Tobias Michael Carel Asser was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize 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). The Nobel Peace Prize 1911, announced December 10, 1911. Tobias Asser (1/2), “for his role as co-founder of the Institut de droit international, initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law (Conférences de Droit international privé) at the Hague, and pioneer in the field of international legal relations”. Alfred Fried (1/2), “for his effort to expose and fight what he considers to be the main cause of war, namely, the anarchy in international relations”. Tobias Asser: born 1838, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Alfred Fried: born 1864, Vienna, Austria. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).