The UNCAC Coalition offers technical as well as limited financial support to civil society organisations (CSOs) that want to become involved in and contribute to the UNCAC implementation review process in their respective country.

In particular, the Coalition supports CSOs in:

• producing a parallel civil society report, covering all or selected articles of the second cycle of UNCAC reviews, which deal with chapters II (preventive measures) and V (asset recovery),
• producing a follow-up report on the implementation of the first review cycle,
• making other forms of contributions to the implementation review process.

Find more information on our support to CSOs here.

Civil society review reports

The Terms of Reference for the UNCAC Review Mechanism call for a review mechanism that is “transparent, efficient, non-intrusive, inclusive and impartial.” In paragraph 28 they state that:

The State party under review shall endeavour to prepare its responses to the comprehensive self-assessment checklist through broad consultations at the national level with all relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, individuals and groups outside the public sector.

In paragraph 30 they state that:

States parties are encouraged to facilitate engagement with all relevant national stakeholders in the course of a country visit.

The extent to which governments respond to this encouragement is left to their own discretion, however. This has been the subject of civil society advocacy.

Many civil society organisations have taken advantage of the opportunity offered by the UNCAC review mechanism to produce their own parallel civil society review reports. These reports evaluate the transparency and inclusiveness of the country review process and country compliance with UNCAC standards.

Second (ongoing) UNCAC Review Cycle (2015-2024)

Year 1 of the second review cycle (2015 – 2016)

Year 2 of the second review cycle (2016 – 2017)

Zimbabwe		Full Report (March 2021)
North Macedonia		Full Report (May 2019)
Palestine		Full Report (2018)

Year 3 of the second review cycle (2017 – 2018)

Armenia		Full Report (March 2021)	Report in Armenian
United Kingdom		Full Report (June 2018)
Moldova		Full Report

Year 4 of the second review cycle (2018-2019)

Year 5 of the second review cycle (2019-2020)

Ecuador

Full Report (April 2021)

Original Report in Spanish

First UNCAC Review Cycle (2010-2015)

Year 1 of the first review cycle (2010 – 2011)

Argentina	Executive Summary	Full Report
Bangladesh	Executive Summary	Full Report
Brazil	Executive Summary	Full Report
Bulgaria	Executive Summary	Full Report	Report in Bulgarian
Chile	Executive Summary	Full Report
Lithuania	Executive Summary	Full Report	Report in Lithuanian
Mongolia	Executive Summary	Full Report
Morocco	Executive Summary	Full Report
Peru	Executive Summary	Full Report	Report in Spanish
Ukraine	Executive Summary	Full Report	Report in Ukrainian
USA	Executive Summary	Full Report
Zambia	Executive Summary	Full Report
Overview Report	Executive Summary	Full Report	Report in French Report in Spanish

Year 2 of the first review cycle (2011 – 2012)

Colombia	Executive Summary	Full Report
Nicaragua	Executive Summary	Full Report
Panama	Executive Summary	Full Report
Papua New Guinea	Executive Summary	Full Report
Philippines	Executive Summary	Full Report
Portugal	Executive Summary	Full Report
Russia	Executive Summary	Full Report in Russian
United Kingdom	Executive Summary	Full Report
Vietnam	Executive Summary	Full Report
Zimbabwe	Executive Summary	Full Report
Overview Report		Full Report	Report in French Report in Spanish

Year 3 of the first review cycle (2012 – 2013)

Armenia	Executive Summary	Full Report
Canada	Executive Summary	Full Report
Hungary	Executive Summary	Full Report
Tunisia		Full Report	Report in Arabic Report in French
Overview Report	Executive Summary	Full Report

Year 4 of the first review cycle (2013–2014)

Guatemala	Executive Summary	Full Report
Haiti		Full Report
Nepal	Executive Summary	Full Report (Gap Analysis)
Turkey	Executive Summary	Full Report

Year 5 of the first review cycle (2014-2015)

Poland

Full Report

Report in Polish