List of parties to international copyright agreements

Below is a list of countries which have signed and ratified one or more multilateral international copyright treaties. This list covers only multilateral treaties (i.e., treaties by more than two countries). It does not include bilateral treaties (treaties between only two countries). Related rights provide intellectual property rights for 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, the international laws which are concerned with them are distinct from those concerned with literary and artistic works under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and other treaties.

Treaties

Short name	Long name	Place/act	Date	Date (into force)	Notes
Berne	Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works	Berne	1886-09-09	1887-12-05[1]
UCC Geneva	Universal Copyright Convention	Geneva Act	1952-09-06	1955-09-16[2]
UCC Paris	Universal Copyright Convention	Paris Act	1971-07-24	1974-07-10[3]
TRIPS	Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights	Marrakech	1994-04-15	1995-01-01[4]	Membership in TRIPS coincides with membership in the World Trade Organization except for least developed countries, which were granted a grace period; observer governments of the World Trade Organization are marked observer in the table below.
WCT	WIPO Copyright Treaty	Geneva	1996-12-20	2002-03-06[5][6][7]

In addition to these treaties, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multilateral treaty governing multiple aspects of intellectual property, including copyright. As of February 2012, ACTA has been signed by 31 countries, but only ratified by Japan.^[8] If ACTA is ratified by six or more signatories, it will enter into force thirty days later.^[9]

Table of parties

The list below was taken from details supplied by WIPO, UNESCO and the WTO (see references): they are correct as of 2005-12-11 (2000-01-01 for the Universal Copyright Convention), and include some accessions after that date. Dates quoted are the date on which the treaty came into effect for a given country.

