Ukraine signs the UNCAC Review Transparency Pledge

17 December 2025 –

Today, at the 11th Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC, Ukraine signed the Global Civil Society Coalition for the UNCAC’s Transparency Pledge, becoming the 45th country to voluntarily commit to a high level of transparency and civil society inclusion in the second cycle of the UNCAC implementation review.

Ukraine was scheduled to begin its second cycle UNCAC implementation review, which covers articles on preventive measures (Chapter II of the UNCAC) and asset recovery (Chapter V), in 2019. The self-assessment checklist is currently being completed. The country visit with peer reviewing countries Latvia and Paraguay is expected to happen in 2026 with the involvement of civil society. See the country review documents as they are published on Ukraine’s UNODC Country Profile page. Click here for more details on how the review mechanism works.

A civil society parallel report on the implementation of Chapters II and V of the UNCAC in Ukraine was published by Institute of Legislative Ideas with support from the UNCAC Coalition, in June 2024.

The Transparency Pledge was signed by Viktor Pavlushchyk, Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention of Ukraine in person at the Coalition’s booth at CoSP11 in Doha, Qatar, in the presence of other members of Ukraine’s State delegation, the Coalition’s Managing Director Mathias Huter, the Civil Society Engagement Lead Danella Newman and the Regional Coordinator for Europe Ana Revuelta.

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 organise 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 Ukraine’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.