Shannon Raj Singh is an attorney specialized in international criminal law, the intersection of technology and human rights, and the prevention of mass atrocities. She is the Co-Vice Chair of the International Bar Association’s War Crimes Committee, and has served as its Special Rapporteur on multilateral conventions relating to atrocity crimes since 2018. In addition, Shannon is a Member of Guernica 37 Justice Chambers, a Barristers’ Chambers specializing exclusively in international criminal and human rights law. 

In the area of business and human rights, Shannon advises on both the potential and risks presented by new technologies, particularly in conflict settings or vulnerable communities. She also focuses on opportunities to develop positive applications for technologies to help prevent the commission of mass violence.

Previously, Shannon was based at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, where she advised the Appeals Chamber and the Office of the President on procedural and substantive issues of law arising in the world’s first terrorism case before an international criminal tribunal. She was also a Visiting Fellow of Practice at Oxford, where she researched mass atrocity prevention with the Blavatnik School of Government’s Program on International Peace & Security. While there, her work focused on articulating the preventive duties of States in relation to genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and providing substantive guidance as to implementing and operationalizing the due diligence standard. She has previous experience working with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and a number of human rights organizations, including South Africa’s Institute for Justice & Reconciliation. 
 
She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California, as well as Bachelor’s Degrees in Political Science and Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.