Material relating to talks Mary Robinson (MR) gave at Academic Institutions in 2008. It includes handwritten letter from Kitty [Kathleen] Butler to MR thanking her for presentations made at Cleveland University on 3rd March, 04/03/2008; material relating to MR giving 10th annual University of Albert (UA) Visiting Lectureship in Human Rights, in Edmonton, 2nd April, including correspondence between MR, Mary Baylis [Personal Assistant to MR], Patti Mitrushi, American Program Bureau (APB), Heather Grady, [Managing Director, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative], Scott Jerbi [Senior Advisor to MR], Lisa Oldring, Aspen institute [linked with EGI] and Doug Weir, Director, International Student Services, UA, regarding logistics and address content, with draft text, information pack from Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women, with cover letter from Muriel Stanley Venne, President and Founder, draft and final text of lecture, schedules, background material on human rights issues in Canada, press material on lecture including cuttings, 07/2004-03/04/2008; material relating to MR giving the 8th Annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture, at University of Wisconsin, Madison (UWM) on 26th September, including letter of invite from John D Wiley, Chancellor, UWM, programme, email correspondence between MR, Mary Baylis, Heather Grady, and Cynthia Williams, Director of External Relations, Division of International Studies, UWM, regarding logistics, speaking points with notation, background material on Human Rights Initiative at UWM and on Mildred Fish Harnock, and guest list for Chancellor's dinner in honour of MR's visit, 29/11/2007-29/09/2008; material relating to MR's keynote address at and participation in University of Maryland (UM) School of Law's conference "Reflecting on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights", 23/25 October, as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law including correspondence between MR and Karen H Rothenberg, Dean, regarding her invitation to participate, email correspondence between MR, Mary Baylis [Personal Assistant to MR], Paula Monopoli, Marbury Research Professor of Law and Founding Director of Women, Leadership and Equality Program, UM, Marie E Schwartz, Coordinator of the International and Comparative Law and Program, UM, Peter Danchin, Assistant Professor of Law, UM, regarding program and logistics, thank you letter from Danchin with three printed photographs of MR with Peter and others, which had been converted into thank you cards, draft of MR's address with handwritten notes using previous address University of Alberta, in April 2008 as basis, draft conference papers including "The Universal Declaration and Developments in the Enforcement of International Human Rights in Domestic Law", Michael P Van Alstine, "How Far Are We From Achieving the Goals of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights", Arthur Chaskalson, "The Influence of the Universal Declaration as Law", John Dugard, "Who is the 'Human' in Human rights? the Claims of Culture and Religion", Peter Danchin, "Toward a More 'Courageous Politics' at the 60th Anniversary of the UDHR", Kaarina Bennoune, and "The Indian Supreme Court, ESC Rights and the Right to Food", Colin Gonsalves, programme and speaker biographies for symposium and background material on UM's International and Comparative Law Program, 19/05-11/12/2008; material relating to MR giving public lecture "Human Rights Challenges in the Next Decade", at Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton on 27th October, including correspondence between MR, Mary Baylis, Lakhdar Brahimi, Karen Cuozzo, and Peter Goddard IAS, regarding logistics, programming and address content, draft press release, 04/02-27/10/2008; correspondence relating to MR giving lunch time event, 25 November, at Columbia Law School, 16/06-23/11/2008.

File also includes DVD and poster of film "The Response", created in collaboration with University of Maryland School of Law "based on the actual transcripts of the Guantanamo Military Tribunals", with cover card from Karen Rothenberg.