About Michel Zaoui
Lived 1945 – 2025 (aged 80). Michel Zaoui was a French lawyer.
Michel Zaoui (; 30 May 1945 – 13 October 2025) was a French human rights lawyer.
Zaoui was one of the few people to have participated in the trials of Klaus Barbie, Paul Touvier, and Maurice Papon, having been admitted to the in 1969.
Zaoui died in Paris on 13 October 2025, at the age of 80.
Works "Après le procès Papon. Questions sur un verdict" (1998) La signature du crime contre l'humanité (2002) Mémoires de justice. Barbie, Touvier, Papon (2009) Hommage à Rita Thalmann (2014)
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Who was Michel Zaoui?
French lawyer
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Michel Zaoui was born on 30 May 1945 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
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Michel Zaoui died on 13 October 2025 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Michel Zaoui was a lawyer.
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Michel Zaoui was French.
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