Treaty Membership

WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (June 30, 2011)
• WIPO Copyright Treaty (April 5, 2009)
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (May 19, 2008)
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (March 9, 2000)
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (December 25, 1991)
• Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (December 25, 1991)
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (December 25, 1991)
• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 25, 1991)
• Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (December 25, 1991)
• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (December 25, 1991)
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (December 25, 1991)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 25, 1991)
• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (December 25, 1991)

IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

• Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
• International Plant Protection Convention (October 4, 2010)
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 29, 2009)
• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (January 24, 2008)
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 9, 2007)
• Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (May 21, 2006)
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (May 12, 2004)
• Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (October 30, 2001)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (April 4, 1999)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (April 7, 1998)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (January 27, 1998)
• Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (August 28, 1992)
• Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. (December 21, 1991)
• Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. (December 21, 1991)
• Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. (December 21, 1991)
• Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts. (December 21, 1991)
• Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts. (December 21, 1991)
• Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (September 9, 1991)
• Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 9, 1991)
• Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 9, 1991)

IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

• Agreement of the Producing of a Regional Informational Patent Publication on CD-ROM (May 22, 2001)
• Agreement on mutual preservation of inter-state secrets in the area of legal protection of Inventions (January 31, 2000)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - Agreement on Measures for the Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indications (of June 4, 1999) (June 4, 1999)
• Agreement on Cooperation in the Repression of Offenses in the Field of Intellectual Property (January 19, 1999)
• Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (May 7, 1997)
• Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPO) (August 12, 1995)
• Agreement concerning the Measures of Protection of Industrial Property and Establishing the Interstate Council for the Industrial Property (March 12, 1993)