Sergio Coronado Delgado is Researcher at the Centre for Research and Popular Education – CINEP and also works as a part-time professor in the School of Environmental and Rural Studies at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. He is a lawyer with a Masters degrees in Constitutional Law and Rural Development. His work and research are related to human rights, land policy, territorial conflicts and the territorial rights of indigenous people, afro-descendant communities and peasants. During the last years his work focused on a research and advocacy project on the impact of mining on the rights, territories and livelihoods of rural communities. Currently, he holds the position of Assistant Director at CINEP.