Opponents of the Search and Surveillance bill say it overturns important aspects of civil liberties.

The French government will enact a law next month to ban the burqa, or full-body veil.

A baker who sexually harassed his female assistant must pay her $19,000.

It is not a completely far-out scenario that the genetic sequence of all newborn babies may one day be collected by default, writes Dita De Boni.

An NZ watchdog says Fiji's new media decree targets members of the public as well as journalists and editors.

Japan will lay five charges against anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune, for boarding the Shonan Maru II in the Southern Ocean in February. His lawyer says the situation is potentially very serious.

Remember feminism? The 70s movement led to huge social change but is the women's rights movement still relevant in the era of Lady Gaga?

The Police Association says the United Nations Human Rights Committee is out of touch, after it criticised police adoption of Tasers.

Death is inevitable for every one of us. So why are we all so upset that Margaret Page has chosen to enact her right to refuse food?

Paula Bennett admits that part of her welfare reforms breach the Bill of Rights Act but says it would not bother most people.

Should a NZ hospital let a patient starve herself to death? Her husband says the hospital should intervene; doctors say they won't.