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Robert Badinter, who has died aged 95, was the Minister of Justice who in 1981 secured the abolition of France’s death penalty – having campaigned for the reform since witnessing a criminal he had defended being guillotined nine years before.
Robert Badinter, who spearheaded the drive to abolish France’s death penalty, campaigned against antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and led a European body dealing with the legal fallout of Yugoslavia's breakup, has died. French President Emmanuel Macron hailed Badinter, a revered human rights defender and former justice minister, as a ‘’figure of the century’’ who ‘’never ceased to advocate for the ideas of the Enlightenment.’’ The French Justice Ministry on Friday confirmed Badinter’s death, without providing details...
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The former French justice minister campaigned against antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
The former French justice minister campaigned against antisemitism and Holocaust denial.