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.
First UNCAC Review Cycle
Year 1 of 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 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 |
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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
Poland | Full Report | Report in Polish |
Second UNCAC Review Cycle
Year 1 of second review cycle (2015 – 2016)
Year 2 of second review cycle (2016 – 2017)
North Macedonia | Full Report (May 2019) | ||
Palestine | Full Report |
Year 3 of second review cycle (2017 – 2018)
United Kingdom | Full Report (June 2018) | ||
Moldova | Full Report |