Dr. James Gomez is the Regional Director of Asia Centre and a highly qualified human rights expert with over 25 years of international experience working for international NGOs, intergovernmental organisations, public and private universities, research institutes and think tanks. At Asia Centre, he has led the research and drafting of the reports Harmony Laws in Southeast Asia: Majority Dominance, Minority Repression (2021) and Hate Speech in Southeast Asia: New Forms, Old Rules (2020). He holds a PhD from Monash University, Australia.