COMMENT: NZ needs a law against slavery in this country and the supply chains we use.

Parental leave warning removed from job ad after Herald story.

COMMENT: Builders should realise people have a human right to be safe from fire hazards.

COMMENT: A Burmese boy becomes a great mate at monochromatic school.

More than 40 convicted terrorists have used human rights laws to remain in UK.

The horrors of North Korea's brutal torture camps are under fresh scrutiny.

Kurdish refugee Sarkawt Abdullazada's family fled Saddam Hussein's regime in 1998.

Immigrant's long journey includes 8 years of death threats and torture in Iranian prison.

The Human Rights Commission wants Kiwis to give nothing to intolerance.

A standard NZ psychiatry practice may violate human rights conventions, say researchers.

One of Julian Assange's legal advisers wants Australia's Government to intervene.

A European advocacy group has ranked NZ 158th out of 165 nations on children's rights.

Countdown today announced its transgender transitioning policy.

COMMENT: Brian Klaas argues that Donald Trump has proved a unique threat to democracy.

Secular Education Network is launching a fresh challenge against Bible in Schools.

Bashed woman speaks out to save women's refuge for migrants that is desperate for funding.

Expert's report on seclusion in prisons and mental health units reveals poor practices

A scathing report has slammed New Zealand for its overuse of solitary confinement.

The mission was to bring down Bill O'Reilly.

The Government's low-paid carer deal will benefit 55,000 workers and cost $2 billion.

An Auckland councillor has complained to the Human Rights Commission over a shop's sign.

Kiwi ultra-distance swimmer Kim Chambers is diving into US-Mexico border relations.

Campaigners say gay men are being tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death.

COMMENT: Freedom of expression a right that comes with responsibilities.

Jailed for three years, a wife kept prisoner in room with no light, bedclothes or carpet.

COMMENT: Media reflects public division over where to draw the line on freedom of speech.

The videographer and her employer were arrested on a charge of failing to help.

Security among the reasons cited for cancellation of Muslim critic's tour.

Confused? Here's a guide to fracas that has followed the release of the Hit & Run book.

A transgender pioneer and author died last week when his car collided with a train.