Luis Peral (Madrid 16 June 1967 – Madrid 15 July 2019) was a Spanish academic, analyst and facilitator who specialised in international law, human rights, international humanitarian law, forced migration, peacekeeping and peace-building, conflict analysis and private diplomacy. As an academic, Luis had extensive experience working with different institutions in Spain: Universidad Carlos III, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, IE School of International Relations, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internationals. He significantly contributed to the literature on international law, human rights, humanitarian law, forced migration, refugee and migration law and peacebuilding. As a legal and policy analyst, he worked principally on forced migration derived from generalised violence an