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
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 Not yet in force[6]

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

As of December 2019, Eritrea, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, and WTO Obverser countries Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan are not a party to any copyright convention.

Maps
  • Geneva Phonograms Convention
      Ratified
      Signed but not ratified
  • Satellites Convention
      Ratified or acceeded
      Signed but not ratified
  • TRIPS
      WTO members (where the TRIPS agreement applies)
      Parties to the Agreement where also the membership of the European Union applies
      Observers to the WTO
  • Beijing Treaty
      Signatories to the Treaty

List

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 — — — observer — —
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 — — — observer — —
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[7] 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 — —
Macedonia 1998-03-02 1998-03-02 1991-11-17 2003-04-04 2005-03-20 —
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
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 — — — observer — —
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 — — — — — —
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 — —

See also

International organizations

References
  1. Parties to the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations as of 2012-10-15.
  2. Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms as of 2012-11-26.
  3. Parties to the Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme–Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite as of 2012-10-15.
  4. Members of the World Trade Organization as of 2013-01-04.
  5. Parties to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty as of 2012-11-16.
  6. Contracting Parties > Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (Treaty not yet in force), WIPO
  7. REPUBLIC OF KOREA: ACCESSION

Treaty texts
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