Robert Badinter was a French lawyer, politician, and author who enacted the abolition of capital punishment in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. He also served in high-level appointed positions with national and international bodies working for justice and the rule of law.
- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, witness filmed, librettist
- Position held
- Senator of the French Fifth Republic, ICDP commissioner and Vice president, Minister of Justice, President of the Constitutional Council
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- March 30, 1928
- Died