Country	Berne	UCC Geneva	UCC Paris	TRIPS	WCT
Afghanistan				Observer
Albania	1994-03-06			2000-09-08	2005-08-06
Algeria	1998-04-19	1973-08-28	1974-07-10	Observer	2014-01-31[10]
Andorra	2004-06-02	1955-09-16		Observer
Angola				1996-11-23
Antigua and Barbuda	2000-03-17			1995-01-01
Argentina	1967-06-10	1958-12-13		1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Armenia	2000-10-19			2003-02-05	2005-03-06
Australia	1928-04-14	1969-05-01	1978-02-29	1995-01-01	2007-07-26
Austria	1920-10-01	1957-07-02	1982-08-14	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Azerbaijan	1999-06-04			Observer	2006-04-11
Bahamas	1973-07-10	1976-10-13	1976-12-27	Observer
Bahrain	1997-03-02			1995-01-01	2005-12-15
Bangladesh	1999-05-04	1975-08-05	1975-08-05	1995-01-01
Barbados	1983-07-30	1983-06-18	1983-06-18	1995-01-01
Belarus	1997-12-12			Observer	2002-03-06
Belgium	1887-12-05	1960-08-31		1995-01-01	2006-08-30
Belize	2000-06-17	1983-03-01		1995-01-01
Benin	1961-01-03			1996-02-22	2006-04-16
Bhutan	2004-11-25			Observer
Bolivia	1993-11-04	1990-03-22	1990-03-22	1995-09-12	Signed
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1930-06-17 (as Yugoslavia)	1966-05-11 (as Yugoslavia)	1974-07-10 (as Yugoslavia)	Observer	2009-11-25[11]
Botswana	1998-04-15			1995-05-31	2005-01-27
Brazil	1922-02-09	1960-01-13	1975-12-11	1995-01-01
Brunei	2006-08-30			1995-01-01
Bulgaria	1921-12-05	1975-06-07	1975-06-07	1996-12-01	2002-03-06
Burkina Faso	1963-08-19			1995-06-03	2002-03-06
Burundi	2016-04-12[12]			1995-07-23	2016-4-12[13]
Cambodia		1955-09-16		2004-10-13
Cameroon	1964-09-21	1973-05-01	1974-07-10	1995-12-13
Canada	1928-04-10	1962-08-10		1995-01-01	2014-08-13[14]
Cape Verde	1997-07-07			2008-07-23
Central African Republic	1977-09-03			1995-05-31
Chad	1971-11-25			1996-10-19
Chile	1970-06-05	1955-09-16		1995-01-01	2002-03-06
China, People's Republic of	1992-10-15	1992-10-30	1992-10-30	2001-12-11	2007-06-09 (Hong Kong and Macau at later dates)
Colombia	1988-03-07	1976-06-18	1976-06-18	1995-04-30	2002-03-06
Comoros	2005-04-17			Observer
Congo, Democratic Republic	1963-10-08			1997-01-01
Congo, Republic	1962-05-08			1997-03-27
Costa Rica	1978-06-10	1955-09-16	1980-03-07	1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Côte d'Ivoire	1962-01-01			1995-01-01
Croatia	1930-06-17 (as Yugoslavia)	1966-05-11 (as Yugoslavia)	1974-07-10 (as Yugoslavia)	2000-11-30	2002-03-06
Cuba	1997-02-20	1957-06-18		1995-04-20
Cyprus	1964-02-24	1990-12-19	1990-12-19	1995-07-30	2003-11-04
Czech Republic	1993-01-01	1960-01-06 (as Czechoslovakia)	1980-04-17 (as Czechoslovakia)	1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Denmark	1903-07-01	1962-02-09	1979-07-11	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Djibouti	2002-05-13			1995-05-31
Dominica	1999-08-07			1995-01-01
Dominican Republic	1997-12-24	1983-05-08	1982-05-08	1995-03-09	2006-01-10
East Timor
Ecuador	1991-10-09	1957-05-03	1991-09-06	1996-01-21	2002-03-06
Egypt	1977-06-07			1995-06-30
El Salvador	1994-02-19	1979-03-29	1979-03-29	1995-05-07	2002-03-06
Equatorial Guinea	1997-06-26			Observer
Eritrea
Estonia	1994-10-26			1999-11-13	2010-03-14
Ethiopia				Observer
European Union				1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Fiji	1971-12-01	1972-03-13		1996-01-14
Finland	1928-04-01	1963-04-16	1986-11-01	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
France	1887-12-05	1956-01-14	1972-12-11	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Gabon	1962-03-26			1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Gambia	1993-03-07			1996-10-23
Georgia	1995-05-16			2000-06-14	2002-03-06
Germany	1887-12-05	1955-09-16	1974-01-18	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Ghana	1991-10-11	1962-08-22		1995-01-01	2006-11-18
Greece	1920-11-09	1963-08-24		1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Grenada	1998-09-22			1996-02-22
Guatemala	1997-07-28	1964-10-28		1995-07-21	2003-02-04
Guinea	1980-11-20	1981-11-13	1981-11-13	1995-10-25	2002-05-25
Guinea-Bissau	1991-07-22			1995-05-31
Guyana	1994-10-25	Unknown	Unknown	1995-01-01
Haiti	1996-01-11	1955-09-16		1996-01-30
Honduras	1990-01-25			1995-01-01	2002-05-20
Hong Kong	1997-07-01	1997-09-30	1997-09-30	1995-01-01	2008-10-01[15]
Hungary	1922-02-14	1971-01-23	1974-07-10	1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Iceland	1947-09-07	1956-12-18		1995-01-01
India	1928-04-01	1958-01-21	1988-04-07	1995-01-01
Indonesia	1997-09-05			1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Iran				Observer
Iraq				Observer
Ireland	1927-10-05	1959-01-20		1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Israel	1950-03-24	1955-09-16		1995-04-21	Signed
Italy	1887-12-05	1957-01-24	1980-01-25	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Jamaica	1994-01-01			1995-05-09	2002-06-12
Japan	1899-07-15	1955-09-16	1977-10-21	1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Jersey	2014-01-31[16]
Jordan	1999-07-28			2000-04-11	2004-04-27
Kazakhstan	1999-04-12	1973-05-27		Observer	2004-11-12
Kenya	1993-06-11	1966-09-07	1974-07-10	1995-01-01	Signed
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic	2003-04-28
Korea, Republic	1996-08-21	1987-10-01	1987-10-01	1995-01-01	2004-06-24
Kuwait	2014-12-02[17]		1995-01-01
Kyrgyzstan	1999-07-08			1998-12-20	2002-03-06
Laos	2012-03-14	1955-09-16		2013-02-02
Latvia	1995-08-11			1999-02-10	2002-03-06
