Tobias Michael Carel Asser lived from 1838 to 1913 and was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911 he won the Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Alfred Fried, for his role in establishing the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899 and for his achievements in establishing the Hague Conference on Private International Law. He taught at the University of Amsterdam and worked across both public international law and private international law.
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What did Tobias Asser do to codify private international law?
He presided over the Hague conferences that produced treaties on civil procedure and family law.
Asser presided over international conferences at The Hague that tried to agree common rules on conflicts between national laws. The first two, held in 1893 and 1894, drew up a treaty that was made effective in May 1899 and set a uniform international procedure for conducting civil trials. He also presided over the conferences of 1900 and 1904, which produced treaties on international family law, covering marriage, divorce, legal separation and guardianship of minors.
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In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize (together with Alfred Fried) for his role in the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899 and for his achievements in establishing the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
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Tobias Michael Carel Asser (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtoːbijɑs miˈɕɛl ˈkaːrəl ˈɑsər]; 28 April 1838 - 29 July 1913) was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar.
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was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar
Member Of: Permanent Court of Arbitration, Wikipedia category: Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
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Wikidata Q216872, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1838
Wikidata Q216872, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1838-04-28
Wikidata Q216872, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1913
Wikidata Q216872, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1913-07-29
Wikidata Q216872, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Amsterdam
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P20 (place of death): The Hague
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