Dear Friends of La Maison Française,
The Georgetown University BMW Center for German and European Studies and La Maison Française are happy to welcome French senator and former French Minister of Justice Robert Badinter for a lecture on Thursday, September 25 at 5:30 p.m. at Georgetown University.
A prominent lawyer and scholar, Robert Badinter is an icon in the world of human rights and a world-renowned moral authority. He served as France's Minister of Justice (1981-1986), and waged a campaign against the death penalty which led to its abolition in 1981. In 1986, he was appointed for a nine-year term as President of the French Constitutional Council, France's equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court.
At 80, Robert Badinter still serves as a French Senator and is a tireless expert working with European states, especially in Eastern Europe, to prevent and settle conflicts peacefully. Until recently he presided over the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the leading peace-building European organization, comprised of 56 countries (including the U.S.).
He continues a worldwide crusade to abolish the death penalty, and has made this life-long struggle the subject of his book Abolition, just published in English by the University Press of New England. In his lecture at Georgetown University, M. Badinter will provide an informed and thought-provoking analysis of the developments and issues regarding the abolition of the death penalty in the world today.
WHAT: Robert Badinter: "Toward the Universal Abolition of the Death Penalty?"
WHEN: Thursday, September 25, 2008 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University - 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057
ADMISSION: Free
RESERVATION: required. Please send an email to: culturel.washington-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr, providing your surname, first name and the number of persons attending.
Cordial Regards,
Roland CeletteCultural AttachéDirector of La Maison Française
The Georgetown University BMW Center for German and European Studies and La Maison Française are happy to welcome French senator and former French Minister of Justice Robert Badinter for a lecture on Thursday, September 25 at 5:30 p.m. at Georgetown University.
A prominent lawyer and scholar, Robert Badinter is an icon in the world of human rights and a world-renowned moral authority. He served as France's Minister of Justice (1981-1986), and waged a campaign against the death penalty which led to its abolition in 1981. In 1986, he was appointed for a nine-year term as President of the French Constitutional Council, France's equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court.
At 80, Robert Badinter still serves as a French Senator and is a tireless expert working with European states, especially in Eastern Europe, to prevent and settle conflicts peacefully. Until recently he presided over the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the leading peace-building European organization, comprised of 56 countries (including the U.S.).
He continues a worldwide crusade to abolish the death penalty, and has made this life-long struggle the subject of his book Abolition, just published in English by the University Press of New England. In his lecture at Georgetown University, M. Badinter will provide an informed and thought-provoking analysis of the developments and issues regarding the abolition of the death penalty in the world today.
WHAT: Robert Badinter: "Toward the Universal Abolition of the Death Penalty?"
WHEN: Thursday, September 25, 2008 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University - 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057
ADMISSION: Free
RESERVATION: required. Please send an email to: culturel.washington-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr, providing your surname, first name and the number of persons attending.
Cordial Regards,
Roland CeletteCultural AttachéDirector of La Maison Française
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