for the period 2018–2023. Henrik Syse (vice chair, born 1966), Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Member of the Committee since 2015, appointed for the period 2015–2020 Thorbjørn Jagland (born 1950), former Member of Parliament and President of the Storting and former Prime Minister for the Labour Party, current Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2009 to 2015. Currently regular member. Member of the Committee since 2009, reappointed for the period 2015–2020. Anne Enger (born 1949), former Leader of the Centre Party and Minister of Culture. Appointed for the period 2018–2020 Asle Toje (born 1974), foreign policy scholar. Appointed for the period 2018–2023. The Nobel Committee considered 331 nominations for the 2018 prize, of which 216 were individuals and 115 were organizations, second highest to the record 376 candidates in 2016. Odds makers' favorites included the Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un, the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in, and the President of the United States Donald Trump for their role in the earlier 2018 thaw in North Korea–South Korea relations. The PRIO Director's "shortlist" included the World Food Programme for addressing hunger and food security; Dr. Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad and Tarana Burke for their respective advocacies against sexual violence; SOS Méditerranée, Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee for their respective humanitarian work on migration crises in the Mediterranean region and Libya; Oby Ezekwesili and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative for championing anti-corruption and transparency in the link between armed conflict and extractive natural resource governance; and Reporters Without Borders for highlighting injustices against journalists reporting on conflicts and atrocities. See also Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women Genocidal rape Genocide: Origin of the term UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948) Genoicide of Yazidis by ISIL: Sexual slavery Estimates of sexual violence Human trafficking Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ramifications Sexual slavery Sexual violence in the Iraqi insurgency: International attention The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State, an autobiography by Nadia Murad Transnational efforts to prevent human trafficking UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict Violence against women: State violence Women's rights: Violence against women References External links Denis Mukwege interview by Nicholas Kristoff (circa 2016) on Facebook Nadia Murad interview by Nicholas Kristoff (circa 2016)