Before anyone gets into a frenzied state of excitement regarding Nobel Peace Prize nominations, it would be worthwhile to look into just how meaningless a
nomination for that prize is due to the nomination process. Unlike, for instance, an Academy Award where it actually
is an honor just to be nominated by the process of your peers voting for your nomination, the announcement of a Nobel Peace Prize nomination has no value except as a publicity stunt.
Relatively few people understand that thousands upon thousands of individuals around the world qualify as nominators; or that
any one individual of that multitude
can put forth a nomination; or how numerous and extremely broad the range of criteria is for being qualified as a nominator; or that there is
no criteria for being nominated; and therefore, an individual making an announcement that they have nominated someone has publicity value, but nothing more. Being aware of that, The Nobel Committee does not provide a list of, nor give any recognition to, the hundreds of nominees received each year and withholds the names of those nominated for 50 years in an effort to reduce the use of nominations for publicity purposes.
Just in the US for example, any
one of the hundreds of House Members or Senators in Congress, any Cabinet Member, any one of the
thousands of professors of political or social science, history, philosophy, law, or theology, any university rectors or chancellors, and numerous other individuals qualify as nominators and could announce that
you are a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize! Think how that would look on your resume! So become friends with a local university professor, maybe offer a donation to their favorite charity, and you too could be graced with such an honor! And if you can't find someone in your own country to nominate you, there are hundreds or thousands of people qualified to do so in every other nation in the world that could provide you with such an honor. Although, it's an honor that would be shared with the likes of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini, who were all Nobel Peace Prize nominees.
Being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, now that's an honor! Being nominated is a nothing-burger. While Nobel Prize awards, in every category, are sometimes criticized and sometimes controversial; they have never been awarded for nothing.
https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/facts-on-the-nobel-peace-prize/https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/questions-and-answers-about-the-nomination-process-for-a-nobel-peace-prize/How does the nomination process work?
Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize are submitted from all corners of the world to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, responsible for selecting the recipient(s) of the prize. Anyone who fulfils the nominator criteria can put forward a name and motivate their opinion of why they consider the candidate worthy. This is what differs the Nobel Peace Prize selection process from many other prizes where the Committee in charge chooses both all the nominees and the winners.
Who can nominate?
Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize requires no invitation. Eligible nominators are university rectors or chancellors, professors of political and social science, history, philosophy, law and theology; leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs; members of national assemblies, governments, and international courts of law; previous Nobel Peace Prize Laureates; board members of organizations and institutions that have received the Nobel Peace Prize; present and past members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; and former advisers of the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
Is there a list of all of the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize?
Contrary to common belief, there is no public list of the current year’s nominees. The complete list of eligible nominees of any year’s prizes is not disclosed for another 50 years – a restriction as governed by the Nobel statutes.
What does it mean to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize?
Any person or organization can be nominated by anyone eligible to nominate. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has no say in submissions that arrives according to the criteria, strictly in who is actually awarded the prize in October. To simply be nominated is therefore not an endorsement or extended honour to imply affiliation with the Nobel Peace Prize or its related institutions.
Do you share any information about who is nominated for the Peace Prize this year?
No. In fact, none of the Nobel Committees do announce the names of nominees, neither to the media nor to the candidates themselves. In so far as certain names crop up in the advance speculations of potential nominees or candidates – it’s either sheer guesswork or information put out by the person or persons behind a nomination.
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