Minutes of AGMs and copies of founding constitution of the IALT.

Reports by Kevin Boyle made as part of Amnesty International trip to the Gambia and including "Report on Trial Observation Mission to the Gambia, December 1980 ....."; "Some General Impressions from the Gambia Observation Mission" December 1980 -January 1981"; Draft report headlined 'Introduction' and with manuscript annotation by Boyle on his experiences observing trials and legal practice in Gambia; "Supplementary Report to Amnesty International, International Secretariat, re. the MOJA trial, the Gambia, January 1981"; and "Briefing for Gambia Trial Observation Mission (December 1980 - January 1981) with manuscript annotation and directions for Boyle ahead of travel.

File of letters between Boyle and various others including Thomas Hammarberg, Secretary General, Amnesty International; Boye Sajo, Barrister, Gambia; Richard Wilsner, International Secretariat, Amnesty International; Ousainou Darboe, Barrister, Gambia; Alhaji Mahamudu N. Bobb, Ministry of External Affairs, Gambia; His Excellency Momadu Lamin Saho, Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Gambia; Carolyn Norris, Secretary, West Africa, Amnesty International; M.B. Mannah; Yvonne Terlingen, Asia Research Department, Amnesty International; discussing specific legal cases in Gambia and other work and insights as part of Boyle's mission to the Gambia.

Files of press cuttings from Irish and international press with coverage of the 1981 Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison and with some relating to wider work and activities of the ICJP and with coverage of international political events, including in South Africa. Includes issue of The Irish News "28 Nov 2009", with lead headline of "The Hunger Strike - Was there a deal?" with multipage coverage of claims and discussions that a deal was brokered that could have ended the hunger strikes in the Maze Prison.

Files of documents collected by ICJP and relating to reports and publications on and about the 1981 Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison, Belfast and wider prisoner conditions at the Maze. Includes: "The H-Block Issue: An Interim Study" published by the Advisory Forum on Human Rights if the Irish Council of Churches (Feb 1980); "The H-Block Protest: Hunger Strikes and Emergency Law" A second paper presented by the Community of the Peace People, Belfast (17 Feb 1981); "Mercy, Justice, and Peace: Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock", 6 Sep 1981; "H-Block" by Fr. Denis Faul and Fr. Raymond Murray, Christmas 1979; "Help Prisoners - Pope Paul - What Can We Do"; "The Social Policy Implications of Emergency Legislation in Northern Ireland" by John Ditch and Mike Morrissey (Draft) June 1979; European Parliament Working Documents 1980-1981, Motion for Resolution tabled by N. Blaney, L. Castellina, and Mr. Coppieters on the violation of human rights in the community (14 Mar 1980).

File 2 includes: "Christian Morality and the Prison" - Summary of Talk given by Fr. Donal Murray; "Prisoners in the Republic of Ireland - the Advisory Forum on Human Rights, published by the Irish Council of Churches Board of Community Affairs, May 1981; Booklet "Day to Day Life in Northern Ireland Prisons" with text and images, published by the Northern Ireland Office (Mar 1981); Annual Report on Prisons and Places of Detention for the Year, 1978; Resolution of the Council of Europe on "Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (30 Jul 1973); Council of Europe "Tenth Conference of European Ministers of Justice on "Alternative Measures to Imprisonment" Report, 3-4 June 1976, Brussels.

File of letters between Boyle and various others including Berthan Macaulay Q.C., The Gambia; Mr. T. Bouchier -Hayes, Solicitor, Dublin; Richard Elsner, International Secretariat, Amnesty International; Mr. A.N.M Ousainou Darboe, Banjul, the Gambia; His Excellency Momadu Lamin Saho, Minister for Justice and Attorney General, the Gambia; Mr. Mboob, Minister for the Interior, The Gambia; Sarah Pennington, Amnesty International; Carolyn Norris, Secretary, West Africa, Amnesty International; Prof. John Dugard, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; His Excellency Fafa Mbye, Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Republic of the Gambia; His Excellency Sir Dawda Jawara, President of the Republic of the Gambia; His Excellency A.M.K. Bojang, High Commissioner for the Gambia; Carolyn Yates, Lecturer in Law, University of Essex; Marilyn McKim, Amnesty International; Jean Cross, Amnesty International;

Files of records including detailed correspondence between Prof. Boyle and numerous others regarding the efforts to raise the idea of an Irish Centre for the Study of Human Rights at U.C.G., fundraising efforts for same and other related issues. The letters also detail the relationship between Prof. Boyle, UCG and the University of Cincinnati, especially Prof. Bert Lockwood, Director of the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights. Letters include between Boyle and Alan Rutledge, Secretary/Treasurer, The Incorporated Society of Irish/American Lawyers; Michael Kerwin, Michigan; Argine Dalton, Executive Director, The Irish Fund; Leon Lysaght, Prof. of Law, University of Detroit Law School; John A. Flanagan, Attorney, Ohio; Prof. Bery Lockwood, Urban Morgan Institute form Human Rights, University of Cincinnati; David Lowry, Dean of Law, Biscayne College of Law; Anne Anderson, Embassy of Ireland, Washington; Nicholas Robinson, Executive Director, The Heritage Trust, Dublin; Rory Brady, B.L., Dublin; Charles E. Rice, Prof. of Law, Notre Dame University; James Delaney, President, Rand Development Corporation and others.
Also includes undated typed document "Irish Centre for the Study of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University College Galway - Planning for the Future".

Minutes of AGMs and interim meetings of IALT.

File of drafts and notes made by Kevin Boyle as part of his Amnesty International mission to South Africa, including an internal Amnesty document entitled "South Africa: "Pass Laws" Mission", detailing a background to the trip (18 May 1984); a memo regarding details and arrangements for the trip (2 Apr 1984); typescript notes by Boyle on "A.I Mission to South Africa - Week commencing 2 April 1984"; 4 copies of draft typescript report by Boyle entitled "Amnesty International Report of a Mission to South Africa to Enquire into the Pass Laws and Their Enforcement" written by Kevin Boyle - Including some manuscript comment and annotation.

File of records including programme of speakers, lists of events and talks, letters regarding organisation or the theme or topic of the conferences, including a lecture series on Libel and the Press; the Role of information and the U.N. and the Media (Geneva 1986); Annual meeting of the Administrative Law Group, University of Warwick (Apr 1988); "Making European Policies Work" - Irish Association for European Studies; Merriman Summer School, "The Law and the People", August 1986; Human Rights Documentation Conference, August 1987.