List of parties to international treaties protecting rights related to copyright

Below is a list of countries which have signed and ratified one or more international treaties protecting rights related to copyright. Related rights protect performers, producers of sound recordings (phonograms) and broadcasting organisations. In some countries these rights are known simply as copyright, while other countries distinguish them from authors' rights: in either case, their international protection is distinct from the protection of literary and artistic works under the Berne Convention and other treaties.

Treaties

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Short name Long name Place Date
(original signature)
Date
(into force)
Rome Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations Rome 1961-10-26 1964-05-18[1]
Phonograms Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (Geneva Phonograms Convention) Geneva 1971-10-29 1973-04-17[2]
Satellites Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme–Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite Brussels 1974-05-21 1979-08-25[3]
TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Marrakech 1994-04-15 1995-01-01[4]
WPPT WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty Geneva 1996-12-20 2002-05-20[5]
Beijing Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances Beijing 2012-06-12 2020-04-28[6]

In addition, a Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty has been proposed, but not yet signed.

As of August 2024, Eritrea, Marshall Islands, Palau, and WTO Observer countries Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan are not a party to any copyright convention.

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List

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The list below was taken from details supplied by WIPO and the WTO (see references): they are correct as of 2012-10-15, and include some accessions after that date. Dates quoted are the date on which the treaty came into effect for a given country.

Country Rome Phonograms Satellites TRIPS WPPT Beijing
  Afghanistan 2016-07-29
  Albania 2000-09-01 2001-06-26 2000-09-08 2002-05-20
  Algeria 2007-04-22 observer 2017-07-25
  Andorra 2004-05-25 observer
  Angola 1996-11-23
  Antigua and Barbuda 1995-01-01
  Argentina 1992-03-02 1973-06-30 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Armenia 2003-01-31 2003-01-31 1993-12-13 2003-02-05 2005-03-06
  Australia 1992-09-30 1974-06-22 1990-10-26 1995-01-01 2007-07-26
  Austria 1973-06-09 1982-08-21 1982-08-06 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Azerbaijan 2005-10-08 2001-09-01 observer 2006-04-11
  Bahamas observer
  Bahrain 2006-01-18 2007-05-01 1995-01-01 2005-12-15
  Bangladesh 1995-01-01
  Barbados 1983-09-18 1983-07-29 1995-01-01
  Belarus 2003-05-27 2003-04-17 observer
  Belgium 1999-10-02 1995-01-01 2006-08-30
  Belize 2018-11-01 1995-01-01 2018-11-01 2018-11-09
  Benin 1996-02-22 2006-04-16
  Bhutan observer
  Bolivia 1993-11-24 1995-09-12
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009-05-19 2009-05-25 1992-03-06 observer 2009-11-25
  Botswana 1995-05-31 2005-01-27 2013-11-20
  Brazil 1965-09-29 1975-11-28 1995-01-01
  Brunei 1995-01-01
  Bulgaria 1995-08-31 1995-09-06 1996-12-01 2002-05-20
  Burkina Faso 1988-01-14 1988-01-30 1995-06-03 2002-05-20 2017-07-31
  Burundi 1995-07-23
  Cambodia 2004-10-13
  Cameroon 1995-12-13
  Canada 1998-06-04 1995-01-01
  Cape Verde 1997-07-03 2008-07-23
  Central African Republic 1995-05-31
  Chad 1996-10-19
  Chile 1974-09-05 1977-03-24 2011-06-08 1995-01-01 2002-05-20 2015-06-22
  China 1993-04-30 2001-12-11 2007-06-09 2014-07-04
  Colombia 1976-09-17 1994-05-16 1995-04-30 2002-05-20
  Comoros 2024-08-21[7]
  Congo, Democratic Republic 1977-11-29 1997-01-01
  Congo, Republic 1964-05-18 1997-03-27
  Costa Rica 1971-09-09 1982-06-17 1999-06-25 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Côte d'Ivoire 1995-01-01
  Croatia 2000-04-20 2000-04-20 1991-10-08 2000-11-30 2002-05-20
  Cuba 1995-04-20
  Cyprus 2009-06-17 1995-07-30 2005-12-02
  Czech Republic 1993-01-01 1993-01-01 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Denmark 1965-09-23 1977-03-24 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Djibouti 1995-05-31
  Dominica 1999-11-09 1995-01-01
  Dominican Republic 1987-01-27 1995-03-09 2006-01-10 2018-06-05
  Ecuador 1964-05-18 1974-09-14 1996-01-21 2002-05-20
  Egypt 1995-06-30
  El Salvador 1979-06-29 1979-02-09 2008-07-22 1995-05-07 2002-05-20 2016-10-10
  Equatorial Guinea observer
  Eritrea
  Estonia 2000-04-28 2000-05-28 1999-11-13 2010-03-14
  Ethiopia observer
  European Union 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Fiji 1972-04-11 1973-04-18 1996-01-14
  Finland 1983-10-21 1973-04-18 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  France 1987-07-03 1973-04-18 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Gabon 1995-01-01 2002-05-20 2016-09-21
  Gambia 1996-10-23
  Georgia 2004-08-14 2000-06-14 2002-05-20
  Germany 1966-10-21 1974-05-18 1979-08-25 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Ghana 1995-01-01
  Greece 1993-01-06 1994-02-09 1991-10-22 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Grenada 1996-02-22
  Guatemala 1977-01-14 1977-02-01 1995-07-21 2003-01-08
  Guinea 1995-10-25 2002-05-25
  Guinea-Bissau 1995-05-31
  Haiti 1996-01-30
  Honduras 1990-02-16 1990-03-06 2008-04-07 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Hong Kong 1995-01-01 2008-10-01
  Hungary 1995-02-10 1975-05-28 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Iceland 1994-06-15 1995-01-01
  India 1975-02-12 1995-01-01
  Indonesia 1995-01-01 2005-02-15
  Iran observer
  Iraq observer
  Ireland 1979-09-19 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Israel 2002-12-30 1978-05-01 1995-04-21
  Italy 1975-04-08 1977-03-24 1981-07-07 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Jamaica 1994-01-27 1994-01-11 2000-01-12 1995-05-09 2002-06-12
  Japan 1989-10-26 1978-10-14 1995-01-01 2002-10-09 2014-06-10
  Jordan 2000-04-11 2004-05-24
  Kazakhstan 2001-08-03 observer 2004-11-12
  Kenya 1976-04-21 1979-08-25 1995-01-01
  Kiribati
  Korea, Democratic People's Republic 2016-02-19
  Korea, Republic 2009-03-18 1987-10-10 2012-03-19[8] 1995-01-01 2009-03-18
  Kuwait 1995-01-01
  Kyrgyzstan 2003-08-13 2002-10-12 1998-12-20 2002-08-15
  Laos observer
  Latvia 1999-08-20 1997-08-23 1999-02-10 2002-05-20
  Lebanon 1997-08-12 observer
  Lesotho 1990-01-26 1995-05-31
  Liberia 2005-12-16 observer
  Libya observer
  Liechtenstein 1999-10-12 1999-10-12 1995-09-01 2007-04-30
  Lithuania 1999-07-22 2000-01-27 2001-05-31 2002-05-20
  Luxembourg 1976-02-25 1976-03-08 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Macau 1995-01-01
  Madagascar 1995-11-17
  Malawi 1995-05-31
  Malaysia 1995-01-01 2012-12-27
  Maldives 1995-05-31
  Mali 1995-05-31 2002-05-20 2018-10-23
  Malta 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Mauritania 1995-05-31
  Mauritius 1995-01-01
