The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956
| Year: | 1916 |
| Number: | 15-3 |
| Nominee: | |
| Name: | Central Organization for a Durable Peace |
| City: | The Hague |
| Country: | NL (NETHERLANDS) |
| Motivation: | The organization was founded by 30 leading peace activists in 1915 in order to adjust and reorganize international peace work during war. Both neutral and belligerent countries were represented, and it advocated non-annexation, free trade, arbitration and disarmament. The organization had close connections to the Nederlandsche Anti-Oorlog Raad. The two had a division of labor where the former took care of the practical and popular work, while the latter focussed on the scientific work. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Hans Larsson |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession/Category: | Professor of Philosophy |
| University: | Lund |
| City: | Lund |
| Country: | SE (SWEDEN) |
| Evaluation: | |
| Evaluator 1: | |
| Name: | Christian Lous Lange |
| Gender: | M |
| Comment: | The nominator referred to the nomination made by Knut Wicksell. |
TO CITE THIS PAGE:
MLA style: "Nomination Database - Peace". Nobelprize.org. 25 May 2013 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/nomination/nomination.php?action=show&showid=1059
MLA style: "Nomination Database - Peace". Nobelprize.org. 25 May 2013 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/nomination/nomination.php?action=show&showid=1059
