Bio
Daron Tan is a legal adviser at the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), specializing in digital rights, freedom of expression, access to justice, international accountability and the rule of law in the Asia-Pacific.
Prior to joining the ICJ, Daron led a team of lawyers at Asylum Access Thailand as a frontline legal aid provider to refugees and asylum seekers. He has also previously worked with ILGA World, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Center for Asylum Protection.
Daron holds a BA (Jurisprudence) from the University of Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours as an Ann Kennedy Scholar, and an LL.M from Columbia Law School, graduating as a Global Public Service Fellow and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Relevant publications
- Silenced But Not Silent: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons’ Freedom of Expression and Information Online in Southeast Asia (International Commission of Jurists, Jul. 2023),
- https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ICJ-Silenced-But-Not-Silent-Report.pdf
- Indonesia: Criminalization of disinformation threatens freedom of expression, The Jakarta Post (Nov. 27, 2023), https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2023/11/27/criminalization-of-disinformation-threatens-freedom-of-expression.html.
- Optics and Opacity: Breaking Down Meta’s Refusal to Suspend Hun Sen, Tech Policy Press (Sep. 20, 2023), https://www.techpolicy.press/optics-and-opacity-breaking-down-metas-refusal-to-suspend-hun-sen/.
- Avoiding Overreach: Shaping State Responses to Anti-LGBTI Online Hate Speech in Southeast Asia, Opinio Juris (Jun. 18, 2022), http://opiniojuris.org/2022/06/18/avoiding-overreach-shaping-state-responses-to-anti-lgbti-online-hate-speech-in-southeast-asia/.
- Filling the Lacuna: De Facto Regimes and Effective Power International Human Rights Law, 51 NYU J. Int’L L. & Pol. 435 (2019).