In 2013 the JIWP Association, presided over by Professor Shimon Shetreet, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for its contribution to democracy and of promoting judicial independence.
The JIWP Association was nominated by numerous personalities.
Acdemic, judicial, and public outstanding leaders submitted the nomination.
See below illustrations of nominations:
Prof. Yury A. Ageshin
Vice-chancellor Russian School of Private Law
Justice Sergey M. Amosov
Deputy of the Chairman of the Supreme Comercial Court of the Russian Federation
Prof. V.V. Ershov
Rector of the Russian Academy of Justice
Prof. Wang Guiguo
Dean & Chair Professor of Chinese and Comparative Law
Prof. Hoon Phun Lee
Sir John Latham Chair of Law at Monash University
Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon
Founder Vice-chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore