After seventy years in the profession and as many years of tenacious defence of freedoms, Henri Leclerc, a lawyer and tireless defender of human rights, died on Saturday in Villejuif, in Val-de-Marne, at the age of 90.
Like many other lawyers on Saturday night “Dear Henri, you often said, ‘If there were only one left, I would be the one.’ With his passing, we lose a tireless defender of freedoms whose commitment and talent will have left their mark on the bar and on our entire justice system. I send my deepest condolences to his loved ones.”
“The Lion King is dead and we are orphans. Henri was an exceptional man, a faithful friend and a mentor. An inestimable loss, in these turbulent times when we will miss his intelligence and his burning passion for law and equality.”Malik Salemkour, honorary president of the League of Human Rights (LDH), lamented on X.
“We are all orphans”
“A passionate defender of our freedoms, an activist at heart, Henri Leclerc left his mark beyond our profession. We will honour his memory by showing the same determination that he had. Defending is a commitment”For his part, the lawyer M estimated on the same social networkmy Frank Berton. “Henri Leclerc embodied the figure of the activist lawyer”greeted lawyer M on France Intermy Maria Dosé. “He told the truth like no one else”judged, concluding: “We are all orphans.”
“A brilliant lawyer, a fervent defender of public liberties, he was one of the most illustrious figures of our college”reacted on XMmy Pierre Hoffman, President of Paris. The Attorney General of the Court of Cassation, Rémy Heitz, paid tribute to the “an ardent defender of freedoms”WHO “He left his mark on generations of jurists, for whom he will continue to be a model”.
“Justice has lost a giant of the legal profession and of our public liberties, one of its greatest defenders. Henri Leclerc’s life fighting for dignity will continue to inspire us”tweeted the national secretary of EELV, Marine Tondelier.
“Henri Leclerc was a great man. Always at our side to defend the CFDT, its leaders and our fight against the far right. Proud that he is our lawyer, he inspired us a lot”For his part, he wrote about X Marylise Léon, secretary general of the CFDT. The railway worker and LFI deputy of 3my Seine-Saint-Denis constituency, Thomas Portès greeted “a giant”.
