Mapuche lawyer Builds agreements that endure
Builds the legal frameworks and dialogue processes that allow investment projects to advance without destroying what cannot be replaced. Eight generations of the Koñwepang lineage — from inside both worlds.
Featured at
UN · OHCHR
Indigenous Fellow · Business & Human Rights Forum, Geneva
One Young World
Indigenous Advisory Circle · Impact Advisory Committee
U.S. Dept. of State
International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)
Melton Foundation
Senior Fellow · Global Solvers Accelerator
The Possibilists
Global Advisory Council · Germany
Voluntary Principles
Executive Secretary · Security & Human Rights, Chile
Indigenous policy · International law
Analysis with a stance. UN mechanisms, UNDRIP implementation, and indigenous policy in Latin America. Publications coming soon — July 2026.
A review of the mandate of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the state of implementation of the international instrument in the region.
ES · EN · 2026
The risks and opportunities of AI for indigenous peoples through the UNDRIP framework: data, bias, technological sovereignty, and the right to digital self-determination.
ES · EN · 2026
A comparative review of FPIC implementation in the region, focusing on the gaps between the international standard and national practices.
EN · 2026
Areas of specialization
Eight generations of the Koñwepang lineage building their own institutions. That accumulated legacy, synthesized into five areas of specialized practice.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as an applicable legal framework. Analysis of the gap between the international standard and its implementation in Latin American national contexts, with a focus on Chile.
EMRIP, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, WIPO IGC. How they work, their mandates, and how to use them strategically as tools for international advocacy.
FPIC as a collective right and as a legal-political process. Standards from ILO Convention 169 and UNDRIP, comparative jurisprudence, and design of consent processes with intercultural legitimacy for companies and States.
The intersection of AI, data, and the collective rights of indigenous peoples: data sovereignty, algorithmic bias, digital cultural heritage, and emerging AI governance frameworks through the lens of UNDRIP.
Intercultural Bridges Methodology: KNOWledge, CONCILiation, CONFIdence, CONSTRUCTion. From confrontation to reencuentro between indigenous peoples, States, and companies. Certified socio-environmental mediator.
Koñwepang Lineage · 1740 → present
Build indigenous institutions and forge alliances without assimilation. From Lemunahuel to today, the strategy of the küpalme has not changed — only the tools.
"Puma of the forest." Patriarch of the lineage. Lonko of peace on the Chol Chol river basin; root of a dynasty of peace chiefs.
The most influential Mapuche politician in contemporary Chilean history. First indigenous minister in the history of Chile (Lands and Colonization, 1952). Three-term congressman. Founded the Corporación Araucana (1938). First speech in Mapudungun in Congress (1950).
Grandfather. Lonko and guardian of mapuche feyentun. Passed on the history of the küpalme and asked that his grandson carry the patriarch's name, Lemunahuel.
Carries the patriarch's name. Mapuche lawyer. Founded his own institutions instead of working for others' — and builds the legal frameworks that allow investment projects to advance without destroying what cannot be replaced. UN, UNDRIP, AI.
The eighth generation, today
UN · OHCHR
Indigenous Fellow · Business & Human Rights Forum, Geneva
One Young World
Indigenous Advisory Circle · Global IAC
U.S. Dept. of State
International Visitor Leadership Program
Melton Foundation
Senior Fellow · Global Solvers
The Possibilists
Global Advisory Council · Germany
Voluntary Principles
Executive Secretary, Chile chapter · Security & Human Rights
Mapuche lawyer and co-founder of the KM Ecosystem, specializing in UNDRIP implementation, Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and business & human rights. JD, Universidad Católica de Temuco. LLM in Regulatory Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Postgraduate Certificate in Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and International Cooperation, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (FILAC scholarship). UN/OHCHR Indigenous Fellow, Business & Human Rights Forum, Geneva. U.S. State Department IVLP alumnus. One Young World Impact Advisory Committee. He builds the legal frameworks that allow investment and indigenous rights to coexist. Eight generations of the Koñwepang lineage.
50-word bio
Mapuche lawyer specializing in UNDRIP, FPIC, and intercultural mediation. Co-founder of the KM Ecosystem. UN/OHCHR Indigenous Fellow, U.S. State Department IVLP alumnus, One Young World IAC. LLM, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Eight generations of the Koñwepang lineage — building from inside both worlds.
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