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.