Brazil’s National Council of Justice says its civil identification and documentation initiative has identified or added 911,000 people to the civil identification database and issued or located 847,000 documents. The program serves people in custody and young people subject to juvenile justice measures.
The council released the updated totals after completing its sixth online training cycle for the national initiative. The September 16 and 17 sessions drew 4,637 participants across seven modules, bringing participation in the training cycles to more than 29,000 since 2023.
The National Action for Civil Identification and Document Issuance began in 2019 and now involves more than 150 partner institutions. Its work combines identifying people with obtaining or locating the civil records they need. The latest training brought together judicial and executive-branch staff and professionals from partner organizations.
First-day sessions covered collecting civil identification information at custody hearings and recording it in BNMP 3.0, Brazil’s national database for penal measures and imprisonment. Participants also received instruction on SERPJud, the platform used to search for and request replacement birth certificates, and on voter-document procedures.
The second day addressed identification inside prisons, issuing the Carteira de Identidade Nacional, or CIN, and issuing or regularizing the CPF taxpayer identifier. Technical support for biometric collection equipment and systems was another part of the program.
The training supports Pena Justa, a national plan addressing prison-system conditions, and the Juvenile Justice Agenda, with technical assistance from the Fazendo Justiça program. The council links the identification work to improving intake procedures and protecting personal data when records are collected, issued and used.
The CIN is also the focus of a separate federal program to accelerate national identity card issuance, including support for vulnerable populations and remote areas. Brazil has extended access overseas through a CIN issuance pilot at its Lisbon consulate, where applicants provide fingerprints and facial images.
Within juvenile justice services, Mato Grosso do Sul began using SERPJud in January to obtain birth certificates for adolescents and young adults. Marineide da Silva Pedreira, from the state’s juvenile justice assistance administration, told the training that a certificate previously taking as long as two months could now be obtained within 24 hours.
Sources: Brazilian National Council of Justice
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
