| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1911 |
| Number: | 6 - 2 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1851 |
| Year, Death: | 1925 |
| Profession: | Senator (1905-1923). Former cabinet minister. |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1920 |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Tobias Michael Carel Asser |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1838 |
| Year, Death: | 1913 |
| Profession: | International jurist. Cabinet Minister. Member of the Permanent Court of Arbritration. |
| City: | The Hague |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1911 |
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| Motivation: | Bourgeois was chairman of the French delegation to the Peace Conferences at The Hague in 1899 and 1907. He was a member of the French parliament's peace group, and he promoted international law and arbitration. Asser initiated the Conferences on International Private Law ( Conférences de Droit international privé) at the Hague. He contributed to the founding of the Institute of International Law (Vice President 1875-1879, member of the Council 1902-1904 and Honorary member 1906) and he promoted international law and arbitration.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Charles Lyon-Caen |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Law. Member of the Institute of International Law. |
| University: | Sorbonne |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Comments: |
Bourgeois was also on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. |
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