File of letters between Prof. Kevin Boyle and various others. The letters date from Boyle's time at the University of Essex and the Centre for International Human Rights Law.

Critical analysis report on the 1993 World Conference for Human Rights

File including records relating to peace talks in Northern Ireland from 1992 to 1998. The former talks in 1992 were what became known as the Brooke/Mayhew talks in Northern Ireland in 1991/92, chaired by Sir Ninian Stephen. They were the first negotiations to divide into three strands - relationships within Northern Ireland, between north and south, and between Britain and Ireland. The latter material relates to the Good Friday Agreement.

Includes unsigned typed text of letter to Sir Ninian Stephen, possibly by John Hume - referencing and quoting from SDLP comments, 6 July 1992; "Principles of a New Framework for Government - An Alliance Paper" 5 May 1992; "Fundamental Aspects of the Problem and Common Interests and Themes An Alliance Opening Statement to Strand 2" July 1992; "Strand 2 Opening Statement by Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley MP MEP on behalf of the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party; "DUP Paper on the Underlying Principles" 4 May 1992. Press release from Irish Government Information Service and attached report re/ "The Launching of an Initiative on Strategic Management in the Public Service by the Taoiseach, Mr. Albert Reynolds, T.D., 22 Feb 1994.

1998 Good Friday Agreement material includes printed original text of the Agreement as circulated to households in Northern Ireland, "It's Your Agreement" on cover; Fax copy of press release from Ulster Unionist Party, 7 Dec 1998, criticising Seamus Mallon for recent comments re. cross-border co-operation and implementation bodies; offprint of article "The Northern Ireland Labour Market", reprinted from "Proceedings of the British Academy" - "Ireland North and South - Perspectives from Social Science" by Graham Gudgin, signed and dedicated to Hugh Logue; Printed press release from Sinn Féin - "Good Friday Agreement: The Only Way Forward" by Gerry Adams MP, An assessment of the current state of the peace process and Good Friday Agreement, 29 Jul 1999. Manuscript notes by Hugh Logue about details of Good Friday Agreement. Also printed conference programme from "The Good Friday Agreement in all its Parts: Safeguarding the Totality of Relationships". 8-9 March, 2018, Dundalk, Co. Louth.

Press cuttings re. Good Friday Agreement and from the Irish Times re decommissioning and election of David Trimble as First Minister. Front page images of John Hume and Bill Clinton.

Minutes of AGMs and interim meetings of IALT.

Productions by Druid Theatre Company during 1992

File of press cuttings kept by Kevin Boyle in relation to Article 19 and of international issues such as censorship and freedom of expression which Boyle and Article 19 had an interest in. Articles include "A war of wordsmiths" (6 July 1991) "Le Pen fined for remarks on holocaust"; "Dresden shivers as neo-nazis vow to avenge leader's death" (June 1991); "Right to abortion information upheld" (16 May 1991, Irish Times); "Centre welcomes abortion decision (In Ireland) May 1991; "Bosnian tragedy banishes ideal on non-interference in affairs of nations" (By Garret FitzGerald) 15 Aug 1992, The Irish Times; "War of the Words" - Journalists in war scenarios (17 Sep 1993, the Guardian); "The Lying Game" - Politicians and Newspapers (The Observer, 24 Oct 1999) and other such articles.

File of records from various conferences attended by Boyle include 'The Place of Human Rights in International Affairs, Worcester College, Oxford, April 1991; text of speech entitled 'Freedom of Expression and the Impact of New Communication Technology by Kevin Boyle and delivered at the International Conference on the Bicentenary of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, Its Topicality and Future.' (1993); 'Tribalism, Identity and Ideology', MLA Conference, Toronto (Dec 1993); Seminar on Freedom of Conscience', Council of Europe, Nov 1992; 'Freedom of Conscience, Pluralism and Tolerance', Report by Kevin Boyle (Apr 1995); List of events on the European Programme by Article 19 (Apr - Jun 1999); The Right to Know: Human Rights, Censorship and Access to Information", Oxford, Feb 2000 and other such documents.

Letters to Kevin Boyle concerning University College Galway. Includes letter from Colm Ó hEocha, President, University College Galway, to Boyle, adding that he is glad that Boyle is returning to U.C.G., "even though briefly", discusses development plans b

Documents include conference records as follows:
Shorthand notebook with cover page "Blue Notebook" and in manuscript writing by Prof. Kevin Boyle. Note on inside cover states "Washington D.C. Conference" and includes notes and comments on talks given by conference delegates on a wide range of topics such as "Regions, Nations and Europe", Scottish Identity and Constitution", "U.K. Constitutional Reform" and other topics;
List of participants at seminar on "The Promotion and Protection of International Human Rights: A Seminar for Officials from Small Commonwealth States" (4 - 14 Mar 1991, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex)
Seminar on "Freedom of Conscience", organised by the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe, Leiden 12 - 14 Nov 1992, and featuring full text of report delivered by Prof. Kevin Boyle on "Freedom of Conscience in International Law";
Programme for Human Rights Summer School at the Citizenship Foundation in Association with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Essex, directed by Hugh Starkey (15-18 Jul 1993) focusing on the teaching of Human Rights and featuring a lecture by Prof. Kevin Boyle;
File of correspondence between Boyle and Proinsias Ó Drisceóil regarding Boyle giving a lecture for Kilkenny VEC to mark the United Nations Year For Tolerance (1994)
Programme from Conference on the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights - Human Rights on the Americas - at the Institute of Advanced Studies, London (17 Nov 1995); Conference on Co-operation between Humanitarian Organisations and Human Rights Organisations (Dec 1995)
Invitation to Prof. Kevin Boyle to participate at and programme for conference on Human Rights, Refugees and the Restoration of Stability: the Role of the E.U. and hosted by the Institute for Advanced Public Policy and Research. (Jan 1996);
Book of published conference proceedings entitled "Regional and Inter-Regional Development in Transition Societies: Economic, Legal, Political and Security Dimensions" held at the University of Essex and featuring a paper by Boyle entitled "Regional Authorities and Democratic Audit".

File of press cuttings kept by Kevin Boyle in relation to Article 19 and of international issues such as censorship and freedom of expression which Boyle and Article 19 had an interest in. Also some articles relating to Northern Ireland. Articles include "Censoring the censors" (Apr 1989) "UK expert (Kevin Boyle) slams South Africa on Human Rights" (28 Jan 1989, Weekend Argus) "UDR leaks blamed on frustration" (The Guardian, 16 Oct 1989) "How Europe is defending the Human Rights of the British"; "Signs of the psychological iron curtain being drawn back" (May 1989); "Students protest against 'China's Salman Rushdie'; "How the Provos killed Northern Jobs" and other such articles.