2024 Nobel Peace Prize
"to the person (or group) who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.".
Date
  • October 2024
    (date to be determined)
  • 10 December 2024
    (ceremony)
LocationOslo, Norway
Presented byNorwegian Nobel Committee
Reward(s)9.0 million SEK
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website

The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize is an international peace prize established according to Alfred Nobel's will[1] that will be announced in October 2024 by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway, and awarded on 10 December 2024.

Candidates

Though nominations are strictly kept a secret, several Norwegian parliamentarians and other academics are privileged to publicly announce their preferred candidates simply to raise publicity both for the nominee and the nominator.

Qualified nominators

According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, a nomination is considered valid if it is submitted by a person or a group of people within these categories:[2]

Nominations confirmed by the various News Agencies
NomineeCountry/
Headquarters
MotivationsNominator(s)Source
Organizations
Russian Movement of Conscientious Objectors
(founded in 2014)
 Russia "for their unwavering dedication in advocating for the right to conscientious objection to military service and promoting human rights and peace in their respective countries." International Peace Bureau [3]
Ukrainian Pacifist Movement
(founded in 2019)
 Ukraine
Belarusian organization "Our House"
(founded in 2002)
 Belarus

Prize committee

The following members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee are responsible for the selection of the Nobel laureate(s) in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel:

References

  1. "Alfred Nobel will". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates nobelprize.org
  3. "The International Peace Bureau (IPB) Has Announced its Intention to Nominate Three Remarkable Organizations with a Focus on the Right to Conscientious Objection for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize". International Peace Bureau. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.