Robert Badinter is dead! A great music lover, he wrote an opera.

Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and architect of the abolition of capital punishment, has died at the age of 95.

Robert badinter is one of the last disappearing giants of the 8th century. He died on the night of Thursday February 9 to Friday February 95, at the age of XNUMX. Robert badinter is not only the man in the fight against capital punishment. He dedicated his life to fighting injustice wherever it may be found. A national tribute will be paid to him, says the president Emmanuel Macron. Robert badinter was passionate about music. He was in love with opera to the point of investing in the writing of “Claude“, an opera inspired by the novel Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo, published in 1834. Robert badinter defended himself at the time from having written a political work and yet all the situations depicted bring to mind the great History of the social and humanist struggles which marked the career of the former Minister of Justice: social justice, humanization of prisons, abolition of the death penalty. Also in contrast to these great ideas, the work marks the spirits by the violence of the situations.