- Nominations for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize shut on Wednesday, with entries together with peace activists linked to conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee retains nominations secret, though some nominators might disclose their picks.
- The celebrated prize attracts over 300 entries from lecturers, lawmakers, former winners and others with nomination rights.
The doorways shut Wednesday on nominations for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with peace activists linked to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine among the many recognized entries.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee retains the nominations secret, however these with nomination rights generally make their picks public.
Makes an attempt to seek out an finish the battle in Gaza have been a theme for a few of the introduced nominations.
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Teachers on the Free College Amsterdam stated they’ve nominated the Center East-based organizations EcoPeace, Ladies Wage Peace and Ladies of the Solar for peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians.
A Nobel medal is displayed throughout a ceremony in New York, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020. The doorways shut on Jan. 31, 2024, for nominations for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with peace activists linked to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine among the many recognized entries. (Angela Weiss/Pool Picture through AP, File)
“They are bringing communities together to build peace in the Middle East with a special focus on the role of women and climate justice,” the college’s Peace and Battle Research division wrote.
Norwegian lawmaker Ingvild Wetrhus Thorsvik advised newspaper VG that she had nominated Palestinian video journalist Motaz Azaiza for documenting situations in Gaza.
The celebrated prize sometimes attracts greater than 300 entries from lecturers linked with peace research, lawmakers of nationwide parliaments, former winners and others with nomination rights.
The Worldwide Peace Bureau group, which gained the prize in 1910, stated it had nominated The Russian Motion of Conscientious Objectors and The Ukrainian Pacifist Motion for his or her dedication to the safety of conscientious objectors to violence, notably after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Belarusian group Our Home, was additionally nominated for a similar motive.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee whittles down the listing of candidates in a collection of conferences earlier than saying the winner in October. The huge base of people and organizations certified to appoint condidates means the longlist can comprise some eccentric decisions: Each Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler have beforehand had their names put within the hat.
Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi gained the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning for girls’s rights and democracy in her nation. Her teenage kids accepted the award on her behalf.
The peace prize and the opposite Nobel Prizes are handed out on Dec. 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel’s dying in 1896.
