Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1903
Number:21 - 2
 
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 Nobel Peace Prize would secure the institute financially.
 
Nominator:
Name:Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1846
Year, Death:1929
Profession:Jurist. Member of the Institute of International Law
City:Kristiania (now Oslo)
Country:NORWAY (NO)
 
Comments: The nominator referred to the nominations made by Kleen and Lehr in 1901 and moreover to the Institute's annual publications.