Mireille Delmas-Marty (10 May 1941 – 12 February 2022) was a French jurist, honorary professor at the

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment (''grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris ne ...

, and a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. She was a member of numerous legislative and constitutional commissions, such as the member of the Criminal Code Reform Commission, president of the commission "Criminal Justice and Human Rights", coordinator of the Committee of Experts of the European Union on the project "Corpus Juris", and chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office. She was also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by

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. In 2021 she was elected to the

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...

. She died in

Saint-Germain-Laval, Loire Saint-Germain-Laval () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. The North American explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut was born in Saint-Germain-Laval. Geography The commune is located in the plain of Forez, in the center o ...

on 12 February 2022, at the age of 80.Mireille Delmas-Marty, éminente universitaire et juriste, est morte

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