Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1930
Number:30 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Hans Wehberg
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1885
Year, Death:1962
Profession:Doctor of Law. Member of the Institute of International Law
City:Düsseldorf
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Walther Adrian Schücking
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1875
Year, Death:1935
Profession:Professor of Law. Member of the German parliament
University:Philipps University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Motivation:Wehberg was a member of the Institute of International Law and publisher of the journal "Die Friedens-Warte". He contributed to the development of international law and arbitration. Pacifist and promoter of German admittance to the League of Nations. 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:Karl Strupp
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Law (Jurisprudence)
University:Frankfurt am Main
City:Frankfurt am Main
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Schücking was also on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested.