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Fiel relating to the 50th Anniversary of the adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. File includes detailed manuscript notes and writings in assessing the history and impact of the UDHR and the "UN Charter for Human Rights" by Kevin Bo

File includes printed invitation to the programme and opening launch of the 5th Dublin International Theatre Symposium, also programme with listing of all events within the 5th Dublin International Theatre Symposium.

Material in this file, labelled "6th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1978", relates to a Private Members Bill, put forward by the Labour party "in an attempt to place beyond any doubt the constitutional validity of… (a) Adoption orders and other decisions made by the Adoption Board...(b) the provisions of the 1974 and 1976 Adoption Acts which place the child's welfare first in cases of custody disputes", and includes background document for Labour Party press conference given by Frank Cluskey, TD [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish parliament], Leader of Labour Party, 22/06/1978; extract of address/article by Mary Robinson "Adoption: A Missed Opportunity" on procedure to amend constitution, 197[8?]; copies of Sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1978 as initiated; speech by Minister for Justice at 2nd stage of 6th Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Bill [Government's own Bill subsequently?]; handwritten note "the Dept of Justice thinking on the adoption of legitimate children today is on a par with the Dept of Justice thinking on the adoption of illegitimate children 40 years ago", n.d., writer unknown; copy of Sixth Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Bill, 1978 as initiated; order paper for Seanad Éireann [upper house of Irish parliament, Senate], 07/03/1979, including hearing of Bill.

CD-RW containing 129 aerial photographs of coastal promontory forts and potential promontory fort sites on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry.

Conference flyer and programme from attached copy of MS paper from conference held in France, 6th Festival Celte en Terre Séquane.

Material relating to "7th Amendment of the Constitution (Election of members of Seanad Eireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Bill 1979" including copy of the bill as initiated with explanatory memos, 05/1979; cutting, 10/05/1979; handwritten notes in Mary Robinson's handwriting [05/1979], and typed address "Second Stage in Seanad Éireann"; copy of letter from HM Robb to John Wilson, Minister for Education, in relation to comments Wilson made that graduates of Queen's University Belfast did not wish to be included in the election, 28/05/1978; publication on vote tallies for Seanad Éireann General Election, 08/1977 and bye-elections to the 1973-1977 Seanad, 197[8?].

Documents relating to 7th International Conference for National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Kevin Boyle was a panellist at this conference. File includes text of article on "the Seoul Declaratio

File relating to the 8th informal Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEM) seminar on Human Rights, held in Siem Reap, Cambodia and entitled "Freedom of Expression". Kevin Boyle was a participant. Includes detailed programme of the seminar events; Executive TS draft

Documents include text of speech of His Excellency Om Yentieng, President of Cambodian Human Rights Committee; text of welcome speech from Samdech Hun Sen, at Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, entitled "The Freedom of Expression", Siem Reap and also

CD-RW containing an Interim Progress Report (.pdf format) on the assessment of the proposed N4 route corridor in County Longford prepared for the National Roads Design Office (NRDO) in order to provide the design team with preliminary information on the existing environment and to highlight key issues at this stage of the project.