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

Year:	1950
Number:	15-3
Nominee:
Name:	Rafael Lemkin
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1901
Year, death:	1959
Profession/Category:	International law scholar
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
Motivation:	Lemkin was nominated for his efforts to prevent genocide.
Nominator:
Name:	Jorge Villegomez
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Member of the Ecuadoran parliament
City:	Quito
Country:	EC (ECUADOR)
Evaluation:	No
Comment:	Lemkin invented the word 'genocide' in 1943. In 1946 he managed to make the UN recognize genocide as an international crime.