "Glossary of Development Terminology", attached with press release from ICJP. "Aid to Whom?", 17 Aug 1980.

List of ICJP members as of AGM 1980.
Minutes of ICJP meeting: 24 Apr 1980 (AGM); 25 Aug 1980; 5 Sep 1980;
Agenda if ICJP meeting: 26 June 1980; 23 Jan 1980

File of ICJP documents from 1981, including fax copy of statement by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon. James Prior MP on Public Expenditure for 1982-1983; Minutes of ICJP Meeting 31 Aug 1981 with agenda for meeting on 16 Nov 1981; "Community Relations and Legal-Political Changes Agenda item 4 - Full Commission Meeting, 16 Nov 1981; ICJP Press Release on "Criminal Justice Bill 1981 - Abolition of the Death Penalty" (20 Oct 1981); Minutes of ICJP Meeting 27 March 1981; Agenda for ICJP AGM, 8 May 1981; text of ICJP Statement on "Abolition of Capital Punishment"; ICJP Press Release "Catholic Commission Calls for End to Capital Punishment" (1 Feb 1981; Minutes of ICJP Meeting 9 Jan 1981; Statement from ICJP on Proposed Irish Rugby Tour to South Africa, 21 Jan 1981); copy letter sent from ICJP to the President of the IRFU, 22 Dec 1980; Edition of "Info" bulletin of the international Justice and Peace Commission (9 Mar 1981); Typed document "A delegation from the SDLP has had a meeting today ..... and spelt out the disastrous effects of present Government economic policy on Northern Ireland ..." (13 Feb 1981); Minutes of ICJP AGM held on 8 May 1981; Typed letter from Mrs. M Briggs to Mr. Connolly outlining her opinions on the Hunger Strikes policy of the ICJP.
Document with typed list of activities and programmes from ICJP in 1982.
Pamphlet published by ICJP "Community Building - Stepping Stones to Progress" (No Date).

File of manuscript notes by Hugh Logue with details and memories of events relating to the hunger strikes at the Maze Prison, Belfast, 1981. Includes sketch in ink of the H-Blocks, noting layout and features of the building. Some notes are written at a later time as are written on headed note paper of "Northern Ireland Assembly".
Includes printed conference pack and programme details from conference "Rethinking 1980/81 Hunger Strikes" (27 June 2016), venue possible Institute for Irish Studies, Liverpool University. Includes printed emails between Logue and Richard 'Ricky' O'Rawe, author and former Irish Republican prisoner, with notes and transcripts of interview with Logue about events relating to the Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison, 1981.

Various typescript press statements and press release documents by the ICJP and relating to the Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison, 1981.
Also document "The 'H-Block' Issue - An Interim Study" published by The Advisory Forum on Human Rights of the Irish Council of Churches,

File of typescript letter between the ICJP and other bodies/individuals including Jerome Connolly (ICJP) regarding a proposal for Overseas Development and Education partnerships for Belfast (10 May 1978); Letter from Connolly to Logue sending copies of correspondence from Belgian bishops and politicians concerning "the John Hume resolution on N. Ireland admitted to the European Parliament (31 Oct 1980); Fax letter sent to Logue re. visiting Derry soon with three American friends, from [ ] 9 Aug 1981); Fax letter to Logue from Paul O'Dwyer, New York, extending concern and affection for the Lynch family and for Kevin. (17 Jul 1981); Copy typed letter from Rt. Hon. Michael Alison, MP, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office to Bishop Dermot O'Mahony, ICJP, re Maze Prison Hunger Strikes, 30 Jun 1981); Copy letters from Fr. Raymond Murray and Fr. Denis Faul to Brian Gallagher, Chair, ICJP, regarding the Maze Prison Hunger Strikes, 2 June 1980; Letter from Bishop Dermot O'Mahony, President, ICJP, to Rt. Hon. H Atkins Q.C., Secretary of State, Stormont, re. recent meeting at Stormont Castle with members of the ICJP and on discussions about the Maze Prison Hunger Strikes (12 May 1981); copy letter from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 10 Downing Street, to Keith Siberry Esq. (Leeds Justice and Peace Commission, UK) discussing aspects, options, and solutions to political and economic matters in Northern Ireland, including policing, use of rubber bullets, and the ongoing hunger strikes at the Maze Prison. 29 June 1981; Letter from Leonard (L.C.W.) Figg, British Ambassador to Ireland, to Bishop O'Mahony, President ICJP, concerning recent statement about the Hunger Strikes, and working towards solutions (14 Oct 1980).

