Robert Badinter, figure de la gauche humaniste, est décédé dans la nuit du jeudi 8 au vendredi 9 février. Portrait d’un infatigable défenseur des droits de l’homme.br br Robert Badinter, a former justice minister best known for abolishing the guillotine in France in 1981, died on Friday (February 9,2024). He was 95. A lawyer and human rights activist, Badinter introduced major law reforms after Socialist Francois Mitterrand, a previous self-professed opponent of the death penalty, was elected president in May 1981 and made him justice minister.