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    The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, an international peace prize established according to Alfred Nobel's will, was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo (the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations), for their activism against nuclear weapons, assisted by victim/survivors (known as Hibakusha) of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. They received the prize at a ceremony on 10 December 2024 in Oslo, Norway.

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    The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyō "for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again".

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    Co-chair of the Nihon Hidankyo, Toshiyuki Mimaki, expressed surprise of the award, telling reporters the thought "those fighting hard for peace in Gaza would deserve it." He then warned of the danger of nuclear weapons being used for terrorism, warning that if "Russia uses them against Ukraine, Israel against Gaza, it won't end there." He compared the situation of Gaza to "Japan 80 years ago."

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    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.
    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:
    • 1. Members of national assemblies and national governments (cabinet members/ministers) of sovereign states as well as current heads of states;
    • 2. Members of The International Court of Justice and The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague;
    • 3. Members of Institut de Droit International;
    • 4. Members of the international board of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom;
    • 5. University professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion; university rectors and university directors (or their equivalents);
    • 6. Directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes;
    • 7. Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize;
    • 8. Members of the main board of directors or its equivalent of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize;
    • 9. Current and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (proposals by current members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after 1 February);
    • 10. Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

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