Around 200 Australian organisations are turning to the United Nations to voice their concerns over Australia's human rights performance.
They've co-authored a report which will be presented to the United Nation's main human rights body, The Human Rights Council, in the lead up to a periodic review of Australia that takes place every four years.
Among the issues it deals with is the treatment of asylum seekers, and Indigenous incarceration rates.
Les Malezer is from the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, a co-signatory of the report.
He's told Zara Zaher, Australia needs to strengthen its commitment towards its human rights responsibilities.
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