Ara Marcén Naval

Ara Marcén Naval is a Spanish human rights advocate and policy expert specialising in arms control, international human rights law, and security sector governance. She has over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of conflict, human rights, corruption, and accountability, including senior roles at Amnesty International and Transparency International. Her work focuses on the regulation of arms transfers, anti-corruption in the defence sector, and the legal frameworks governing the use of force. She has advised governments, UN agencies, and civil society organisations, and recently contributed to international efforts to regulate private military and security companies.

Weapons without fingerprints: Wagner, arms trafficking, and the price of impunity

By Ara Marcén Naval / May 28, 2025

This post forms part of the Wagner Symposium hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium seeks to foster deeper discussion on how best to address the Wagner Group and its affiliated entities. Introduction From the gold mines of Sudan to the battlefields of Ukraine, …

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