FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Former French justice minister R. Badinter: ‘Abolition of the death penalty is the law of history'” – below is their description.
October 9th, 2021 was the 40th anniversary of France’s abolition of the death penalty. To mark the occasion, President Emmanuel Macron announced the organisation of a “high-level meeting” at the United Nations starting from early 2022. The meeting’s goal? To “convince” leaders of countries that still use the death penalty of the “urgency of abolishing it”. Robert Badinter, who served as France’s justice minister 40 years ago when the death penalty was abolished, continues to fight for the universal abolition of capital punishment. He speaks to FRANCE 24 in this episode of The Interview.
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FRANCE 24 English YouTube Channel
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