Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says United Nations scrutiny of New Zealand's human rights record should keep the pressure on for much needed change.
Justice Minister Andrew Little is in Geneva to face questions from UN Human Rights Council, which is conducting its third five-yearly review of this country's performance.
Ms Davidson says some of what will come out may reflect badly, such as the failure to make progress on reducing imprisonment rates, especially for Māori.
"The reason why we have high incarceration rates for Māori is because of the systemic racism that is across our justice, our police system, and also our education, health and mental health systems as well so it means a lot of our people in prison actually require support instead of prison bars," she says.
The hearing will also highlight the steps needed to deal with high rates of family violence.
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