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Badinter, Robert

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Le Monde - France | 22/02/2006

Robert Badinter's "letter to a young judge"

The former justice minister Robert Badinter defends the French justice system, badly shaken by the Outreau paedophile affair in which 13 people were mistakenly jailed for several years. "No, the French justice system is not composed of magistrates who are intoxicated with their power, smug in their certainties, and deaf to everything that runs counter to a conviction too hastily arrived at. No, the French justice system is not a fortress governed by inhumanity and utter contempt for those being judged. Having seen many different justice systems at work, in various countries, I do not believe that the French system is inferior to the majority of its European counterparts." Addressing the judges, he adds: "One only serves justice well by respecting its fundamental principles, the presumption of innocence and the exceptional nature of provisional custody."

Libération - France | 16/01/2006

European justice

There is no such thing as European justice, that is to say, a coherent body of institutions and mechanisms that ensure that citizens of the Union, everywhere in the Union, are given identical guarantees regarding their person, their property and their rights," regrets the former French justice minister, Robert Badinter. "How can we create conditions in which member states will have sufficient faith in a European judiciary system that brings together the legal systems of member states under a common judicial umbrella?" The jurist calls for reinforced cooperation in matters of justice. "Mutual recognition of decisions, harmonisation, indeed the unification of procedural and legislative rules in many areas should not run into any particular roadblocks. Such steps will engender a truly common judicial space - and, better still, a model of European justice - at the heart of the EU."

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