| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1923 |
| Number: | 18 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Baron Albéric Rolin-Jacquemyns |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1843 |
| Profession: | Jurist. Founder and Secretary General of the Institute of International Law. |
| City: | Ghent |
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Théodore Eugène César Ruyssen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1967 |
| Profession: | Professor of Philosophy. |
| University: | University of Bordeaux |
| City: | Bordeaux |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Motivation: | Rolin-Jacquemyns was the founder and Secretary General (1906-1923) of the Institute of International Law. He was managing director of the juridical library at the Peace Palace in Geneva 1913-1923. Rolin was member of several commissions and associations, and Secretary General of the Academy of International Law at The Hague. His major scientific work was "The International Private Law" (1899).
Ruyssen was president of "La Paix par le Droit", the most prominent French peace association, and he was editor of the association's journal. He was an executive member of both the International Peace Bureau and "Ligue des Droits de l'Homme". Ruyssen promoted peace and disarmament, and he was secretary general of "Union des Associations pour la Société des Nations" (The Union of Associations of the League of Nations). |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Hans Wehberg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1962 |
| Profession: | Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
| City: | Düsseldorf |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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