Civil Society Parallel Reports

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.


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)

See the executive summaries of civil society parallel reports on UNCAC implementation from the second review cycle as part of our written submissions to the  UNCAC CoSP9: Argentina, Armenia, Benin, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, Honduras, Madagascar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe.

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

Burundi Blog post summary Original Report in French (October 2023)
Mexico Blog post summary Translated Report in English (December 2022) Original Report in Spanish

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

Albania Blog post summary Original Report in English (July - republished in August 2023)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Blog post summary Original Report in English (June 2023)
Nepal Blog post summary Original Report in English (March 2023)
Honduras Blog post summary Translated Report in English (December 2021) Original Report in Spanish
Bahrain Full Report in English (November 2021)
Zimbabwe Blog post summary Original Report in English (March 2021) Translated Report in Shona
Report in Ndebele
North Macedonia Original Report in English (May 2019)
Palestine Original Report in English (2018) and Updated Original Report in English (2023)

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

Puerto Rico (territory of USA) Blog post summary Original Report in Spanish (December 2023)
Guinea Blog post summary Original Report in French (December 2023)
Georgia Blog post summary Original Report in English (May 2023)
Kyrgyzstan Blog post summary Original Report in English (February 2023) Translated Report in Russian
Translated Report in Kyrgyz
Democratic Republic of the Congo Blog post summary Translated Report in English (March 2022) Original Report in French (March 2022)
Liberia Blog post summary Original Report in English (March 2022)
Togo Blog post summary Translated Report in English (March 2022) Original Report in French (March 2022)
Uganda Blog post summary Original Report in English (December 2021)
Cambodia Blog post summary Original Report in English (November 2021) Translated Report in Khmer (forthcoming)
Ghana Blog post summary Original Report in English (November 2021)
Argentina Blog post summary Translated Report in English (August 2021) Original Report in Spanish
Benin Blog post summary Translated Report in English (May 2021) Original Report in French
Armenia Blog post summary Translated Report in English (March 2021) Original Report in Armenian
United Kingdom Original Report in English (June 2018)
Moldova Original Report in English

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

Zambia Blog post summary Original Report in English (November 2023)
Montenegro Blog post summary Original Report in English (August 2023)
Ethiopia Blog post summary Original Report in English (May 2023)
Chile Blog post summary Original Report in Spanish (February 2023) Translated Report in English
Brazil Blog post summary Original Report in English (September 2022) Translated Report in Portuguese
Yemen Blog post summary Translated Report in English (August 2022) Original Report in Arabic
Colombia Blog post summary Translated Report in English (January 2022) Original Report in Spanish
Pakistan Blog post summary Original Report in English (November 2021)
Papua New Guinea Blog post summary Original Report in English (July 2021)
Costa Rica Blog post summary Translated Report in English (June 2021) Original Report in Spanish

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

Chad Blog post summary Original Report in French (February 2024)
Bangladesh Blog post summary Original Report in English (October 2023)
Serbia Blog post summary Original Report in English (July 2023)
El Salvador Blog post summary Original Report in Spanish (February 2023) Translated Report in English 
Tunisia Blog post summary Original Report in French (December 2022) Translated Report in English 
Translated Report in Arabic
The Gambia Blog post summary Original Report in English (August 2022)
Uzbekistan Blog post summary Original Report in English (March 2022) Translated Report in Russian 
Paraguay Blog post summary Translated Report in English (November 2021) Original Report in Spanish
Madagascar Blog post summary Translated Report in English (August 2021) Original Report in French
Ecuador Blog post summary Translated Report in English (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
Uruguay Executive Summary
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

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