Ralph Sprenkels

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Introduction Ralph Sprenkels (1969) has lived in El Salvador from 1992 until 2002, and from 2007 to 2010, working in the field of human rights, politics and international cooperation. He participated in the mapping and documentation of human rights violations for the Truth Commission, in representation of Salvadoran civil society organizations. His publications include books and articles about El Salvador’s civil war, about missing children as a consequence of the armed conflict and about the human rights movement in El Salvador. In the Netherlands, he worked for the Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO) as a policy advisor on human rights issues until 2011. He is also a PhD candidate at Utrecht University. His most recent research concerns the role of war veterans in contemporary Salvadoran politics.