Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Rules Clarified on January 16, 2026

Key facts

• Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during their meeting at the White House on Thursday.
• Machado had won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting democratic rights and a peaceful transition in Venezuela.
• According to the rules laid down by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, once a prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others.
• According to the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation, § 10, 'No appeals may be made against the decision of a prize-awarding body with regard to the award of a prize.'
• The Nobel Peace Prize medal measures 6.6 cm in diameter, weighs 196 grams and is struck in gold.
• The POTUS said one should get a Nobel Prize for 'every war you stopped.'