Robert Badinter Enters Panthéon as LGBT Community Honors Him
https://boutique-lgbtqia.com/robert-badinter-enters-pantheon-as-lgbt-community-honors-him Robert Badinter Enters Panthéon as LGBT Community Honors Him Honoring Robert Badinter: A Champion of Justice Enters the Panthéon A Historic Tribute to a Defender of Human Rights In a powerful gesture of national gratitude, France will enshrine Robert Badinter in the Panthéon, one of the country's highest honors. The induction ceremony is set for October 9, 2025—marking the anniversary of the death penalty’s abolition in France, a historic reform that Badinter led as Minister of Justice under President François Mitterrand in 1981. Widely respected as both a lawyer and a tireless advocate for human rights, Badinter was instrumental not only in ending capital punishment but also in advancing LGBT+ rights. In 1982, alongside Member of Parliament Gisèle Halimi, he helped decriminalize homosexuality by championing the repeal of Article 331, Paragraph 2 of the French Penal Code—a law inherit...