Lawyer, graduate of the Universidad Santo Tomás, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Political and Economic Thought, with specializations in Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Pedagogy for Higher Education, and Legal and Forensic Psychology, and a Master’s degree in Public Law. Diploma courses in Human Rights and IHL before International Courts and Tribunals, Labor Law and Social Security, Management and Tax Law, Cinema and ICTs, and Curriculum and ICTs.
He has worked at several higher education institutions as a lecturer and adjunct professor. Researcher on constitutional law, environmental law, criminal law, childhood and adolescence, pedagogy, bioethics and indigenous law.
Examiner for preparatory (bar-qualifying) exams, advisor at the university legal aid clinic, supervisor and examiner of undergraduate theses. Leader of Research Incubators (Semilleros de Investigación).
External advisor to NGOs and Departmental Governments on ethnic and indigenous affairs.
Advisor on cybercrime and cyberterrorism.
Advisor on the accreditation of police training schools. Trainer.
He is a national and international lecturer before various bodies and academic institutions.
He is recognized as one of the leading researchers in the world on indigenous issues.
Member of the Sociedad Tomista Argentina, the Asociación Colombiana de Derecho Procesal Constitucional, Odrec, and Prousta, an affiliate of the Colegio de Abogados Tomistas.
He is currently a professor at Uniagraria and the Fundación Universitaria Monserrate, as well as at the Dirección Nacional de Escuelas in Police Training Schools, and he also provides comprehensive cooperation and project services between Departmental Governments and the United Nations.