| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Number: | 15 - 3 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Rafael Lemkin |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1959 |
| Profession: | International law scholar |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Lemkin was nominated for his efforts to prevent genocide.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Jorge Villegomez |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Ecuadoran parliament |
| City: | Quito |
| Country: | ECUADOR (EC) |
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| 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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