Robert Badinter, the Glossary
Robert Badinter (30 March 1928 – 9 February 2024) was 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.[1]
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85 relations: Accession of Turkey to the European Union, American Philosophical Society, Apostrophes (talk show), Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia, Élisabeth Badinter, Bachelor of Laws, Bessarabia, Bredin Prat, Capital punishment in France, Christian Ranucci, Claude Buffet, Columbia University, Compassionate release, Constitutional Council (France), Constitutional court, Council of Europe, Council of the European Union, Court of Cassation (France), Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Cultural genocide, Daniel Mayer, Death Penalty Focus, Departments of France, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Double majority, Emeritus, European Economic Community, Faculty of Law of Paris, François Mitterrand, France 2, France Inter, Gary Gilmore, Hamida Djandoubi, Hauts-de-Seine, Henri Torrès, Holocaust denial, Il Giornale, Institut national de l'audiovisuel, International Commission Against the Death Penalty, Jérôme Carrein, Jean-Denis Bredin, Legion of Honour, Los Angeles Times, Macedonians (ethnic group), Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, Master of Arts, Maurice Faure, Michel Crépeau, Minister of Justice (France), North Macedonia, ... Expand index (35 more) »
- French anti–death penalty activists
- Human Rights League (France) members
- Senators of Hauts-de-Seine
Accession of Turkey to the European Union
Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union (EU) as a member state, following its application to become a full member of the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the EU, on 14 April 1987.
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American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
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Apostrophes (talk show)
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television"French TV Show on Books Is Ending", Reuters, The New York Times, September 05, 1989.
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Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia
The Arbitration Commission of the Conference on Yugoslavia (commonly known as Badinter Arbitration Committee) was an arbitration body set up by the Council of Ministers of the European Economic Community (EEC) on 27 August 1991 to provide the conference on Yugoslavia with legal advice.
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Élisabeth Badinter
Élisabeth Badinter (née Bleustein-Blanchet; born 5 March 1944) is a French philosopher, author and historian. Robert Badinter and Élisabeth Badinter are 20th-century French Jews.
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Bachelor of Laws
A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.
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Bessarabia
Bessarabia is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west.
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Bredin Prat
Bredin Prat is a French law firm of about 180 lawyers, 45 of whom are partners and 14 are counsels.
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Capital punishment in France
Capital punishment in France (peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional amendment by the Congress of the French Parliament on 19 February 2007 and simply stating "No one can be sentenced to the death penalty" (Nul ne peut être condamné à la peine de mort).
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Christian Ranucci
Christian Ranucci (6 April 1954 – 28 July 1976) was a French man convicted for the abduction and killing of an eight-year-old girl on Whit Monday 1974.
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Claude Buffet
Claude Buffet (19 May 1933 – 28 November 1972) was a French criminal who was executed along with his accomplice, Roger Bontems (1936–1972), on 28 November 1972 by guillotine at La Santé Prison and buried at Ivry Cemetery.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Compassionate release
Compassionate release is a process by which inmates in criminal justice systems may be eligible for immediate early release on grounds of "particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the court at the time of sentencing".
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Constitutional Council (France)
The Constitutional Council (Conseil constitutionnel) is the highest constitutional authority in France.
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Constitutional court
A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law.
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Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
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Council of the European Union
The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council of Ministers, is the third of the seven Institutions of the European Union (EU) as listed in the Treaty on European Union.
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Court of Cassation (France)
The Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) is the supreme court for civil and criminal cases in France.
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Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (CCA) is an institution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which provides "mechanism for the peaceful settlement of disputes between States".
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Cultural genocide
Cultural genocide or culturicide is a concept described by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, in the same book that coined the term genocide.
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Daniel Mayer
Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909 – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975. Robert Badinter and Daniel Mayer are human Rights League (France) members and politicians from Paris.
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Death Penalty Focus
Death Penalty Focus (DPF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty through public education, grassroots and political organizing, media engagement, and coalition building.
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Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn (born 25 April 1949), also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist Party. Robert Badinter and Dominique Strauss-Kahn are 20th-century French Jews.
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Double majority
A double majority is a voting system which requires a majority of votes according to two separate criteria.
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Emeritus
Emeritus (female version: emerita) is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".
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The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, as renamed by the Lisbon Treaty.
