1904

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Institut de Droit International was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its striving to develop peaceful ties between nations through public law and to make the laws of war more humane. Full name: Institute of International LawNative name: Institut de droit internationalFounded: 1873 in Ghent, BelgiumDate awarded: 10 December 1904 Justitia et pace “Justitia et pace” –…

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History

Founding. Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, a Belgian jurist and editor of the Revue de droit international et de législation comparée, provided the initiative for the founding of the Institute of International Law (L’Institut de droit international). In the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), he entered into correspondence with some other leading jurists who were also beginning…

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Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1904 Physiology of Digestion It is not accidental that all phenomena of human life are dominated by the search for daily bread – the oldest link connecting all living things, man included, with the surrounding nature. Food finding its way into the organism where it undergoes certain changes – is decomposed,…

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