Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts

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Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girlsMillions 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. Continue reading...

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Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts
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Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts

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Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girlsMillions 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. Continue reading...