Ref NoA44/25/9/1
TitleIndo-British Conference on Democracy and Human Rights
DescriptionFile of documents from the conference including programme and schedule of the conference, held in New Dehli in January 1995 and at which Kevin Boyle was a participant. The conference was a jint event between Democratic Audit UK and the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies; list of British speakers and paper titles; text of introductary address by Lord Howe of Aberavon; text of paper "Institutions of Democracy in Britain and India: A Framework for Comparison" by Sunil Khilnani (Lecturer in Politcs, Birbeck College London); Report on conference proceedings by [Kevin Boyle]; Correspondence including letters and fax letters between Kevin Boyle and others such as Stuart Weir (Democratic Audit UK); Maharajakrishna Rasgotra, New Dehli, India; Raj Duggal, British High Commission, New Dehli; Shirley Williams, Harvard University; David Held, Polity Press; Mr. R.V. Pillai, Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission, New Dehli; Memo from Boyle to colleagues with details of the conference. Correspondence discusses planning of teh conference, speaker arrangements and other such issues. Also includes two colour photographs100mm x 151mm, featuring an image of Mrs Sonia Gandhi addressing the conference while standing at a lecturn; Also an image of Mrs Gandhi and Lord Howe seated at the conference. MS annotation with details on reverse of both images.
DateSep 1993 - Feb 1995
FormatPrinted document
Extent1 file
Persons
CodePersonNameDatesParallel forms of name
DS/UK/32Boyle; Kevin (1943-2010); Human Rights activist, barrister, lecturer.1943-2010
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