"France Mourns the Legacy of Robert Badinter, Champion of Justice and Human Rights"
French President Emmanuel Macron led a national tribute to former French justice minister Robert Badinter, who dedicated his life to abolishing the death penalty and played a pivotal role in banning the guillotine in 1981. Badinter, a respected intellectual figure, passed away at the age of 95. His fight against capital punishment was deeply personal, stemming from his father's deportation to a Nazi death camp during World War II. He successfully saved six men from execution and continued to campaign against the death penalty globally until his last days.