UN experts call for powerful figures to be prosecuted.
by Joshua Carroll
novaramedia.com, 20 February 2026
The abuses detailed in millions of recently released files relating to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein could amount to crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN human rights council has warned.
The files contain evidence of some of the “gravest crimes under international law” including sexual slavery, reproductive violence, enforced disappearances, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment and femicide, the experts said in a statement earlier this week.
There is “disturbing and credible evidence” of a possible “global criminal enterprise involving systematic sexual abuse,” they added.
“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.
“These crimes were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption, extreme misogyny, and the commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls from different parts of the world,” they added.
The UN panel called for independent and impartial investigations into the allegations contained in the files, adding that it was not enough for powerful people to resign.
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https://novaramedia.com/2026/02/20/epstein-files-suggest-torture-murder-and-other-crimes-against-humanity/
PS: Thank you for the OP and thread, Botany! While about half the country still hasn't gotten the full picture, we've got time to fill them in before November.
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