The rate of Indigenous Australians entering the child protection system has reached "epidemic levels" and is one of the most pressing human rights challenges facing the country, a report by the Human Rights Commission says.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda, who wrote the report, said the gulf between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children continued to grow, with Indigenous children nine times more likely to be in out-of-home care.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda. Credit:Marco Del Grande

"It's so serious we now think it is about almost equivalent to another Stolen Generation," Mr Gooda said.

"What will happen if we continue on this path is in about another 50 or 60 years we will have another person standing up in Parliament and apologising."