The Law

The Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, has today defended the Government’s stance towards the death penalty. Critics say if the government...

New privacy laws could stop the public’s voracious appetite for celebrity gossip. Draft submissions from the Australian Law Reform Commission...

Queensland’s adoption privacy laws have been labelled the most restrictive in Australia by adoption groups and the State Government. Anna...

The international community is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Rome Statute this month; the end result of intense negotiations...

The hysteria surrounding Queensland sex offender Dennis Ferguson has has reached new heights, forcing him to move house three times...

The main opposition leader in Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, has overcome potentially politically damaging accusations of sodomy – leading thousands in...

They may not have been vigilanties wielding flaming torches – but neighbours holding placards and chanting have been successful in...

Sex workers and their supporters huddled outside the Cambodian embassy in Canberra this morning, protesting recent crack downs on their...

Civil rights campaigners are calling for an urgent review of Australia’s terrorism laws. They claim that detainees are being stripped...

A lawsuit against a United States circus has been given the green light – 8 years after the suit was...