TS notice of agenda for conference organised by The Human Rights Centre, Queen's University, Belfast and held at the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast, and entitled "The Role of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission".

Records of conference held on 20 Feb 2004, at the Europa Hotel, Belfast. The conference was chaired by Prof. Kevin Boyle. File includes conference pack with enclosed documents being a conference programme, TS notes by Kevin Boyle on proceedings of the morning session of the conference; speaker abstracts and biographies, copy of text of speech delivered by Prof. Brice Dickson, Chief Commissioner of the NIHRC at the event to launch a consultation document on the Bill of Rights (Sep 2001), Ms notes by Kevin Boyle taken during the conference, printouts of speaker details from UK Parliament - House of Commons Website of a conference entitled "Scope for a Bill of Rights in Northern Ireland" (27 June 2002). Correspondence includes letter signed by Dickson to Boyle inviting him to chair the conference in Belfast (18 Dec 2003); TS letter signed by Dickson to Boyle, thanking him for chairing the conference. (24 Feb 2004); Copy TS letter from Neil Faris to Brice Dickson, detailing his comment and feedback on the conference. (12 Mar 2004)

File of records from the conference organised by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Irish School of Ecumenics, held at Best Western Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast. Kevin Boyle was a speaker at this conference. A copy of his paper is included "Freedom of Religion, Key International Issues". Other documents include conference programme, list of speakers, speaker biographies, a background document explaining the rationale behind the conference, manuscript notes by Boyle taken during various talks at the conference. Other documents include academic articles and references to teaching on topics raised at the conference.

Assorted documents related to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, including "A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland - A Summary of Opinion Poll Findings"; Background Information document on the NIHRC; Report entitled "A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Through the Years - the Views of the Political Parties", published by the Committee on the Administration of Justice (2003); Flyers and information on the group Human Rights Consortium, including a list of members and a flyer entitled "Frequently Asked Questions About a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland" and an issue of newsletter "Making it Work: Human Rights in Northern Ireland" issued by the NIHRC; TS Press Notice issued by the Joint Committee on Human Rights, House of Commons, London, announcing an enquiry into the work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, focusing on the Commission's development of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

Files relating to the development of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland

Documents relating to the development of a Bill of Rights in Northern Ireland. Includes Irish Democrat and Connolly Association. (n.d.) Conference 'Civil Liberties and a Bill of Rights', paper by Tony Smyth entitled "People in Institutions" organised by National Council for Civil Liberties/The Cobden Trust, (5 Feb 1977) TS article entitled "A Bill of Rights?" by Michael Zander, with MS annotation by Kevin Boyle; "Loopholes and Liberties - The N.I.C.R.A. Bill of Rights" - a reply to the drafts of the N.I.C.R.A. Bill (c. 1975) Draft TS document entitled "Enforcement" [of a Bill of Rights]; "Preliminary Report for the Northern Ireland Commission on Human Rights - Human Rights in the EEC Context" by Douglas Lawton, Prof. of Civil Law, Queen's University, Belfast. (n.d.); Draft Bill of Rights for Lord Brockway to Introduce in the House of Lords" (2 Feb 1977), Copy of Law Faculty (Queen's) Working Party on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland" by Michael O'Boyle and Kevin Boyle (Nov 1975) Copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948; "A Proposed Bill of Rights", prepared for submission to the People of the United Kingdom by the Ulster Citizens' Civil Liberties Centre. (June 1975)

Bill entitled "an Act to establish fundamental rights of subjects in 1977, Northern Ireland."

File of TS documents relating to the development and research on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. Includes a booklet of MS notes and writings by Kevin Boyle, in an exam handbook from Queen's University and entitled "Human Rights Materials"(n.d.); Memo to all members of staff of Law Faculty, Queen's University from Michael O'Boyle, detailing to set up a Working Party to submit evidence on a proposed Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland as requested by the Standing Advisory Commission for Human Rights (15 Oct 1975) TS memorandum on meeting of the Executive Board of the I.S.E., who met to discuss launching a major project in Human Rights" (15 Feb 1977) Law Faculty of Queen's University Working Party Document on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland (Jan 1976) "Bill of Rights Discussion Document prepared by [the N.I.C.R.A.] detailing comment on individual points in the Bill;

Published documents associated to the development of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, including edition of 'Fortnight' magazine (23 May 1975) Issue no. 105, with cover story "Not Quite Rights - The Errors in the N.I.C.R.A. Bill of Rights"; Edition of 'Fortnight' Magazine, (7 Nov 1975) with cover story "The Republican Feud - 4 Years a Simmering" and other stories, no 114; Press release by the Council of Europe, headline being "New Secretary for the European Commission of Human Rights" (2 June 1976)

Copies of published articles, for research by Kevin Boyle, including "Lawful Power and the Citizen" by A. Douglas Lawton (n.d.); "The Development of the Ontario Human Rights Code: A Decade in Retrospect" by Ian A. Hunter, University of Toronto [Law Journal] Vol XXII, 4, Autumn 1972; "The Declaration of Rights of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974" by Lee Hargrave, Louisiana Law Review, Oct 1974.