File of collected and copy letters sent by Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in response to the recent 9/11 attacks in the U.S. and sent to various UN rapporteurs and also includes return letters from those written to.

Text of speech entitled "Protecting Human Rights: The United States, the United Nations and the World" by Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and being the John F. Kennedy Library and Foundation Special Program Series on 'Responding to Terrorism' (6 Jan 2002); Text of speech "Human Rights in the Shadow of 11 September" (6 June 2002) by Mary Robinson and being the Commonwealth Lecture 2002.

Texts of various resolutions adopted by the UN, its Security Council and other bodies in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the global campaign against terrorism. Includes text of the Internation Convention on the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (Dec 1999); text of statement from UN Secretary General on "Human Rights Must not be Sacrificed to Counter-Terrorism (12 Apr 2002); Text of address by Segio Vieira de Mello, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered to the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council (21 Oct 2002); Text of report (with MS annotation by Boyle) from the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and entitled "Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Torture and Detention" (16 Dec 2002) and other such documents.

Reports to the Working Group and updates on various issues and interests of the Working Group on the United Nations and Terrorism.

File of press cuttings and collected copies of email and printed press coverage of international news coverage of the 9/11 attacks and featuring comment on the response internationally and within the U.S., the U.N., the O.H.C.H.R. and some focused coverage and interviews with Mary Robinson.

Assorted loose leaf manuscript notes and typescript drafts by Kevin Boyle, focusing on terrorism. Includes general thoughts on Human Rights and Terrorism; a commentary on history of conflict in Northern Ireland; Text of essay by Kevin Boyle "Terrorism, States of Emergency and Human Rights"; Draft of 'Human Rights, Human Security and Development: Exploring Interconnectedness" - London Metropolitan University (21 Nov 2007), MS text of 'Gen[eral] Seminar on 'Terrorism, Counter Terrorism and States of Emergency."

File of press cuttings and email print-outs of news coverage on aspects and issues of global terrorism from various international news services.

Course descriptions of outline of teaching plan for class on 'Armed Conflicts States of Emergency and Terrorism' delivered by Boyle at University of Essex, two copies with manuscript annotation by Boyle; Also includes a copy of an anonymous research essay by a student supervised by Boyle and entitled "Does Article 9 (4) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provide a right to the writ of habeas corpus to prisoners held by the United States of America at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba?"

Assorted research articles, academic articles and general publications which feature and cover international terrorism and human rights issues.

Text of speech/lecture delivered by Kevin Boyle at the Oslo Conference and speaking in response to the 9/11 attacks and on his experiences in being in engaged in Human Rights issues in Northern Ireland and internationally prior to and following the 9/11 a