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flag French leader Robert Badinter to be honored in Panthéon despite recent vandalism of his grave.

flag Robert Badinter, the late French justice minister who led the 1981 abolition of the death penalty and decriminalized homosexuality, will be honored with burial in the Panthéon on October 9, 2025, in a ceremony presided over by President Emmanuel Macron. flag His tomb was defaced with anti-human rights graffiti in a Paris-area cemetery just before the event, prompting widespread condemnation from French leaders who called the act shameful and a challenge to national values. flag Badinter, a Holocaust survivor and advocate for justice and human rights, will join France’s most revered figures in the Panthéon, symbolizing the nation’s commitment to democracy and moral leadership.

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