Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls

Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls

Millions of files related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a “global criminal enterprise” that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the United Nations human rights council has said.

The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the US justice department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny. The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls.

“So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,” they said in a statement.

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    • flynnguy@programming.devEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I don’t know if ever is the right term. I’m hopeful that once this administration is gone, the next administration might start doing their job and investigate some of these individuals, leading to prosecutions.

      But I think you are certainly right that the current administration is corrupt and no prosecutions will happen under them.

        • flynnguy@programming.devEnglish
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          1 day ago

          Are you saying there is precedence for what we currently have? Trump seems to think that he’ll get impeached if republican’s don’t win. Then if he’s out, Vance and him seem to have differing opinions on the Epstein files. Vance has also had some things to say before getting all budy-budy with Trump.

          France is currently investigating allegations. In fact 10 countries have opened investigations.

          So I suspect Trump is in the files, hence the coverup but once he’s gone I think there might be enough public pressure to cause the next administration to do something.

          I mean, Biden pardoned his family because he thought the new administration would go after them.

          Of course, I can’t see the future and maybe it all gets swept under the rug, but I’m hopeful.

          • ThunderQueen@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 day ago

            Historically, the US Empire has swept this type of shit back under the rug over and over again. I would honestly be surprised if anything happens locally. As I’m sure many of you ae aware and probably tired of hearing, The US was the inspiration for the nazis. From Jim Crow to the Trail of Tears and bounties put on “undesirables.”

            These people may be charged abroad, but as we’ve also seen over and over, that doesnt mean much for their class. We can only hope that the empire falls. That is the only way for them to be held accountable

          • Kiernian@lemmy.world
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            1 day ago

            Suspect?

            I’m curious as to whether the use of that word was purposely deliberate or not.

            I’m also curious as to how closely you’ve been following the subject and from where.

            For reference, he’s been confirmed by multiple presumably trustworthy sources who, until reading the unredacted files, had no overtly stated agenda on the subject, to be in them VERY frequently.

            The adamance with which these people have mentioned the frequency of his appearance in the files makes me suspect he’s in there on an order of magnitude more than anyone other than Epstein himself.