The UN's top race committee yesterday called on the federal Government to review mandatory sentencing laws in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, in its report on the state of race relations in Australia.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination says mandatory sentencing laws discriminate against indigenous Australians and conflict with UN conventions on human rights.

But Mr Williams says the committee should reconsider its report.

He's told ABC radio the committee should reconsider its report and take a more balanced view.

Federal Immigration Minister and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Reconciliation, Philip Ruddock, has also rejected the committee's report saying it's unbalanced.

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