File 2 includes letters to Hugh Logue from A. E. Huckle, Northern Ireland Office, Stormont re. the case of Monica Craig, charged with IRA membership and explosives offences, and her case of release from prison hospital owing to anorexia nervosa rather than hunger strike (Aug - Sep 1981); Letter from Barry O'Hagan, Trócaire, to Hugh Logue re. invitation to participate in Trócaire seminar re. renegotiation of the Lome Convention (17 Oct 1978); Letter from M. Morgan to ICJP enclosing attached photocopy of pamphlet "H - Block - The Care and Welfare of Prisoners in Northern Ireland" (29 May 1978); Letter to Logue from Jerome Connolly of ICJP re. Strasbourg Human Rights Conference (1978); Letter from Michael O'Kennedy, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dublin to Rev. Michael Harty, D.D., Bishop of Killaloe and President of the ICJP re. safeguarding of international human rights protections (22 Dec 1978); Copy letter from Fr. Raymond Murray, Chaplain, to Jerome Connolly, ICJP, imploring the ICJP to intercede immediately with the British Prime Minister in the case of Monica Craig, who is imprisoned and ill in the hospital wing of Armagh Prison. (9 Aug 1978); Letter from R.S. Beresford, General Secretary of Commission for International Justice and Peace (21 Nov 1976); Letter from Bishop Dermot O'Mahony, President, ICJP and Brian Gallagher, Chair, ICJP to the Rt. Hon. Humphrey Atkins, Q.C, Secretary of State, Stormont, with a detailed response to Atkins' comments made on the statement issued on the protest in the Maze Prison H Blocks by the ICJP, Oct 1980.

File 2 also includes some assorted loose-leaf manuscript notes on ICJP matters by Hugh Logue.

Files of press cuttings from Irish and international press with coverage of the 1981 Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison and with some relating to wider work and activities of the ICJP and with coverage of international political events, including in South Africa. Includes issue of The Irish News "28 Nov 2009", with lead headline of "The Hunger Strike - Was there a deal?" with multipage coverage of claims and discussions that a deal was brokered that could have ended the hunger strikes in the Maze Prison.

Files of documents collected by ICJP and relating to reports and publications on and about the 1981 Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison, Belfast and wider prisoner conditions at the Maze. Includes: "The H-Block Issue: An Interim Study" published by the Advisory Forum on Human Rights if the Irish Council of Churches (Feb 1980); "The H-Block Protest: Hunger Strikes and Emergency Law" A second paper presented by the Community of the Peace People, Belfast (17 Feb 1981); "Mercy, Justice, and Peace: Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock", 6 Sep 1981; "H-Block" by Fr. Denis Faul and Fr. Raymond Murray, Christmas 1979; "Help Prisoners - Pope Paul - What Can We Do"; "The Social Policy Implications of Emergency Legislation in Northern Ireland" by John Ditch and Mike Morrissey (Draft) June 1979; European Parliament Working Documents 1980-1981, Motion for Resolution tabled by N. Blaney, L. Castellina, and Mr. Coppieters on the violation of human rights in the community (14 Mar 1980).

File 2 includes: "Christian Morality and the Prison" - Summary of Talk given by Fr. Donal Murray; "Prisoners in the Republic of Ireland - the Advisory Forum on Human Rights, published by the Irish Council of Churches Board of Community Affairs, May 1981; Booklet "Day to Day Life in Northern Ireland Prisons" with text and images, published by the Northern Ireland Office (Mar 1981); Annual Report on Prisons and Places of Detention for the Year, 1978; Resolution of the Council of Europe on "Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (30 Jul 1973); Council of Europe "Tenth Conference of European Ministers of Justice on "Alternative Measures to Imprisonment" Report, 3-4 June 1976, Brussels.

File includes "Social Analysis: Linking Faith and Justice" by Joe Holland and Peter Henriot, S.J., Centre for Concern, Washington D.C. 1980; "The Churches and Human Rights" by Niall MacDermot, Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists, Geneva to the AGM of the Catholic Institute for International Relations, London, 18 June 1976; "Irish Government Aid to the Third World - Review and Assessment", 1977; Vol 7, No. 4 of "Hi!" - Students' Justice and Peace Exchange.