UN rights chief slams violence against women, calls it ‘a global emergency’
South China Morning Post
by Agence France-PresseFebruary 28, 2026
The UN rights chief on Friday decried mounting threats to women’s rights worldwide, highlighting rampant femicide and horrific abuse exposed in cases like that of US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Turk denounced “social systems that silence women and girls” allowing powerful men to abuse them with impunity.
“Violence against women, including femicide, is a global emergency,” the High Commissioner for Human Rights told the UN’s...
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 2/28/2026