United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Liaison and Partnership Office (LPO) in Brazil

Areas of Activity

UNODC partners with the Brazilian government in different areas:

• Drug trafficking and transnational organized crime, under UNTOC;

• Human trafficking and migrant smuggling;

• Crime prevention and building effective criminal justice systems;

• Reform of the prison system, in accordance with the Mandela Rules;

• Tackling corruption, under UNCAC;

• Money laundering, asset management and recovery;

• Drug use prevention and promotion of treatment, social protection and rehabilitation services.

Support to countries

UNODC, as guardian of the following conventions ratified by Brazil, has the mandate to support countries in their implementation:

• UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo/UNTOC Convention) and its protocols on Trafficking in Persons; Migrant Smuggling; and Illicit Trafficking in Firearms;
• UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC);
  
• UN Conventions on Drugs (1961, 1971, 1988);
• UN Conventions on Terrorism (1963, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2010, 2014);
• United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules).