The Nomination Database for the
Nobel Peace Prize, 1901-1956

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Year	Nominator	Nominee(s)	Motivation
1901	de Macedo	Descamps	Descamps was nominated for his inter-parliamentary peace work. President of the sixth Inter-Parliamentary Peace Conference in Brussels in 1895, and Belgian delegate to the peace conference at The Hague in 1899. He was elected Secretary General of the Institute of International Law in 1900. Descamps wrote significant works on neutrality and disarmament, and he also contributed to the abolitionist movement.	Show »
1901	Magalhães Lima	Passy	Passy's career as a peace worker began in 1856 with his opposition to the Crimean War. In 1867 he founded the first French peace society (Ligue internationale et permanente de la paix). Passy promoted free trade, pacifism, international law and arbitration. As a member of parliament (1881-1889), Passy also contributed to the founding of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.	Show »
1901	The Portuguese Inter-Parliamentary Group	The Inter-Parliamentary Union	The Inter-Parliamentary Union promoted international arbitration and organized annual inter-parliamentary conferences.	Show »
1907	7 members of the Portugese parliament	Winteler de Weindeck		Show »
1909	Terenas	Magalhães Lima		Show »
1910	Alcaçovas	Winteler de Weindeck		Show »
1910	de Bertiandos	Winteler de Weindeck		Show »
1920	Magelhães Lima	The Permanent International Peace Bureau	The Peace Bureau organized peace conferences, and it collected and published peace literature. It advocated peace, pacifism and international law. During WWI the Peace Bureau helped prisoners of war and other victims of the war.	Show »
1935	da Motta	de Mello Franco	De Mello Franco was nominated for his role as mediator in the conflict between Colombia and Peru.	Show »
1935	Members of the Portugese government	de Mello Franco	De Mello Franco was nominated for his role as mediator in the conflict between Colombia and Peru.	Show »

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