Brazil signs the UNCAC Review Transparency Pledge

16 December 2025 –

Today, at the 11th Conference of States Parties to the UNCAC in Doha, Qatar, Brazil signed the  Global Civil Society Coalition for the UNCAC’s Transparency Pledge, becoming the 44th country to voluntarily commit to a high level of transparency and civil society inclusion in the second cycle of the UNCAC implementation review.

The official second cycle UNCAC review process in Brazil, which covers articles on preventive measures (Chapter II of the UNCAC) and asset recovery (Chapter V), was scheduled to begin in 2019. The review process is still ongoing: the self-assessment checklist has been completed, and the country visit by peer-reviewing states Mexico and Portugal was held from 11-13 May 2022 in a hybrid manner, with the participation of the civil society organization Movimento de Combate à Corrupção Eleitoral, Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa, Transparência Internacional – Brasil and Open Knowledge Brazil.

Brazil’s executive summary has been published on its UNODC country profile page. The self-assessment checklist has not been published there yet. The full country report is still being drafted. A civil society parallel report on the implementation of Chapters II and V of the UNCAC in Brazil was published by Transparência International – Brasil with support from the UNCAC Coalition, in September 2022. The Coalition supported TI Brasil in conducting follow-up activities in 2024.

The Transparency Pledge was signed by Secretary Marcelo Pontes, Secretary of Private Integrity, Office of the Comptroller General of Brazil in person at the Coalition’s booth at CoSP11 in Doha, Qatar, in the presence of other members of Brazil’s State delegation, a TI Brazil representative, the Coalition’s Chair and other Coalition staff.

Brazil has taken note of the UNCAC Coalition’s Guide to Transparency and Participation in the UNCAC Review Mechanism, which outlines good practices of civil society participation to ensure a transparent and inclusive review process.

Principles of Transparency

The Transparency Pledge covers the following principles, complementing the UNCAC Coalition’s guide which includes best practice approaches for promoting transparency and participation in the review process:

  1. We will publish updated review schedules for our country review
  2. We will share information about the review institution or the coordinator (focal point)
  3. We will announce the completion of the country review indicating where the report can be found
  4. We will promptly post online the self-assessment and the full country report in a UN language, together with the executive summary in local languages
  5. We will organize civil society briefings and public debates about the findings of the report
  6. We will publicly support participation of civil society observers in UNCAC subsidiary bodies

Tracking Compliance

See the country review documents as they are published on Brazil’s UNODC country profile page, or find all known details on the status of UNCAC reviews globally, the government focal point and the published documents, available civil society parallel reports, etc.,  all in one place – on our UNCAC Review Status Tracker.

All Pledge signatories’ compliance with their commitment can be monitored on our Transparency Pledge Compliance Map.