  Mexico 1964-05-18 1973-12-21 1979-08-25 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Federated States of Micronesia
  Moldova 1995-12-05 2000-07-17 2008-10-28 2001-07-26 2002-05-20 2015-09-04
  Monaco 1985-12-06 1974-12-02
  Mongolia 1997-01-29 2002-10-25
  Montenegro 2006-06-03 2006-06-03 2006-06-03 2012-04-29 2006-06-03
  Morocco 1983-06-30 1995-01-01 2011-07-20
  Mozambique 1995-08-26
  Myanmar 1995-01-01
  Namibia 1995-01-01
  Nauru
  Nepal 2004-04-23
  Netherlands 1993-10-07 1993-10-12 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  New Zealand 1976-08-13 1995-01-01
  Nicaragua 2000-08-10 2000-08-10 1979-08-25 1995-09-03 2003-03-06
  Niger 1964-05-18 1996-12-13
  Nigeria 1993-10-29 1995-01-01 2017-10-04
  North Macedonia 1998-03-02 1998-03-02 1991-11-17 2003-04-04 2005-03-20
  Norway 1978-07-10 1978-08-01 1995-01-01
  Oman 2008-03-18 2000-11-09 2005-09-20
  Pakistan 1995-01-01
  Palau
  Panama 1983-09-02 1974-06-29 1985-09-25 1997-09-06 2002-05-20
  Papua New Guinea 1996-06-09
  Paraguay 1970-02-26 1979-02-13 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Peru 1985-08-07 1985-08-24 1985-08-07 1995-01-01 2002-07-18 2018-09-27
  Philippines 1984-09-25 1995-01-01 2002-10-04
  Poland 1997-06-13 1995-07-01 2003-10-21
  Portugal 2002-07-17 1996-03-11 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Qatar 1996-01-13 2005-10-28 2015-07-03
  Romania 1998-10-22 1998-10-01 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Russia 2003-05-26 1995-03-13 1989-01-20 2012-08-22 2009-02-05 2015-10-19
  Rwanda 2001-07-25 1996-05-22
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1996-02-21
  Saint Lucia 1996-08-17 2001-04-02 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  St. Vincent & Grenadines 1995-01-01 2011-02-12 2016-09-05
  Samoa 2012-05-10 2017-05-09
  San Marino
  São Tomé and Príncipe
  Saudi Arabia 2005-12-11
  Senegal 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Serbia 2003-06-10 2003-06-10 1992-04-27 observer 2003-06-13
  Seychelles observer
  Sierra Leone 1995-07-23
  Singapore 2005-04-27 1995-01-01 2005-04-17
  Slovakia 1993-01-01 1993-01-01 1995-01-01 2002-05-20 2014-05-22
  Slovenia 1996-10-09 1996-10-15 1991-06-25 1995-07-30 2002-05-20
  Solomon Islands 1996-07-26
  Somalia observer
  South Africa 1995-01-01
  South Sudan
  Spain 1991-11-14 1974-08-24 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Sri Lanka 1995-01-01
  Sudan observer
  Suriname 1995-01-01
  Swaziland 1995-01-01
  Sweden 1964-05-18 1973-04-18 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  Switzerland 1993-09-24 1993-09-30 1993-09-24 1995-07-01 2008-07-01
  Syria 2006-05-13 observer 2013-03-18
  Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) 2002-01-01
  Tajikistan 2008-05-19 observer 2011-08-24
  Tanzania 1995-01-01
  Thailand 1995-01-01
  Timor Leste 2024-08-30[9]
  Togo 2003-06-10 2003-06-10 2003-06-10 1995-05-31 2003-05-21
  Tonga 2007-07-27
  Trinidad and Tobago 1988-10-01 1996-11-01 1995-03-01 2008-11-28
  Tunisia 1995-03-29 2016-07-21
  Turkey 2004-04-08 1995-03-26 2008-11-28
  Turkmenistan
  Tuvalu
  Uganda 1995-01-01
  Ukraine 2002-06-12 2000-02-18 2008-05-16 2002-05-20
  United Arab Emirates 2005-01-14 1996-04-10 2005-06-09 2014-10-15
  United Kingdom 1964-05-18 1973-04-18 1995-01-01 2010-03-14
  United States of America 1974-03-10 1985-03-07 1995-01-01 2002-05-20
  Uruguay 1977-07-04 1983-01-18 1995-01-01 2008-08-28
  Uzbekistan observer
  Vanuatu 2012-08-24
  Vatican City 1977-07-18 observer
  Venezuela 1996-01-30 1982-11-18 1995-01-01
  Vietnam 2007-03-01 2005-07-06 2006-01-12 2007-01-11
  Yemen 2014-06-26
  Zambia 1995-01-01
  Zimbabwe 1995-03-05

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International organizations

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References

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  1. ^ Parties to the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine as of 2012-10-15.
  2. ^ Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine as of 2012-11-26.
  3. ^ Parties to the Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme–Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine as of 2012-10-15.
  4. ^ Members of the World Trade Organization Archived 2009-12-29 at the Wayback Machine as of 2013-01-04.
  5. ^ Parties to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine as of 2012-11-16.
  6. ^ Contracting Parties > Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, WIPO
  7. ^ "Comoros and Timor-Leste submit WTO accession instruments, accept Fisheries Subsidies Agreement". World Trade Organization. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  8. ^ "REPUBLIC OF KOREA: ACCESSION" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  9. ^ "Comoros and Timor-Leste submit WTO accession instruments, accept Fisheries Subsidies Agreement". World Trade Organization. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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