{"id":33819,"date":"2025-10-09T21:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fld-lille.fr\/?p=33819"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:48:45","slug":"robert-badinter-enters-the-pantheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fld-lille.fr\/en\/robert-badinter-enters-the-pantheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Badinter enters the Panth\u00e9on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 9 October 2025, <strong>Robert Badinter<\/strong>, former Minister of Justice and architect of the abolition of the death penalty, was inducted into the Panth\u00e9on. The date holds profound symbolic significance: forty-four years to the day after the adoption of the law of 9 October 1981 abolishing capital punishment in France.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>A man of justice and conviction<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A lawyer, professor of law and statesman, <strong>Robert Badinter<\/strong> (1928-2024) left an enduring mark on French legal history that brought an end to the death penalty, in the name of human dignity. Throughout his career, he championed a deeply humanist vision of law and a conception of justice rooted in the protection of fundamental freedoms.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>A ceremony of dignity and simplicity<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The commemorative ceremony, presided over by <strong>Emmanuel Macron<\/strong>, took place rue Soufflot, Paris, in the presence of the Badinter family, numerous public figures and citizens who had come to honour the memory of this man of law. In accordance with the wishes of his wife, \u00c9lisabeth Badinter, his body rests at the Bagneux cemetery in Paris, while a cenotaph has been installed in the Panth\u00e9on containing four symbolic objects: his lawyer&#8217;s gown and three books representing his life&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>An enduring source of inspiration for jurists<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>At the <strong>Facult\u00e9 de Droit of the Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Lille<\/strong>, the name of <strong>Robert Badinter<\/strong> holds a special place. The 2023-2024 graduating class bore his name, and in 2024 an amphitheatre dedicated to him was inaugurated on our Issy-les-Moulineaux campus. 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