Lebanon	1947-09-30	1959-10-17		Observer
Lesotho	1989-09-28			1995-05-31
Liberia	1989-03-08	1956-07-27
Libya	1976-09-28			Observer
Liechtenstein	1931-07-30	1959-01-22	1999-11-11	1995-09-01	2007-04-30
Lithuania	1994-12-14			2001-05-31	2002-03-06
Luxembourg	1888-06-20	1955-10-15		1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Macau	1999-12-20			1995-01-01	2013-11-06[18]
Macedonia	1930-06-17 (as Yugoslavia)	1966-05-11 (as Yugoslavia)	1974-07-10 (as Yugoslavia)	2003-04-04	2004-02-04
Madagascar	1966-01-01			1995-11-17	2015-2-24[19]
Malawi	1991-10-12	1965-10-26		1995-05-31
Malaysia	1990-10-01			1995-01-01	2012-12-27[20]
Maldives				1995-05-31
Mali	1962-03-19			1995-05-31	2002-04-24
Malta	1964-09-21	1968-11-19		1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Marshall Islands
Mauritania	1973-02-06			1995-05-31
Mauritius	1989-05-10	1970-11-20		1995-01-01
Mexico	1967-06-11	1957-05-12	1975-10-31	1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Federated States of Micronesia	2003-10-07
Moldova	1995-11-02			2001-07-26	2002-03-06
Monaco	1989-05-30	1955-09-16	1974-12-13		Signed
Mongolia	1998-03-12			1997-01-29	2002-10-25
Montenegro	2006-06-03	1966-05-11 (as Yugoslavia)	1974-07-10 (as Yugoslavia)	2012-04-29	2003-06-13 (as Serbia and Montenegro)
Morocco	1917-06-16	1972-05-08	1976-01-28	1995-01-01	2011-07-20
Mozambique	2013-11-22[21]			1995-08-26
Myanmar				1995-01-01
Namibia	1990-03-21			1995-01-01	Signed
Nauru
Nepal	2006-01-11			2004-04-23
Netherlands	1912-11-01	1967-06-22	1985-11-30	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
New Zealand	1928-04-24	1964-09-11		1995-01-01
Nicaragua	2000-08-23	1961-08-16		1995-09-03	2003-03-06
Niger	1962-05-02	1989-05-15	1989-05-15	1996-12-13
Niue					2015-01-08[22]
Nigeria	1993-09-14	1962-02-14		1995-01-01	Signed
Norway	1896-04-13	1963-01-23	1974-08-07	1995-01-01
Oman	1999-07-14			2000-11-09	2005-09-20
Pakistan	1948-07-05	1955-09-16		1995-01-01
Palau
Panama	1996-06-08	1962-10-17	1980-09-03	1997-09-06	2002-03-06
Papua New Guinea				1996-06-09
Paraguay	1992-01-02	1962-03-11		1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Peru	1988-08-20	1963-10-16	1985-07-22	1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Philippines	1951-08-01	1955-11-19		1995-01-01	2002-10-04
Poland	1920-01-28	1977-03-09	1977-03-09	1995-07-01	2004-03-23
Portugal	1911-03-29	1956-12-25	1981-07-30	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Qatar	2000-07-05			1996-01-13	2005-10-28
Romania	1927-01-01			1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Russia	1995-03-13	1973-05-27 (as the Soviet Union)	1994-12-09	2012-08-22	2009-02-05
Rwanda	1984-03-01	1989-11-10	1989-11-10	1996-05-22
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1995-04-09			1996-02-21
Saint Lucia	1993-08-24			1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1995-08-29	1985-04-22	1985-04-22	1995-01-01
Samoa	2006-07-21			2012-05-10
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe	2016-06-14[23]			Observer
Saudi Arabia	2004-03-11	1994-07-13	1994-07-13	2005-12-11
Senegal	1962-08-25	1974-07-09	1974-07-09	1995-01-01	2002-05-18
Serbia	1930-06-17 (as Yugoslavia)	1966-05-11 (as Yugoslavia)	1974-07-10 (as Yugoslavia)	Observer	2003-06-13 (as Serbia and Montenegro)
Seychelles				2015-04-26
Sierra Leone				1995-07-23
Singapore	1998-12-21			1995-01-01	2005-04-17
Slovakia	1993-01-01	1960-01-06 (as Czechoslovakia)	1980-04-17 (as Czechoslovakia)	1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Slovenia	1930-06-17 (as Yugoslavia)	1966-05-11 (as Yugoslavia)	1974-07-10 (as Yugoslavia)	1995-07-30	2002-03-06
Solomon Islands				1996-07-26
Somalia
South Africa	1928-10-03			1995-01-01	Signed
Spain	1887-12-05	1955-01-27	1974-07-10	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Sri Lanka	1959-07-20	1984-01-25	1984-01-25	1995-01-01
Sudan	2000-12-28			Observer
Suriname	1977-02-23			1995-01-01
Swaziland	1998-12-14			1995-01-01
Sweden	1904-08-01	1961-07-01	1974-07-10	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
Switzerland	1887-12-05	1956-03-30	1993-09-21	1995-07-01	2008-07-01
Syria	2004-06-11
Taiwan				2002-01-01 (as "Chinese Taipei")
Tajikistan	2000-03-09			2013-03-02	2009-04-05
Tanzania	1994-07-25			1995-01-01
Thailand	1931-07-17			1995-01-01
Togo	1975-04-30			1995-05-31	2003-05-21
Tonga	2001-06-14			2007-07-27
Trinidad and Tobago	1988-08-16	1988-08-19	1988-08-19	1995-03-01	2008-11-28
Tunisia	1887-12-05	1969-06-19	1975-06-10	1995-03-29
Turkey	1952-01-01			1995-03-26	2008-11-28
Turkmenistan	2016-05-29[24][25]
Tuvalu					2014-06-04[26]
Uganda				1995-01-01
Ukraine	1995-10-25			2008-05-16	2002-03-06
United Arab Emirates	2004-07-14			1996-04-10	2004-07-14
United Kingdom	1887-12-05	1957-09-27	1974-07-10	1995-01-01	2010-03-14
United States	1989-03-01	1955-09-16	1974-07-10	1995-01-01	2002-03-06
Uruguay	1967-07-10	1993-04-12	1993-04-12	1995-01-01	2009-06-05
Uzbekistan	2005-04-19			Observer
Vanuatu	2012-12-27[27]			2012-08-24
Holy See (Vatican City)	1935-09-12	1955-10-05	1980-05-06	Observer
Venezuela	1982-12-30	1966-09-30	1996-04-11	1995-01-01	Signed
Vietnam	2004-10-26			2007-01-11
Yemen	2008-07-14			2014-06-26
Zambia	1992-01-02	1965-06-01		1995-01-01
Zimbabwe	1980-04-18			1995-03-05

See also

• List of parties to international related rights treaties
• List of parties to international patent treaties

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