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Faculty of Law of Paris
The Faculty of Law of Paris (Faculté de droit de Paris), called from the late 1950s to 1970 the Faculty of Law and Economics of Paris, is the second-oldest faculty of law in the world and one of the four and eventually five faculties of the University of Paris ("the Sorbonne"), from the 12th century until 1970.
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François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. Robert Badinter and François Mitterrand are French senators of the Fifth Republic and ministers of justice of France.
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France 2
France 2 is a French public national television channel.
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France Inter
France Inter is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France.
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Gary Gilmore
Gary Mark Gilmore (born Faye Robert Coffman; December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah.
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Hamida Djandoubi
Hamida Djandoubi (Ḥamīda Jandūbī; 22 September 1949 – 10 September 1977) was a Tunisian convicted murderer sentenced to death in France.
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Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine is a department in the Île-de-France region of France.
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Henri Torrès
Henry Torrès (17 October 1891 – 4 January 1966) was a French trial lawyer and politician, and a prolific writer on political and legal matters. Robert Badinter and Henri Torrès are 20th-century French Jews.
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Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial is an antisemitic conspiracy theory that asserts that the Nazi genocide of Jews, known as the Holocaust, is a fabrication or exaggeration.
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Il Giornale
("The Newspaper"), known from its founding in 1974 until 1983 as ("The New Newspaper"), is an Italian-language daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 28,933 copies in May 2023.
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Institut national de l'audiovisuel
The italic (abbrev. INA), is a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives.
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International Commission Against the Death Penalty
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) was founded in Madrid in October 2010, as a result of a Spanish initiative.
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Jérôme Carrein
Jérôme Henri Carrein (2 July 1941 – 23 June 1977) was the second-to-last convicted criminal to be executed by guillotine in France.
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Jean-Denis Bredin
Jean-Denis Bredin (born Jean-Denis Hirsch: 17 May 1929 – 1 September 2021) was a French attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat.
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Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Macedonians (ethnic group)
Macedonians (Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe.
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Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet
Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet (21 August 1906 – 11 April 1996) was a French entrepreneur and advertising magnate best known as the founder of Publicis Groupe. Robert Badinter and Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet are 20th-century French Jews.
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Master of Arts
A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.
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Maurice Faure
Maurice Faure (2 January 1922 – 6 March 2014) was a member of the French Resistance and a minister in several French governments. He was born in Azerat, Dordogne. He was a deputy in the French parliament from 1951 to 1983 and a Senator from 1983 to 1988, representing Lot and served 25 years as Mayor of Cahors. Robert Badinter and Maurice Faure are French senators of the Fifth Republic and ministers of justice of France.
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Michel Crépeau
Michel Crépeau (30 October 1930, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée – 30 March 1999, Paris) was a French centre-left politician. Robert Badinter and Michel Crépeau are ministers of justice of France.
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Minister of Justice (France)
Minister of Justice (Ministre de la Justice), also known as Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals (Ministre de la Justice, garde des Sceaux), is a cabinet position in the Government of France. Robert Badinter and Minister of Justice (France) are ministers of justice of France.
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North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.
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Ohrid Agreement (2001)
The Ohrid Framework Agreement (Охридски рамковен договор, Marrëveshja e Ohrit) was the peace deal signed by the government of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) and representatives of the Albanian minority on 13 August 2001.
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Order 8-September
Order 8-September is a high distinction of North Macedonia.
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Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
The Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (Řád Tomáše Garrigua Masaryka) is an Order of the Czech Republic and the former Czechoslovakia.
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Ordre national du Mérite
The (National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle.
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization comprising member states in Europe, North America, and Asia.
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Panthéon
The Panthéon (from the Classical Greek word πάνθειον,, ' to all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Patrick Henry (murderer)
Patrick Henry (31 March 1953 – 3 December 2017) was a French criminal and cause célèbre and the subject of public and judicial controversy.
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Perp walk
A perp walk, walking the perp,The term "perp" is short for "perpetrator", and is commonly used by police departments for those they arrest.
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Philippe Maurice
Philippe Maurice (born June 15, 1956, in Paris) was a French criminal and academic, mostly famous for being sentenced to the guillotine for murder in 1980, and subsequently pardoned by president Francois Mitterrand in 1981.
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Pierre Mauroy
Pierre Mauroy (5 July 1928 – 7 June 2013) was a French Socialist politician who was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 under President François Mitterrand.
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Pogrom
A pogrom is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews.
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Politics of France
The politics of France take place with the framework of a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the French Fifth Republic.
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President of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces.
