Former justice minister Robert Badinter will be inducted into the Panthéon in a solemn ceremony presided by French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, October 9th - the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France. Being given a place in the Panthéon is France's highest posthumous honour, reserved for people who have made some kind of outstanding contribution to France or French life. READ ALSO How one beheading 50 years ago led France to end the death penalty