Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1903
Number:21 - 3
 
Nominee:
Name: The Institute of International Law (Institut de Droit International)
Profession:Scientific society aimed at developing international law as a codified science
City:Ghent
Country:BELGIUM (BE)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1904
 
Motivation:The Institute of International Law was nominated for its contribution to the development of international law and arbitration, and its efforts to further brotherhood and peace. The nominator emphasized that the recent international agreements on civil law were based on the Institute's work.
 
Nominator:
Name:Ernest Lehr
Gender:M
Profession:Professor. Member of the Institute of International Law
University:University of Lausanne
City:Lausanne
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Comments: The nominator had been Secretary General of the Institute of International Law.