Editing Robert Badinter (section)

{{Short description|French politician, lawyer and author (1928–2024)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name             = Robert Badinter
| honorific-suffix =
| image            = Robert Badinter, 2013 (cropped).JPG
| caption          = Badinter in 2013
| order            = [[Senate (France)|Senator]] 
| office           = 
| term_start       = 24 September 1995
| term_end         = 30 September 2011
| constituency     = [[Hauts-de-Seine]]
| predecessor      = [[Françoise Seligmann]]
| successor        = [[Philippe Kaltenbach]]
| order2           = President of the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]]
| office2          = 
| term_start2      = 4 March 1986
| term_end2        = 4 March 1995
| appointer2       = [[François Mitterrand]]
| predecessor2     = [[Daniel Mayer]]
| successor2       = [[Roland Dumas]]
| order3           = [[Minister of Justice (France)|Minister of Justice]]
| office3          = 
| term_start3      = 23 June 1981
| term_end3        = 19 February 1986
| president3       = [[François Mitterrand]]
| primeminister3   = [[Pierre Mauroy]]
| predecessor3     = [[Maurice Faure]]
| successor3       = [[Michel Crépeau]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=y|1928|03|30}}
| birth_place      = [[Paris]], France
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2024|2|9|1928|03|30|df=yes}}
| death_place      = Paris, France<ref name="Monde-mort"/>
| spouse           = [[Élisabeth Badinter]]
| party            = [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]
| relations        = 
| children         = 3
| residence        =
| alma_mater       = [[University of Paris]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])<br />[[Columbia University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
| occupation       = Lawyer, professor, politician, activist
| profession       = 
| signature        = 
| website          =
}}

'''Robert Badinter''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁɔbɛʁ badɛ̃tɛʁ}}; 30 March 1928 – 9 February 2024) was a French lawyer, politician, and author who enacted the abolition of [[capital punishment in France]] in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under [[François Mitterrand]]. He also served in high-level appointed positions with national and international bodies working for justice and the rule of law.