Congolese community hopes to raise awareness and action over violence in homeland.

The Human Rights Commission is joining those calling for the Government to quash convictions for gay sex.

Saturday marks 30 years since that milestone in the gay rights movement, an anniversary that will be celebrated in Parliament tonight.

Organizers read the names of the Orlando gay nightclub shooting and held a moment of silence Saturday during Cincinnati's parade and festival events celebrating Gay, Lesbian,....

A leading human rights lawyer says the door is now "wide open" for Ashley Peacock to take health authorities to court

Associate health minister Sam Lotu-Iiga has been assured Ashley Peacock is 'being cared for in the best way possible'.

The fight over gay rights in Florida has been contentious for a decade and flared anew earlier this year.

Lizzie Marvelly is right; every woman should be able to make her own choices.

She's young, beautiful and studying politics and philosophy. But this young Danish woman isn't your average uni student.

COMMENT: US states looking to pass 'religious freedom' laws are coming up against the power of corporate - and Hollywood - values.

Customers complain insurers have refused to settle unless they stop posting negative comments on social media.

A mother is still battling the Government in court over pay for the care of her disabled son, despite repeated decisions in her favour.

Dr Tony Ellis today said his client, Kyung Yup Kim, who Chinese authorities want extradited for allegedly murdering a prostitute, was locked up 19 hours a day.

New Zealand will deport a murder suspect to China to face charges after assurances about his treatment and that the death penalty would be waived.

A stocktake on women's place in New Zealand says many women are still treated as "second-class citizens".

Australia has been grilled over its human rights record this week, appearing in the hot seat before the UN Human Rights Council for a performance review.

Police have interviewed a man over claims a prostitute wrote a note seeking help and secretly handed it to him.

It is frustrating that serious human rights abuses in Indonesian-controlled West Papua continue to fly below the radar, Maire Leadbeater.

To raise awareness and money to help TearFund's fight against human trafficking, Petra Bagust and her family will live off just $2.25 per person a day.

There's a specific strain of online-shaming that's become popular: Women publicly sharing the offensive private messages they receive.

Woman who accused male solicitor of sexism after he described her photo on a business website as 'stunning' has previously told men they were 'hot stuff'.

High-flying female barrister at the centre of the LinkedIn sexism scandal has reportedly branded the networking site the "white-collar Tinder".

When a High Court judge comes out and makes a formal declaration that Parliament has failed to protect human rights, then we really should sit up and pay attention, writes Andrew Geddis.

The Abuoda family live in West Bank and have no access to additional funding from a welfare system or from UNRWA, the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians.

A soldier has been awarded a higher-than-average costs payment after a long battle with internet company Orcon.

Internet company Orcon has paid an army soldier $25,000 after a long-running battle over a bogus debt.

A soldier who found it nearly impossible to rent a home or obtain credit because of a bogus debt is now facing a battle to claim his compensation.

Israeli forces and Hamas may have committed war crimes during their 50-day conflict in Gaza last northern summer, a widely anticipated United Nations report said.