Treaty Membership

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

• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (March 7, 2007)
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (June 7, 2006)
• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (June 7, 2006)
• Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (June 7, 2006)
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (September 28, 1999)
• Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (December 25, 1991)
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (December 25, 1991)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 25, 1991)

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

• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (December 10, 2010)
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (November 19, 2008)
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 4, 2008)
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005)
• 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 (August 1, 1997)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (December 17, 1996)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (September 3, 1995)
• Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. (December 26, 1991)
• Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. (December 26, 1991)
• Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. (December 26, 1991)
• Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts. (December 26, 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 26, 1991)
• Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (October 27, 1991)

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

• Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
• 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)