Robert Badinter
Robert Badinter | |
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![]() Robert Badinter during a demonstration against the death penalty in Paris, on 3 February 2007
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French Senator from Hauts-de-Seine | |
In office 24 September 1995 – 25 September 2011 |
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President of the Constitutional Council of France | |
In office 19 February 1986 – March 1995 |
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President | François Mitterrand |
Preceded by | Daniel Mayer |
Succeeded by | Roland Dumas |
French Minister of Justice | |
In office 23 June 1981 – 19 February 1986 |
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President | François Mitterrand |
Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy |
Preceded by | Maurice Faure |
Succeeded by | Michel Crépeau |
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Born | Paris, France |
30 March 1928
Nationality | French |
Political party | French Socialist Party |
Spouse(s) | Élisabeth Badinter |
Robert Badinter (French: [badɛ̃tɛʁ]; born 30 March 1928) is a French criminal lawyer, university professor, politician and activist. He is against the death penalty, the abolition of which he successfully sponsored in Parliament in 1981. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he served as Minister of Justice and then President of the Constitutional Council under François Mitterrand.
Other websites[change | change source]
- (French) La page de Robert Badinter sur le site du Sénat
- (French) Vidéo: Robert Badinter en 1976, il motive son engagement contre la peine de mort, une archive de la Télévision suisse romande
- (French) UHB Rennes II Autour de l'oeuvre de Robert Badinter : Éthique et justice. Synergie des savoirs et des compétences et perspectives d'application en psychocriminologie. journées d'étude les 22 et 23 mai 2008 à l'université Rennes 2, sur le thème "Autour de l'œuvre de Robert Badinter : Éthique et justice.".]