List of parties to international related rights treaties

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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.

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

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

	Rome	Phonograms	Satellites	TRIPS	WPPT
Afghanistan	—	—	—	observer	—
Albania	2000-09-01	2001-06-26	—	2000-09-08	2002-05-20
Algeria	—	—	—	observer	—
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	—
Austria	1973-06-09	1982-08-21	1982-08-06	1995-01-01	—
Azerbaijan	2005-10-08	2001-09-01	—	observer	2006-04-11
Bahamas	—	—	—	observer	—
Bahrain	2006-01-18	—	—	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	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Benin	—	—	—	1996-02-22	—
Bhutan	—	—	—	observer	—
Bolivia	1993-11-24	—	—	1995-09-12	—
Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	—	1992-03-06	observer	—
Botswana	—	—	—	1995-05-31	2005-01-27
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
Burundi	—	—	—	1995-07-23	—
Cambodia	—	—	—	2004-10-13	—
Cameroon	—	—	—	1995-12-13	—
Canada	1998-06-04	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Cape Verde	1997-07-03	—	—	observer	—
Central African Republic	—	—	—	1995-05-31	—
Chad	—	—	—	1996-10-19	—
Chile	1974-09-05	1977-03-24	—	1995-01-01	2002-05-20
China	—	1993-04-30	—	2001-12-11	—
Colombia	1976-09-17	1994-05-16	—	1995-04-30	2002-05-20
Comoros	—	—	—	—	—
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
Cote 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	—	—	—	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	—
Djibouti	—	—	—	1995-05-31	—
Dominica	1999-11-09	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Dominican Republic	1987-01-27	—	—	1995-03-09	2006-01-10
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	—	1995-05-07	2002-05-20
Equatorial Guinea	—	—	—	observer	—
Eritrea	—	—	—	—	—
Ethiopia	—	—	—	observer	—
Estonia	2000-04-28	2000-05-28	—	1999-11-13	—
European Union	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Fiji	1972-04-11	1973-04-18	—	1996-01-14	—
Finland	1983-10-21	1973-04-18	—	1995-01-01	—
France	1987-07-03	1973-04-18	—	1995-01-01	—
Gabon	—	—	—	1995-01-01	2002-05-20
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	—
Ghana	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Greece	1993-01-06	1994-02-09	1991-10-22	1995-01-01	—
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	—	1995-01-01	2002-05-20
Hong Kong	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
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	—
Israel	2002-12-30	1978-05-01	—	1995-04-21	—
Italy	1975-04-08	1977-03-24	1981-07-07	1995-01-01	—
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
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	—	—	—	—	—
Korea, Republic	—	1987-10-10	—	1995-01-01	—
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	—	—	—
Libya	—	—	—	observer	—
Liechtenstein	1999-10-12	1999-10-12	—	1995-09-01	—
Lithuania	1999-07-22	2000-01-27	—	2001-05-31	2002-05-20
Luxembourg	1976-02-25	1976-03-08	—	1995-01-01	—
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	—
Maldives	—	—	—	1995-05-31	—
Mali	—	—	—	1995-05-31	2002-05-20
Malta	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Mauritania	—	—	—	1995-05-31	—
Mauritius	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Mexico	1964-05-18	1973-12-21	1979-08-25	1995-01-01	2002-05-20
Micronesia	—	—	—	—	—
Moldova	1995-12-05	2000-07-17	—	2001-07-26	2002-05-20
Monaco	1985-12-06	1974-12-02	—	—	—
Mongolia	—	—	—	1997-01-29	2002-10-25
Montenegro	see Serbia and Montenegro
Morocco	—	—	1983-06-30	1995-01-01	—
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	—
New Zealand	—	—	—	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	—
Norway	1978-07-10	1978-08-01	—	1995-01-01	—
Oman	—	—	—	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
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	—
Qatar	—	—	—	1996-01-13	2005-10-28
Romania	1998-10-22	1998-10-01	—	1995-01-01	2002-05-20
Russian Federation	2003-05-26	1995-03-13	1989-01-20	observer	—
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	—
Samoa	—	—	—	observer	—
San Marino	—	—	—	—	—
Sao Tomé and Principe	—	—	—	observer	—
Saudi Arabia	—	—	—	2005-12-11	—
Senegal	—	—	—	1995-01-01	2002-05-20
Serbia and Montenegro	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
Slovenia	1996-10-09	1996-10-15	1991-06-25	1995-07-30	2002-05-20
Solomon Islands	—	—	—	1996-07-26	—
Somalia	—	—	—	—	—
South Africa	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Spain	1991-11-14	1974-08-24	—	1995-01-01	—
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	—
Switzerland	1993-09-24	1993-09-30	1993-09-24	1995-07-01	—
Syria	2006-05-13	—	—	—	—
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	—	—	—	2002-01-01	—
Tajikistan	—	—	—	observer	—
Tanzania	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Thailand	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Timor Leste	see Indonesia
Togo	2003-06-10	2003-06-10	2003-06-10	1995-05-31	2003-05-21
Tonga	—	—	—	observer	—
Trinidad and Tobago	—	1988-10-01	1996-11-01	1995-03-01	—
Tunisia	—	—	—	1995-03-29	—
Turkey	2004-04-08	—	—	1995-03-26	—
Turkmenistan	—	—	—	—	—
Tuvalu	—	—	—	—	—
Uganda	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Ukraine	2002-06-12	2000-02-18	—	observer	2002-05-20
United Arab Emirates	2005-01-14	—	—	1996-04-10	2005-06-09
United Kingdom	1964-05-18	1973-04-18	—	1995-01-01	—
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	—
Uzbekistan	—	—	—	observer	—
Vanuatu	—	—	—	observer	—
Vatican City	—	1977-07-18	—	observer	—
Venezuela	1996-01-30	1982-11-18	—	1995-01-01	—
Vietnam	—	2005-07-06	2006-01-12	observer	—
Yemen	—	—	—	observer	—
Zambia	—	—	—	1995-01-01	—
Zimbabwe	—	—	—	1995-03-05	—