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Publicis
Publicis Groupe is a French multinational advertising and public relations company.
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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale, usually referred to as RFI, is the state-owned international radio news network of France.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
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Richard Williamson (bishop)
Richard Nelson Williamson (born 8 March 1940) is a British independent Traditionalist Catholic bishop who opposes the changes in the Church brought about by the Second Vatican Council.
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Roland Dumas
Roland Dumas (23 August 1922 – 3 July 2024) was a French lawyer and Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister under President François Mitterrand from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993.
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Rue Sainte-Catherine Roundup
The rue Sainte-Catherine Roundup was a Nazi raid and mass arrest of Jews in Lyon's Sainte-Catherine street by the Gestapo.
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Rule of law
The rule of law is a political ideal that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders.
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Sacredness
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers.
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Senate (France)
The Senate (Sénat) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France.
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Sobibor extermination camp
Sobibor (Sobibór) was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard.
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The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe.
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The Socialist Party (Parti socialiste, PS) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in France.
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Télévision Suisse Romande
Télévision Suisse Romande ("Swiss Television Romandy") was a TV network with two channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2 (the two channels became RTS Un and RTS Deux after 2012).
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Tibetan culture
Tibet developed a distinct culture due to its geographic and climatic conditions.
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University of Paris
The University of Paris (Université de Paris), known metonymically as the Sorbonne, was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution.
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Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981.
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World Justice Project
The World Justice Project (WJP) is an international civil society organization with the stated mission of "working to advance the rule of law around the world".
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14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, also known as Tenzin Gyatso;; born 6 July 1935) is, as the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. Robert Badinter and 14th Dalai Lama are Tibet freedom activists.
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1981 French presidential election
Presidential elections were held in France on 26 April 1981, with a second round on 10 May.
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2012 French presidential election
Presidential elections were held in France on 22 April 2012 (or 21 April in some overseas departments and territories), with a second round run-off held on 6 May (or 5 May for those same territories) to elect the President of France (who is also ex officio one of the two joint heads of state of Andorra, a sovereign state).
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See also
French anti–death penalty activists
- Albert Camus
- Catherine Deneuve
- Charles (Jean-Marie) Lucas
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- Octave Mirbeau
- Robert Badinter
- Victor Hugo
- Victor Schœlcher
- Voltaire
Human Rights League (France) members
- Albert Bayet
- Andrée Viénot
- Arié Alimi
- Arthur Giry
- Bernard Lecache
- Charles Seignobos
- Daniel Mayer
- Félicien Challaye
- Ferdinand Buisson
- Francis Delaisi
- Francis de Pressensé
- Gaston Bêchard
- Jean Zay
- Jules Nadi
- Léo Hamon
- Léon Blum
- Léon Jouhaux
- Lucie Aubrac
- Ludovic Trarieux
- Marc Rucart
- Marius Moutet
- Maxime Leroy
- Michel Forst
- Paul Painlevé
- Paul Ramadier
- Paul Rivet
- Pauline Ramart
- Pierre Brossolette
- Raymond Aubrac
- René Cassin
- Robert Badinter
- Roger Salengro
- Saïd Bouziri
- Yves Guyot
Senators of Hauts-de-Seine
- André Gattolin
- Anicet Le Pors
- Brigitte Gonthier-Maurin
- Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud
- Charles Pasqua
- Denis Badré
- Hervé Marseille
- Isabelle Debré
- Jacqueline Fraysse
- Jacques Gautier
- Jean-Pierre Fourcade
- Jean-Pierre Schosteck
- List of senators of Hauts-de-Seine
- Michel Maurice-Bokanowski
- Robert Badinter
- Roger Karoutchi
- Roland Muzeau
- Xavier Iacovelli
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Badinter
Also known as Badinter, Robert.
, Ohrid Agreement (2001), Order 8-September, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Ordre national du Mérite, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Panthéon, Paris, Patrick Henry (murderer), Perp walk, Philippe Maurice, Pierre Mauroy, Pogrom, Politics of France, President of France, Publicis, Radio France Internationale, Reuters, Richard Williamson (bishop), Roland Dumas, Rue Sainte-Catherine Roundup, Rule of law, Sacredness, Senate (France), Sobibor extermination camp, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Socialist Party (France), Télévision Suisse Romande, Tibetan culture, University of Paris, Utah, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, World Justice Project, 14th Dalai Lama, 1981 French presidential election, 2012 French presidential election.