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Badinter’s Grave Vandalized as France Prepares Pantheon Tribute

Prosecutors opened an inquiry into vandalism at his grave hours before the national ceremony.

Robert Badinter fera son entrée au Panthéon ce jeudi 9 octobre 2025, jour de l’anniversaire de l’abolition de la peine de mort. La cérémonie se déroulera en fin d’après-midi.
Robert Badinter reste avant tout connu comme l’architecte de l’abolition de la peine de mort. Ci-contre, le 8 septembre 1981, à l’Assemblée.
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La tombe de Robert Badinter a été "dégradée".

Overview

  • The Bagneux town hall confirmed that Robert Badinter’s tomb was tagged at the Bagneux cemetery on Thursday morning.
  • Libération, cited by Le Parisien, reported a hateful inscription found on the tombstone, a detail not yet confirmed by officials.
  • The Nanterre public prosecutor opened an investigation and assigned it to the Hauts-de-Seine territorial security unit.
  • A state ceremony is scheduled for 17:00 at the Panthéon, with a symbolic coffin carrying personal items chosen by Élisabeth Badinter.
  • Badinter, the former justice minister who led France’s 1981 abolition of the death penalty, is being honored on the law’s 44th anniversary while his remains remain in Bagneux.