| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1955 |
| Number: | 16 - 1 |
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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 worked to establish international laws on genocide. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Stephan A Riesenfeld |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Law (Jurisprudence) |
| University: | University of California |
| City: | Berkeley |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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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. Also nominated in 1950 and 1951. |
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