‘No one above law’ in Epstein case, UN experts say

UN special rapporteurs on violence against women and sexual abuse of children, evoked unsealing of documents

By AFP
January 20, 2024
A flag flutters in wind at the main entrance of the building which houses the United Nations Offices in Geneva. — AFP/File
A flag flutters in wind at the main entrance of the building which houses the United Nations Offices in Geneva. — AFP/File

GENEVA: United Nations' experts on Friday said no person should be above the law as they urged a full investigation following the release of legal documents detailing people linked to accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Earlier this month, a New York judge began to unseal the identities of those linked in the documents to Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes.

Included in the files, comprising almost 1,000 pages of depositions and statements, were former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, who have not been accused of any wrongdoing in the case.

The UN special rapporteurs on violence against women and sexual abuse of children, evoked the unsealing of the documents and warned that “no person should be above the law and beyond the reach of justice”.

“All those who may have participated in, or aided and abetted, these heinous crimes of violence against women and children, including through paying for sex and pimping, must be brought to justice,” UN experts Reem Alsalem and Mama Fatima Singhateh said.