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
(of signature)
Date
(into force)
Notes
Berne Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Berne 1886-09-09 1887-12-05
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Convention Buenos Aires 1910-08-11 1913-03-28 Largely deprecated since 2000-08-23, when the last Buenos Aires holdout joined Berne. The Dominican Republic was the first adherent to the Buenos Aires Convention, effective October 31, 1912. The convention came into force when Guatemala became the second adherent on March 28, 1913.
UCC Geneva Universal Copyright Convention Geneva Act 1952-09-06 1955-09-16 These have lost significance since almost all members are also members of TRIPS.
UCC Paris Universal Copyright Convention Paris Act 1971-07-24 1974-07-10
TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Marrakech 1994-04-15 1995-01-01 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 and painted blue in the third map below.
WCT WIPO Copyright Treaty Geneva 1996-12-20 2002-03-06
MVT Marrakesh VIP Treaty Marrakesh 2013-06-28 2016-09-30 Full name is the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works to Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities.

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. If ACTA is ratified by six or more signatories, it will enter into force thirty days later.[needs update]

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

Maps

Table of parties

The list below was taken from details supplied by WIPO, UNESCO and the WTO (see references): they are correct as of 2025-09-10 (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.

  1. The United Kingdom extended application on 1887-12-05, dates given are those that declared the continue of application as a realm.
  2. Declared the continue of application on 1976-07-05
  3. Declared the continue of application on 1961-01-03
  4. Formerly a part of Yugoslavia, which became a party of Berne Union on 1930-06-17, became an independent member on the date given, declared the continue of application on 1993-06-02
  5. Declared the continue of application on 1964-09-21
  6. Declared the continue of application on 1963-10-08
  7. Declared the continue of application on 1962-05-08
  8. Formerly a part of Yugoslavia, which became a party of Berne Union on 1930-06-17, became an independent member on the date given, declared the succession on 1992-07-28
  9. Declared the continue of application on 1964-02-24
  10. Declared the continue of application on 1971-12-01
  11. Was extended by United Kingdom on 1973-05-05, re-applied as a Special Administrative Region
  12. Declared the continue of application on 1928-04-23
  13. Was extended by Portugal on 199-08-12, re-applied as a Special Administrative Region
  14. Declared the continue of application on 1966-02-11
  15. Declared the continue of application on 1968-05-29
  16. Participated on 1893-07-01, before became a part of Yugoslavia, which became a party of Berne Union on 1930-06-17, resume an independent member on the date given, declared the continue of application on 2006-12-04
  17. Declared the continue of application on 1993-09-21
  18. Declared the continue of application on 1928-04-26
  19. Declared the continue of application on 1962-05-02
  20. Formerly a part of Yugoslavia, which became a party of Berne Union on 1930-06-17, became an independent member on the date given, declared the succession on 1993-07-23
  21. Formerly a part of Yugoslavia, which became a party of Berne Union on 1930-06-17, became an independent member on the date given, declared the continue of application on 2006-09-19
  22. Formerly a part of Yugoslavia, which became a party of Berne Union on 1930-06-17, became an independent member on the date given, declared the continue of application on 1992-06-12
  23. Declared the continue of application on 1959-07-20
  24. Declared the succession on 1981-09-18

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