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Notes on contributor
Les Malezer is a human rights activist from the Batjulla Peoples of Aboriginal Australia since 1972. He is currently a member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and chairperson for the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) in Australia. He served as global coordinator for the Indigenous Peoples caucus during the adoption stages of the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and now works to have those rights implemented at the national and international levels.