Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1923
Number:19 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Théodore Eugène César Ruyssen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1868
Year, Death:1967
Profession:Professor of Philosophy
University:University of Bordeaux
City:Bordeaux
Country:FRANCE (FR)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Baron Albéric Rolin-Jacquemyns
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1843
Profession:Jurist. Founder and Secretary General of the Institute of International Law.
City:Ghent
Country:BELGIUM (BE)
 
Motivation:Ruyssen was president of "La Paix par le Droit", the most prominent French peace association, and he was editor of the association's journal. He was an executive member of both the International Peace Bureau and "Ligue des Droits de l'Homme". Ruyssen promoted peace and disarmament, and he was secretary general of "Union des Associations pour la Société des Nations" (The Union of Associations of the League of Nations). Rolin-Jacquemyns was the founder and Secretary General (1906-1923) of the Institute of International Law. He was managing director of the juridical library at the Peace Palace in Geneva 1913-1923. Rolin was member of several commissions and associations, and Secretary General of the Academy of International Law at The Hague. His major scientific work was "The International Private Law" (1899).
 
Nominator:
Name:Hans Wehberg
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1885
Year, Death:1962
Profession:Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
City:Düsseldorf
Country:GERMANY (DE)