Red folder, labelled 'Kevin Boyle - UN Democracy seminar", including text of statements and talks delivered at the seminar from Eva Grambye, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN on behalf of the European Union; Roman Wieruszewski, "United Nations Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures and the Strengthening of Democracy"; "Holistic Democracy: the Human Rights Content of Legitimate Governance" by Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; "Democracy and Human Rights: Contrast and Convergence" by David Beetham; "Le Rôle des Parlements dans la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme" by Jerome Sacca-Kina Guezere; "The Media in Democracies: Role, Responsibilities and Human Rights Issues" by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou; "Civil Society and Democracies" by Nancy Thede; "Strengthening the Rule of Law in Building Democratic Societies: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice" by Dimitrina Petrova;

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Follow-Up to the World Conference on Human Rights - situation of human rights in the Darfur region of the Sudan.

Copy letter by Andrew Clark, General Secretary of the International Association for Religious Freedom Belief With Integrity (1 June 2004), writing in support and outlining reasons why Clark is supporting the candidacy of Kevin Boyle for the post of Special Rapporteur on the Question of Freedom of Religion or Belief. Also includes text of document by Boyle on the position and its mandate and history.

File relating to the World Campaign on AIDS and a file of booklet for circulation on 'HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: Young People in Action".

Files of documents relating to the response of the High Commission for Human Rights of the UN, wider agencies of the UN and other international organisations regarding terrorism and in particular responses to the attacks on New York and the U.S.A. by Al Qaeda on 9 September 2001.

Text of statements made by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Statement of William Schabas, Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway (19 Sep 2001); Statement of 'Fighting Terrorism on a Global Front" by Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations (n.d.); Text of commentary on the Presidential decree/statement made by George W. Bush, President of the United States of America and entitled 'Military Order on the Detention, Treatment and Trial of Certain Non-US Citizens in the War Against Terrorism.

File of documents relating to the response and deliberation of the Office of High Commission for Human Rights of the UN in response to the 9/11 attacks. File includes Note from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mary Robinson) and entitled 'A Human Rights Perspective on the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in the United States" (20 Sep 2001) Multiple drafts of this document present with MS annotation by [Robinson]; Text of draft statement by the OHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNDP, OCHA and WFP detailing condemnation of the 9/11 attacks, with MS annotation by [Robinson and Boyle] (19 Sep 2001); Note from the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Chair of the Counter Terrorism Committee, offering a perspective on Counter-Terrorist Measures', including draft copy with annotation; TS notes for Centre for Victims of Torture, Public Meeting, Minneapolis, 20 Oct 2001; Update by the OHCHR by the Senior Policy Committee on Post-9/11 Action; 'Note for File' on 'D. Kedzia's mission to the Council of Europe' on anti-terrorism and Human Rights issues (26-28 Nov 2001); Text of preliminary Strategy for the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Light of 11 September Events', includes multiple copies with annotation by Boyle (1 Oct 2001); Agenda for Strategy Meeting Re. Post 11 September [actions], with MS annotation by Boyle; text of 'Thoughts on human rights issues following 11 September attack with a few ideas on action by OHCHR' by Nicholas Howen (16 Oct 2001); Text of Guidelines for OHCHE field presences regarding anti-terrorist measures at National Level; Text of statement by the OHCHR on 'Human Rights and Terrorism' (11 Oct 2001); Text of essay 'Terrorism: The Complementary Approaches of Human Rights Law, Humanitarian and Refugee Law' by Mona Rishmawi (19 May 2002); Draft text by Kevin Boyle for statement and article issues to and published by the New York Times from the OHCHR, responding to the 9/11 attacks and the aftermath.

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.