Files relating to the actions, activities and publications of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The U.K. Government made a commitment to establish a Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. The Northern Ir

TS document being a report by [Kevin Boyle] from the conference held at Corrymeela Centre, Ballycastle.

Copy of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, Chapter 5. Signed by Kevin Boyle.

Issue of New Blackfriars journal, featuring an essay by Kevin Boyle entitled "Northern Ireland: Dismantling the Protestant State"

Photocopy title page and contents of "Bulletin of Peace Proposals, Vol. 18, no 4, 1987, Norwegian University Press. Listed on contents page is "Northern Ireland: Conflict and Conflict Resolution" by Tom Hadden and Kevin Boyle

Files relating to and created by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

Printed annual report from the Committee on the Administration of Justice for 1988-1989 and also editions of "Just News", Newsletter of the Committee, June, Sep Oct 1989; March 1993. Also edition of the annual report of the Committee on the Administration

File includes meeting documents from meeting/working files of the Assembly. Includes documents on Draft Memorandum on the Programme for Government; Operation of the Assembly, various standing orders, first meeting of the Assembly, and other working documents.

File includes document entitled "Office of the First Minister (Designate) and Deputy First Minister (Designate) - Statement 18 December 1998; Print copy with some manuscript annotation of "Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998; Minutes from "Stocktaking Meeting - Monday 21 Dec 1998) from Paul Sweeney, 18 December 1998; Print copy of report "Post-Agreement Northern Ireland and the European Union: An Interim Report by European Liaison on Northern Ireland's Relations with the European Union After Devolution" (Dec 1998); Document from M.A. Warnock entitled "Chancellor's Initiative" being the sixth progress report on the Implementation of the Chancellor's Initiative" (15 Dec 1998); Document from Billy Gamble, Private Secretary to Deputy First Minister (Designate) "Report on Encounter Round Table" and referencing submission made by Logue at same (15 Dec 1998); Document from Paul Sweeney to D.A. Lavery entitled "Assembly Plenary 15 December 1988 [sic]: Political Development". Briefing note document for Deputy First Minister, Séamus Mallon, for meeting with An Taoiseach, B[ertie] Ahern. 8 Dec 1998.". Document "EU Structural Funds Post-1999: Letter from Mr. Trimble and Mr. Mallon to Commissioner Wulf-Mathies" (14 Dec 1998). Letter from Pauline Sweeney to Logue re. Launch of Book "The Brennan-McTier Letters 1776-1793" to be launched by Mallon at Linen Hall Library.

File includes documents entitled "Departmental Structures and Central Machinery" (31 July 1998); "Time and Place of Assembly Meetings" (31 July 1998) and "Department of Agriculture - Structure" (31 Jul 1998); "Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Performance Unit"; "Economic Policy Unit" with outline of function, role, remit of same and across three distinct drafts; "Executive Strategy Unit"; Document with five bullet points re. structure of Office of First Minster/Deputy First Minister and with manuscript notes by Logue. Photocopy letter copied to Hugh Logue, signed by Marjorie (Mo) Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to R.B. Catell, Chief Executive, Keyspan Energy, Booklyn, New York, discussing investment in Northern Ireland.

Document "North-South Co-Operation" sent from Paul Murphy to David Trimble and Séamus Mallon, "The purpose of this paper is to provide the First Minister and Deputy First Minster with Officials' technical and operational assessments ....." (24 Aug 1998); Fax of news update "Flash Update From Dublin - Northern Ireland Agreement - A Good Start by Trimble; Hesitations from Sinn Féin" (21 Apr 1998); Photocopy of printed text of speech by Dr. Martin Mansergh, Special Advisor to the Taoiseach, at the John Hewitt Summer School, Co. Antrim (1 Aug 1998). Fax copy of printed speech by Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, M.P. at Belfast Waterfront Hall, 3 Sept 1998, a speech delivered in the wake of and reference to the Omagh Bombing.

Single print page (with coffee ring) "on July 15th I asked for leave of the assembly to make a personal statement about my position as Deputy First Minister (Designate)......"

File contains pink-coloured sub-folder with "Correspondence" written across its cover. Within in a text of statement "Deputy First Minister Welcomes Sinn Féin Leader's Statement" (1 Sept 1998); Press Release from Sinn Féin Press Centre, Belfast - "Keynote Statement from Gerry Adams M.P." (1 Sep 1998); Document entitled "1798 - A Unionist perspective" by Bill Brown, July 1998, with manuscript annotation by [Hugh Logue]; Letters between Paddy Kelly, Children's Law Centre, Belfast and Office of Séamus Mallon, The New Northern Ireland Assembly (Aug 1998) with discussions around foregrounding the protection of rights of children by the new Assembly.