
Ara Marcen Naval
Head of Advocacy, Transparency International Defense & Security (website)
twitter: @aramarcen
email: amarcen [at] transparency [dot] org
phone: + 44 (0)20 3096 7690
Head of Advocacy, Transparency International Defense & Security (website)
twitter: @aramarcen
email: amarcen [at] transparency [dot] org
phone: + 44 (0)20 3096 7690
Arms Trade Treaty | corruption | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Ara Marcen Naval leads global advocacy for Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme, working towards raising awareness of the nexus of corruption, conflict and insecurity. Marcen Naval is a human rights specialist who previously work as 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:
Ara Marcen Naval leads global advocacy for Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme, working towards raising awareness of the nexus of corruption, conflict and insecurity. Marcen Naval is a human rights specialist who previously work as 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:
- "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.