File of correspondence from the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the work of Kevin Boyle and also Mary Robinson in her capacity as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding ongoing work of the OHCHR on varying aspects of international Human Rights campaigning and advocacy.

File of documents relating to Kevin Boyle acting as the nomination of the Irish Government and Department of Foreign Affairs at the UN seminar on freedom of religion and belief to be held in Geneva, 3 -4 Dec 1984. Includes letter from Anne Barrington, UN Section of the Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Ireland, thanking Boyle for agreeing to be the Rapporteur and also includes numerous drafts and final document of Boyle's report from the Seminar.

File relating to Boyle's unsuccessful application to act as UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. Includes letter of nomination of Boyle from Mary Whelan, Ambassador of Ireland, Geneva and also letters from Boyle to the selection committee for the position of UN Special Rapporteur, clarifying issues following the unsuccessful interview.

Statements by UN High Commissioners including texts of statement by Jose Ayala Lasso, 'From Confrontation to Cooperation (Geneva, 8 Nov 1994); Address by Sergio Vieira de Mello to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (4 Nov 2002) Statement by Ruud Lubbers, UNHCR to the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (16 Mar 2004); Address by Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Biennial Conference of the International Commission of Jurists, Berlin (27 Aug 2004) Statement by Louise Arbour, 'The Activities of the OHCHR: Achievements and Challenges', Tokyo, 9 Nov 2004; text of seminar [interview] with Louise Arbour at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, with manuscript notes by Boyle. Statement by Mary Robinson, UNHCHR, to the UN Security Council on "Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts" (23 April 2001); Statement by Sergio Vieira De Mello, UNHCHR, to the International Criminal Law Network on "Establishing the International Criminal Court, at the Hague, Dec 2002.

File relating to the UN Human Rights Committee and Ireland, including text of report and consideration of reports of states parties due in 1991 - Ireland, 30 Oct 1992; 48th session summary record of consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the covenant, Initial Report of Ireland (Jul 1993); text of response by the Attorney General of Ireland, Mr. Harold A. Whelehan S.C.; memo on the U.N. Human Rights Committee Session on Ireland (2000)

File includes letter of invitation to Kevin Boyle from Irish United Nations Association and others to attend a seminar on 'Prisoners and the Northern Ireland Peace Process', Westminster, 12 Mar 1998, a copy report from the NIACRO, Belfast being an executive summary 'The Release and Integration of Politically Motivated Prisoners in Northern Ireland . . . (1995); Commentary from the Committee for Administration of Justice on the Implementation Plan for the Criminal Justice Review Bill (Jan 2002) and text of address given by Mary Robinson as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights entitled "Making right relationships an everyday practice" (May 2002).

File includes published brochures from United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research detailing 'ideas for Peace and Security' and also some other printed articles on this topic.

Edition of booklet printed by the OHCHR and being the conclusions of a meeting of experts on Human Rights and Environment.

Files relating to the structure, actions, goals and projects of the Human Rights Council, UN.

File of documents being resolutions, proposals, academic articles and commentary on the establishment and work of the Human Rights Council.