Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1932
Number:28 - 3
 
Nominee:
Name:Walther Adrian Schücking
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1875
Year, Death:1935
Profession:Professor of Law. Member of the German parliament. Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice.
University:Philipps University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Motivation:Schücking promoted international law and arbitration. He had been associated with the Institute of International Law since 1910. After WWI Schücking became a leading member of the "Deutsche Liga für den Völkervorbund" and he worked primarily on a draft of a covenant for the League of Nations. He was a member of the German delegation to the Versailles peace negotiations. In 1919 Schücking initiated the founding of a new German Inter-Parliamentary Group, over which he presided. He was also a member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
 
Nominator:
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)