Ara Marcen Naval
Independent Consultant
email: contact [at] aramarcen [dot] com
Independent Consultant
email: contact [at] aramarcen [dot] com
Arms Trade Treaty | corruption | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Ara Marcen Naval is a human rights specialist and independent consultant. She previously was the Head of Advocacy for Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme, working towards raising awareness of the nexus of corruption, conflict and insecurity. Prior to that, Marcen Naval was Deputy Director for Global Issues at Amnesty International, where she headed up the organisation’s global research, campaigning and advocacy on issues including the arms trade, torture trade, policing weapons, and the use of inhumane weapons around the world and other disarmament related issues.
Recent Publications:
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Ara Marcen Naval is a human rights specialist and independent consultant. She previously was the Head of Advocacy for Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme, working towards raising awareness of the nexus of corruption, conflict and insecurity. Prior to that, Marcen Naval was Deputy Director for Global Issues at Amnesty International, where she headed up the organisation’s global research, campaigning and advocacy on issues including the arms trade, torture trade, policing weapons, and the use of inhumane weapons around the world and other disarmament related issues.
Recent Publications:
- "Defending Transparency: An advocate’s guide to counteracting defence corruption," Transparency International Defence and Security, August 28, 2024.
- "Betrayed by the Guardians: The human toll of corruption in defence and security," Transparency International, May 7, 2024.*
- "Access to information in a world in crisis: how opacity in the defence sector makes countries more vulnerable to corruption," Transparency International-Defence and Security, September 28, 2021.
- "Defence companies are not doing enough to stop corruption. Only a commitment to transparency will turn things around," Transparency International Defence & Security, February 9, 2021.
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