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Robert Badinter
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1928-03-30,Paris, France
Gender
Male
Biography
Robert Badinter (born 30 March 1928) is a French lawyer, politician and author who enacted the abolition of the death penalty in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. He has also served in high-level appointed positions with national and international bodies working for justice and the rule of law. Robert Badinter was born 30 March 1928 in Paris to Simon Badinter and Charlotte Rosenberg. His Bessarabian Jewish family had immigrated to France in 1921 to escape pogroms. During World War II, after the Nazi occupation of Paris, his family sought refuge in Lyon. His father was captured in the 1943 Rue Sainte-Catherine Roundup and deported with other Jews to the Sobibor extermination camp, where he died shortly thereafter. Badinter graduated in law from Paris Law Faculty of the University of Paris. He then went to the United States to continue his studies at Columbia University in New York City where he got his MA. He continued his studies again at the Sorbonne until 1954. In 1965, Badinter was appointed as a professor at University of Sorbonne. He continued as an Emeritus professor until 1996. Badinter started his career in Paris in 1951, as a lawyer in a joint work with Henri Torrès. In 1965, along with Jean-Denis Bredin, he founded the law firm Badinter, Bredin et partenaires, (now Bredin Prat) where he practiced law until 1981. Badinter's activism against the death penalty began after Roger Bontems's execution on 28 November 1972. Along with Claude Buffet, Bontems had taken a prison guard and a nurse hostage during the 1971 revolt in Clairvaux Prison. While the police were storming the building, Buffet slit the hostages' throats. Badinter served as defense counsel for Bontems. Although it was established during the trial that Buffet alone was the murderer, the jury sentenced both men to death. Badinter was outraged by unfair impositions of the death penalty and, after witnessing the executions, further dedicated himself to the abolition of the death penalty. In this context, he agreed to defend Patrick Henry. In January 1976, 8-year-old Philipe Bertrand was kidnapped. Henry was soon picked up as a suspect, but released because of a lack of proof. He gave interviews on television, saying that those who kidnapped and killed children deserved death. A few days later, he was again arrested, and shown Bertrand's corpse hidden in a blanket under his bed. Badinter and Robert Bocquillon defended Henry, making the case not about Henry's guilt, but against applying the death penalty. Henry was sentenced to life imprisonment and paroled in 2001. ... Source: Article "Robert Badinter" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Robert Badinter, la vie avant tout

10

Robert Badinter, la vie avant tout
2021-09-13

Against Oblivion

6.5

Against Oblivion
1991-12-11

My Enemy's Enemy

7.1

My Enemy's Enemy
2007-08-31

Robert Badinter, un cri de révolte

8

Robert Badinter, un cri de révolte
2018-10-07

Mazarine Pingeot - Une vie au secret

0

Mazarine Pingeot - Une vie au secret
2012-10-10

François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie

10

François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
2010-11-01

Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme

0

Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme
2012-07-10

François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996

9

François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996
2011-05-10

Ministre ou rien

0

Ministre ou rien
2014-06-25

The Spark: The Origins of Pride

6.1

The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019-07-24

Les lois anti-juives de Vichy, 1940-1944

0

Les lois anti-juives de Vichy, 1940-1944
2013-05-20

10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?

8

10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?
2021-05-11

Face à face pour l'Élysée

9

Face à face pour l'Élysée
2021-01-11

8.5

À la tribune
2020-10-05

A History of Antisemitism

6.8

A History of Antisemitism
2022-04-12

0

Spécial cinéma
1974-09-25

8.5

Apostrophes
1975-01-10

Vivement dimanche

3

Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20