File of documents relating to the 1993 British Irish association Conference held at St. Anne's College, Oxford, entitled "Europe and its Regions". Includes schedule of events and talks, notes taken at the conference by Boyle and further manuscript research notes by Boyle; list of delegates, text of speech delivered by the Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd, M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and text of address given by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dick Spring, T.D.

Files relating to the work of the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe.

Files of documents from and relating to the conference on Freedom of Religion and Belief, held in Vienna, Austria, and attended by Kevin Boyle.

File includes issues of OSCE Newsletter, (Oct 2001, Sep 2002, Jul/Aug 2003), other assorted press releases and reports including "Report on OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on constitutional, legal and administrative aspects of the freedom of religion", Warsaw, April 1996 by Dr. Kathinka Evers; Also included is a consolidated summary of that conference in 1996; OSCE Bulletin, Spring 1997, Vol. 5, No. 2, with article "Freedom of Religion and Belief - A Global Survey" by Kevin Boyle and Juliet Sheen; Report of proceedings of OSCE conference on the Role of Freedom of Religion and Belief in a Democratic Society: Searching for Ways to Combat Terrorism and Extremism" held in Baku, Azerbaijan (Oct 2002).

File relating to research and action regarding Travellers Rights in Ireland. Includes draft document entitled "Draft Charter of Travellers Rights, with MS annotation by Boyle (A note from Joan Boyle indicates that Kevin Boyle was involved in this initiative while at University College Galway); Report entitled "About our Travelling People, published by the National Council for Travelling People"; Report of the Travelling People Review Body" (Feb 1983), Irish Government Publications; essay entitled "Travellers Rights - The Failure to Recognise an Ethnic Minority" (Jan 1992) Report entitled "Examination of First Report by Ireland Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights", Geneva, July 1993; Workshop report booklet from "Legal Defence of the Roma (Gypsies) in Central and Eastern Europe", held at Columbia University Law School, New York, 1997; Fax letter from Niall Crowley, Dublin Travellers Education and Development Group, to Boyle, seeking support and advice on various aspects of the Government led task-force and subgroup on education and Travellers. (n.d.) and Copy of Decision of the European Commission on Human Rights as to the admissibility of applicants, John and Patricia Williams et al Vs Ireland, for which Mary Robinson was one of the acting councils for the applicants. (1981)

Typescript document by Kevin Boyle entitled "Itinerants in Northern Ireland".

Files relating to Kevin Boyle and the United Nations. These files refer to Boyle in numerous capacities of professional and academic work and interaction with the United Nations and its Office of the High Commission for Human Rights. Boyle acted as a Special Rapporteur in 1984 and later as Special Advisor to Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland in her capacity as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Boyle later acted as a consultant advisor to the U.N. and its Human Rights division. These files also contain files arranged and maintained by Boyle relating to his ongoing personal and professional relationship with Mary Robinson and her husband Nicholas Robinson. Files date from the late 1970s when Boyle and Robinson were acting legal councils and barristers and later included correspondence when Mary Robinson was President of Ireland between 1990 and 1997.

Files of assorted documents relating to the appointment of Kevin Boyle as Special Advisor to Mary Robinson in her position as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Includes email between Denise Dora and Boyle (22, 26 Mar 2001) being a discussion with a former student and discussing mutual research interests; Letter signed by Boyle, University of Essex, and written to Mary Robinson, mentioning his upcoming appearance at the Bloody Sunday (Saville) Tribunal and discussing his non-presence at the rally in 1972 and discussing his upcoming travel to Geneva, also encloses a C.V. (7 Jun 2001); further email and letters between Boyle and others which congratulate Boyle on his move or discuss his move to the U.N. include Kazuhiro Kawamoto (23 Jul 2001); Baroness Shirley Williams (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge - 27 Jul 2001) Baroness Helena Kennedy, Chair, the British Council (27 Jul 2001) Baroness Onora O'Neill, Cambridge (27 Jul 2001); the Right Honourable Lord Bingham of Cornhill (13 Aug 2001); Annika Claassens and Geoff Gilbert (31 Aug - 2 Sep 2001) Larry Cox (2 - 7 Sep 2001) the Hon' Justice Michael Kirby, High Court of Australia; Letter from Sara Corcoran, Personnel Section, University of Essex, notifying Boyle that his request for leave of absence was approved (28 Aug 2001); Letter of appointment with terms of contract for Boyle from the United Nations Office for Project Services (Item CLOSED); Page of TS summary being 'Note on K. Boyle's UN Position September 2001 - 2002' written by Boyle; Print out of press articles including "United Nations appointment for Human Rights lawyer; 'Professor's High Ranking Job with UN"; "My Year with the UN" written by Boyle"', Some manuscript notes written by Boyle regarding the move. Also includes business cards belonging to Boyle from his position as Senior Advisor to the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Statements and speeches made by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as follows: statement by Mary Robinson 'On Item 9' - Questions and violations of Human Rights and Fundamental freedoms in any part of the world. Situation in Kosovo (Geneva, 1 Apr 1999); Briefing by Robinson on the situation of Human Rights in Kosovo (9 Apr 1999); Briefing by Robinson at informal one-day meeting of the Commission on Human Rights (15 Sep 2000); Text of Presidential Fellow's Lecture, World Bank, Washington D.C., "Bridging the Gap Between Human Rights and Development: From Normative Principles to Operational Relevance." (3 Dec 2001 - Note attached by Joan Boyle notes that this was drafted by Kevin Boyle); Statement by Robinson at Preparatory Committee for the International Conference for the International Conference on Financing for Development Resumed Third Session" (New York, 16 Oct 2001); Remarks by Robinson at International Conference on Globalisation - 'Humanising Globalisation: a Role for Human Rights (30 Oct 2001); Statement by Robinson to Ministerial Meeting of State Parties to the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (12 Dec 2001); Statement by Robinson at Tenth Workshop on Regional Co-operation for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region (Beirut, 4-6 Mar 2002); Lecture by Robinson at Second Global Ethic Lecture, The Global Ethic Foundation and entitled "Ethics, Human Rights and Globalisation" (University of Tubingen, Germany, 21 Jan 2002); Statement by Robinson at opening of 58th session of the Commission on Human Rights (Geneva, 18 Mar 2002); Address by Robinson at the O.S.C.E. Permanent Council (Vienna, 19 Jul 2002); High Commission for Human Rights briefing with Geneva based media (10 Sep 2002); Draft of address being discussed by Robinson and Kevin Boyle, the document was drafted by Boyle and focuses on the Carnegie Report on Preventing Deadly Conflict (n.d.); Speech by Robinson upon receipt of the Joaquin Garrigues Walker Award (n.d.) and photocopy of chapter written by Robinson entitled "The Challenges Ahead: Analysis and Integration" taken from 'Realising Human Rights: Moving on From Inspiration to Impact', Samantha Power and Graham Allison (eds) (2000).

Text of paper by Kevin Boyle entitled "Paper on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe", The Commonwealth Human Rights Mechanism Consultation (London); Text of paper by Boyle entitled "Marking Another Birthday: 10 Years of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Utrecht, 29 Sep 2003)