Rio de Janeiro is the second state in Brazil – following Alagoas – to adopt legislation creating a local structure against torture, comprised of a committee to define public policy and a mechanism to conduct visits to all places of detention as defined by OPCAT. Brazil, a federal state, ratified OPCAT in 2007 and draft legislation nationally foresees that each state can have a local structure. Civil society organizations in Rio de Janeiro and the President of the Human Rights Commission of the ALRJ were behind the drafting process of the local law. Its adoption follows sustained efforts by the APT to promote the OPCAT in Brazil, with funding from the European Commission, including hosting a recent visit by a member of the UN Subcommittee on Torture Prevention (SPT) to the country.