File includes text of farewell address made by Mary Robinson when leaving her position as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights; text of personal statement made by Robinson at this occasion; list of achievements made by Robinson while in office as the H.C.H.R.; a list of ten priorities of Mary Robinson as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (only 5 present); a text of summary of work and achievements of Robinson while at O.H.C.H.R.; copy of biographical note of Robinson; letter from Kevin Boyle, University of Essex to Mary Robinson, Palais Wilson, stating in detail his reaction and response when contacted by a journalist for a statement on Mary Robinson having stepped down as UN H.C.H.R., also discusses other matters such as a meeting of British Isles and Irish Human Rights Centres, one which Robinson inspired at University College Galway, mentions that Boyle will be stepping down as Director of the Essex Centre and other matters (24 Mar 2001); email from Heidi Wiggum of Essex University sending Boyle the breaking news of Robinson's departure from the O.H.C.H.R. (19 Mar 2001); email from Peter Townsend, Acting Director of London School of Economics Centre for Study of Human Rights to Boyle but enquiring of Robinson to give a lecture at the LSE, poster of eventual lecture details attached (Jul - Nov 2002); Email from Mary Robinson to O.H.C.H.R. 'Field Presences', O.H.C.H.R- Geneva and O.H.C.H.R. New York informing of the selection of a successor to Robinson being named as Sergio Vieira de Mello; letter of notification of award of the International Service for Human Rights has been awarded to Mary Robinson (7 Aug 2002); Fax letter from Bill Graham, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Her Excellency Mary Robinson, Office of H.C.H.R. congratulating her on her term as High Commissioner (15 Aug 2002); print out of email and attachment from Mara Bustelo to various O.H.C.H.R. groups, attaching a number of tributes to Mary Robinson from U.N. staff (11 Sep 2002);

File of press cuttings and print-outs of news coverage relating directly to Mary Robinson and also her time as U.N. High Commission for Human Rights. Items include a black and white photograph of Robinson receiving the Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal, pictured with Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip (Irish Times, 30 Nov 2001); edition of 'Counselor Magazine, College of Law, University of Cincinnati, featuring Robinson in receipt of William J. Butler Human Rights Medal and featuring coverage of the William Howard Taft Lecture delivered by Boyle on the suppression of Kurds, with images of Boyle who is described as the 'legal Martin Luther King of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement'; "Mary bows out from the business of Human Rights" (The Sunday Tribune, 25 Mar 2001) "President [Robinson] has just the right intellectual background to master difficult UN brief" (The Irish Times, 11 Sep 1997) interview with Robinson - "Daunting challenges lie ahead after difficult but rewarding year" (Irish Times, 13 Oct 1998) and other such coverage, features and profiles on Robinson.

File of correspondence between Kevin Boyle and Mary and Nick Robinson. Letters date from 1978 when Boyle and Mary Robinson were both legal practitioners and also cover the period of Mary Robinson's presidency of Ireland in the 1990s.

Copy TS letter from Boyle to Robinson at the Bar Library, Four Courts, Dublin, enclosing a document on 'Test Cases' as agreed and mentions a discussion with Alan Shatter who said of a possibility Robinson would be involved in a Strasbourg case on the Divorce prohibition in the Irish constitution and hopes to pool knowledge on that topic.

Copy letter from Boyle to Robinson advising of legal consultancy work, believed to be with University College Galway and mentioning further legal research projects.

Copy letter from Boyle to Robinson, thanking her for a conversation and lessening a feeling of depression over how contribution at Cambridge had gone and raising for discussion some thoughts on the Emergency Powers Act i.e. the offences against the State Act 1939 and in context of the Special Powers Act and the Emergency Powers Act in Northern Ireland and its operation in context of the Special Criminal Court.

Postcard of change of address details to Upper Fitzwilliam Street by Mary Robinson.

TS letter signed by Robinson, 27 Merrion Square, Dublin to Boyle at University College Galway, stating interest in consultancy work in Galway and offering interest in other matters Boyle has raised.

Copy TS letter from Boyle to Robinson discussing in detail the merits and argument for a case of divorce as a civil right and regardless of religious denomination of the person in Ireland.

Copy TS letter from Boyle, UCG, to Robinson, Law School, Trinity College Dublin, discussing a programme and speakers for an upcoming conference on the Rights of Travellers to be held in association with the Irish Centre for the Study of Human Rights at UCG.