Item 8 (1-2) - 1981 Hunger Strikes - Publications and Pamphlets

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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.

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