Alejandro Santamaria Ortiz

Alejandro is a Professor from the Universidad Externado de Colombia and a researcher for the LOLA project. As a professional in Constitutional Law he has dedicated his work to the comparative study of the responses that Law has constructed for the recognition and protection of Indigenous and tribal peoples. Having participated as a legal advisor to the Colombian state and indigenous nations in his country, he believes that LOLA is a valuable project, with potential to ignite a better Law – one that finds new ways of resolving conflicts and that builds an institutional framework more in line with diverse societies.