Brazil has approved the Multilateral Convention on Social Protection of the CPLP. This convention was signed at the 20th session of the Council of Ministers of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) in Dili, Timor-Leste, on July 24, 2015, and was approved in 2023 in Benguela, Angola, during Angola's presidency in the organization.
The purpose of this convention is to ensure social protection for migrant workers in member states, including disability, old-age, and death benefits.
Portugal, Timor-Leste, and Cabo Verde are Portuguese-speaking nations that have already ratified the convention and submitted their documents to the organization's executive secretariat.
According to the Diário da República de Portugal, 'pursuant to Article 23, the convention enters into force on the first day of the month following the date on which three states (...) deposit the respective instruments of approval, ratification, or acceptance, and the convention shall be in force from January 1, 2026.'
Brazil is on its way to becoming the fourth nation to complete this process. It only needs ratification by the head of state, as the country is currently in the presidential election campaign period, the first round of which will take place on October 4, as well as depositing the document with the organization's headquarters, the executive secretariat.
Furthermore, a source from the Brazilian diplomatic mission to the CPLP told Lusa that 'Brazil and other member states—with the exception of Guinea-Bissau, suspended in the community after the coup d'état in November 2025—signed the Administrative Agreement on the Application of the Multilateral Convention on Social Protection of the CPLP during the 31st session of the Council of Ministers of the Community, held in Dili, Timor-Leste, on August 19, 2026.'
The Brazilian mission emphasized that 'the agreement, concluded after many years of negotiations, establishes the necessary procedures for applying the convention, strengthens the social protection of CPLP citizens, and ensures the portability of workers' social security rights in the context of mobility within the community space.'
In addition to the convention itself, according to information available on the Senado agency's website, a bill was approved at the plenary session of the Senate on February 2nd, which allows 'Brazilians professionally employed in Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Mozambique, and Portugal (...) to aggregate contribution periods in these countries to ensure access to pension benefits [social protection benefits].'
The CPLP, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, includes Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste.