Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1950 |
Number: | 15 - 3 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Rafael Lemkin |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1901 |
Year, Death: | 1959 |
Profession: | International law scholar |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Motivation: | Lemkin was nominated for his efforts to prevent genocide. |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Jorge Villegomez |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Ecuadoran parliament |
City: | Quito |
Country: | ECUADOR (EC) |
Comments: | Lemkin invented the word 'genocide' in 1943. In 1946 he managed to make the UN recognize genocide as an international crime. |
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