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.
Can we stop talking about how horrible these crimes are and actually arrest some people?
Since there is no such actual thing as “law” when it comes to power and wealth, the best we can do right now is keep the horrors fresh enough for long enough that when hopefully the administration collapses (likely) or that we see the current legislative and judicial branch decide to take action (a snowball’s chance in hell) so no, no arrests will happen until the fascies are out of office. And even then, it will hinge on the political will for a new administration or new set of representatives to take on.
There is a very strong chance it will never go anywhere. There are a lot of Epsteins out there and they’re not going to face justice for the exact reason that nobody has wanted to release Epstein’s files, which is it’s tied to too many people and massively destabilizing to governments. We want that, they don’t.
Even if we get an amazing new administration with progressive, law-abiding values, just touching the Epstein files is going to be political suicide because of the political warfare that will be leveled on anyone who tries to dig into it, so every potential leader is going to have to decide if they want to dedicate their entire time in office to fighting a raging river of opposition and legal threats and physical threats for trying to get rich, powerful people brought to justice.