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 1887-12-05Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works document dated February 6, 2025, retrieved 2025-05-14. 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 1955-09-16Parties to the Geneva Act of the Universal Copyright Convention as of 2000-01-01: the dates given in the document are dates of ratification, not dates of coming into force. The Geneva Act came into force on 1955-09-16 for the first twelve to have ratified (which included four non-members of the Berne Union as required by Art. 9.1), or three months after ratification for other countries.These have lost significance since almost all members are also members of TRIPS. UCC Paris Universal Copyright Convention Paris Act 1971-07-24 1974-07-10Parties to the Paris Act of the Universal Copyright Convention as of 2000-01-01: the dates given in the document are dates of ratification, not dates of coming into force. The Paris Act came into force on 1974-07-10 for countries having ratified before that date, or three months after ratification for other countries. TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Marrakech 1994-04-15 1995-01-01Members of the World Trade Organization : document dated 2015-04-26, retrieved 2015-10-22. 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 2002-03-06Summary of the WIPO Copyright Treaty , retrieved 2009-12-15.Members of the WIPO Copyright Treaty , retrieved 2009-12-15. 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. , 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.Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement , Article 40(1). Accessed 2012-03-15.

, 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.

Country Website Berne Buenos Aires UCC Geneva UCC Paris TRIPS WCT MVT 2018-06-02 2016-07-292021-02-092018-10-26 1994-03-06 2004-02-04 2000-09-082005-08-06 1998-04-19 1973-08-28 1974-07-10 Observer2014-01-31 2004-06-02 1955-09-16 Observer 1996-11-23 2000-03-17 1995-01-01 1967-06-10 1950-04-19 1958-12-13 1995-01-012002-03-062016-09-30 2000-10-19 2003-02-052005-03-062022-09-01 1928-04-14 1969-05-01 1978-02-29 1995-01-012007-07-262016-09-30 1920-10-01 1957-07-02 1982-08-14 1995-01-012010-03-14 1999-06-04 Observer2006-04-112018-12-24 1973-07-10 1976-10-13 1976-12-27 Observer2026-10-11 1997-03-02 1995-01-012005-12-15 1999-05-04 1975-08-05 1975-08-05 1995-01-012022-12-26 1983-07-30 1983-06-18 1983-06-18 1995-01-012019-12-132023-05-20 1997-12-12 Observer2002-03-062020-10-22 1887-12-05 1960-08-31 1995-01-012006-08-30 2000-06-17 1983-03-01 1995-01-012019-02-092019-02-09 1960-08-01 1996-02-222006-04-16 2004-11-25 Observer 1993-11-04 1914-05-15 1990-03-22 1990-03-22 1995-09-12Signed2019-06-12 1992-03-01 1966-05-11 (as Yugoslavia) 1974-07-10 (as Yugoslavia)Observer2009-11-252021-04-20 1998-04-15 1995-05-312005-01-272017-01-05 Biblioteca National 1922-02-09 1915-08-31 1960-01-13 1975-12-11 1995-01-01 2016-09-30 2006-08-30 1995-01-012017-5-2 1921-12-05 1975-06-07 1975-06-07 1996-12-012002-03-06 1963-08-19 1995-06-032002-03-062017-10-31 2016-04-12 1995-07-231995-07-232016-4-12 2022-03-09 1955-09-16 2004-10-13 1960-01-01 1973-05-011974-07-101995-12-132025-4-092022-01-05 Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) 1928-04-10 1962-08-10 1995-01-012014-08-132016-09-30 1997-07-07 2008-07-232019-5-222019-05-22 1977-09-03 1995-05-312020-11-19 1971-11-25 1996-10-19 1970-06-05 1955-06-141955-09-16 1995-01-01 1995-01-012002-03-062016-09-30 National Copyright Administration