| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1927 |
| Number: | 8 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Max Huber |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1874 |
| Year, Death: | 1960 |
| Profession: | Professor of International Law. President of the Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| University: | University of Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Giuseppe Motta |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1871 |
| Year, Death: | 1940 |
| Profession: | President of Switzerland (1915, 1920, 1927) |
| City: | Bern |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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| Motivation: | Huber attended the second Hague Peace Conference in 1907 and he acted as legal advisor to the Swiss foreign minister 1918-1922. He represented Switzerland in the post-war negotiations with the Allied Powers and he was member of the Swiss delegation to the League of Nations 1920-1921. Huber was president of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague 1925-1927. He advocated international law and arbitration.
Motta was the chief Swiss delegate to the League of Nations from 1920. He became Honorary President of the first League assembly (1920) and President of the fifth assembly (1924). Protector of Swiss neutrality. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Albert Oeri |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| City: | Basel |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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