Three intellectually disabled men are suing Govt for upwards of $100,000 each, alleging human rights abuses while in state care.

The Turkish president said that he would reinstate the death penalty to deal with those who took park in the coup attempt

A petition for an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit has garnered more than 2000 signatures in a day.

The family of an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit have launched a petition calling for the minister of health to intervene in his case.

Elderly, mentally ill patients were subjected to the "prolonged and excessive" use...

COMMENT: We're on the right track, but need to build on our achievements if we want to trade on the world stage.

The 30th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill is being celebrated around the country today. Prominent Kiwis talk about what it means to them.

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.

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.

A transgender woman who claims she was forced out of her job at an Auckland barbershop has been cleared to pursue her claim of unjustified dismissal

COMMENT: We should be focussing on providing clean, filtered water to as many people as possible, because it is a basic human right, writes Sam Judd. Not selling water off to an overseas company.

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.

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.

Kiwis have been "caught up in the net" of a harsher policy and are likely facing tough conditions in deportation centres such as that on Christmas Island, Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs says.

A low number of female CEOs can be ascribed to institutionalised misogyny, claims new research from Columbia Business School in New York.

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.