File of documents relating to the United Nations focus on the plight of minorities, including implementation papers following recommendations of the Durban Conference, 2001 - 2002; promoting justice and reconciliation in Africa; Draft reports of working group of UN Sub-Commission on prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (Aug 1983); a paper entitled "Minority Education Rights in International Law - A Theoretical Approach (n.d.) and other such documents.

File relating to Kevin Boyle and membership of the United Association of Great Britain and Ireland, including issue of magazine of the Association (Jul - Sep 2005) with details of work of the Association. Also documents relating to Boyle being keynote speaker for the UNA conference in 1999, including a letter to Boyle from Malcolm Hill, Chairman of Sudbury branch of UNA, attaching a series of documents and reports reviewing various aspects of the UN Security Council.

Fiel relating to the 50th Anniversary of the adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. File includes detailed manuscript notes and writings in assessing the history and impact of the UDHR and the "UN Charter for Human Rights" by Kevin Boyle; text of the Declaration; texts of conference papers by Boyle on the history of the European Convention for Human Rights.

File of documents being assorted academic and published papers on the history of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Also includes information on history of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights - the first ten years (conference program, 2003); text of paper written by Kevin Boyle "Marking Another Birthday: 10 Years of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights"; Text of paper "All Human Rights for All: The Challenging Mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights".

Files relating to the drafting, publication and launch of a book edited by Kevin Boyle entitled "A Voice for Human Rights: Mary Robinson", with a forward for Kofi Annan and afterward by Louise Arbour.

Drafts of various chapters and sections of the book 'A Voice for Human Rights'.

Manuscript notes by Kevin Boyle regarding planning and preparation for the launch of the book; copies of various press reviews of the book; publishing catalogues from the University of Pennsylvania Press and text of comments and remarks made by Mary Robinson, Columbia University (Jan 2006).

File of assorted newsletters with updates and announcements from other sections of the UN and also from other Human Rights related agencies.

File relating to the UN Human Rights Commission and the Sub Committee on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. Includes press cutting from May 1982 stating "Ireland was yesterday elected to serve, for the first time, on the UN Commission on Human Rights. . . "; Attached are manuscript notes by Boyle on the Human Rights Commission; progress report from the Sub-Commission on the 'Status of the Individual and Contemporary International Law' by Mrs, Erica-Irene A. Daes, Special Rapporteur (26 June 1984); provision list of attendees and list of consultative groups for the Sub-Commission; Timetable for consideration of agenda items of the 36th session of the sub-commission; and also various articles such as 'The 1984 UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities: Review and Prognosis' by Garber and O'Connor; Also, a commentary on the work of the Sub-Commission published in International Commission of Jurists - The Review, no. 41, 1988"

File of documents being records of sessions, commentaries on agendas, observations of the Covenant on matters relating to civil and political rights, including specific comment and consideration of reports on Great Britain and Northern Ireland (26 July 1995); concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee on Ireland (22 Jul 2008)