Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of stateless persons and refugees. Geneva, 6 September 1952.¹

States	Group	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
Albania	II	04/11/2003²	Accession
Andorra	I	22/01/1953³	Ratification
Argentina	III	13/11/1957	Ratification
Australia	IV	24/07/1969	Ratification
Austria	I	02/04/1957	Ratification
Bangladesh	IV	05/05/1975⁴	Accession
Belgium	I	31/05/1960	Ratification
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	III	22/12/1989⁴	Accession
Bosnia and Herzegovina	II	12/07/1993	Notification of succession
Brazil	III	13/10/1959	Ratification
Cambodia	IV	03/08/1953	Accession
Costa Rica	III	07/12/1954	Accession
Cuba	III	18/03/1957	Ratification
Cyprus	I	19/09/1990⁴	Accession
Denmark	I	09/11/1961	Ratification
Ecuador	III	05/03/1957	Accession
El Salvador	III	29/12/1978⁴	Accession
Finland	I	16/01/1963	Ratification
France	I	14/10/1955	Ratification
Germany	I	03/06/1955	Ratification
Ghana	Va	22/05/1962	Accession
Greece	I	24/05/1963	Accession
Guatemala	III	28/07/1964	Ratification
Guinea	Va	13/08/1981⁴	Accession
Haiti	III	01/09/1954	Ratification
Holy See	~	05/07/1955	Ratification
India	IV	21/10/1957	Ratification
Ireland	I	20/10/1958	Ratification
Israel	I	06/04/1955	Ratification
Italy	I	19/12/1966	Ratification
Japan	IV	28/01/1956	Ratification
Kenya	Va	07/06/1966	Accession
Lao People's Democratic Republic	IV	19/08/1954	Accession
Lebanon	Vb	17/07/1959	Accession
Liberia	Va	27/04/1956	Ratification
Liechtenstein	~	22/10/1958	Accession
Luxembourg	I	15/07/1955	Ratification
Mauritius	Va	20/08/1970	Notification of succession
Monaco	I	16/06/1955	Ratification
Montenegro	II	26/04/2007	Notification of succession
Morocco	Vb	08/02/1972	Accession
Netherlands	I	22/03/1967	Ratification
New Zealand	IV	11/06/1964	Accession
Nicaragua	III	16/05/1961	Ratification
Niger	Va	15/02/1989⁴	Accession
Norway	I	23/10/1962	Ratification
Pakistan	IV	28/04/1954	Accession
Panama	III	17/07/1962	Accession
Paraguay	III	11/12/1961	Accession
Peru	III	22/04/1985⁴	Accession
Poland	II	09/12/1976⁴	Accession
Portugal	I	25/09/1956	Ratification
Republic of Korea	IV	01/07/1987⁴	Accession
Rwanda	Va	10/08/1989⁴	Accession
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	III	22/01/1985	Notification of succession
Senegal	Va	09/04/1974⁴	Accession
Serbia	II	11/09/2001	Notification of succession
Slovenia	II	05/11/1992	Notification of succession
Sri Lanka	IV	27/07/1988⁴	Accession
Sweden	I	01/04/1961	Ratification
Switzerland	I	30/12/1955	Ratification
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	II	30/04/1997	Notification of succession
Tunisia	Vb	19/03/1969	Accession
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I	27/06/1957	Ratification
United States of America	I	06/12/1954	Ratification
Uruguay	III	12/01/1993⁴	Ratification
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	III	30/06/1966	Accession

¹This Protocol entered into force on 16 September 1955. It subsequently entered into force for each State at the date of deposit of that State’s instrument, except in cases of notifications of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations.

²Date upon which this State deposited with the Director-General an instrument of accession to Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971. In accordance with paragraph 2(c) of that Protocol, Protocol 1 annexed to the 1952 Convention is regarded as having entered into force for this State on the date on which Protocol 1 annexed to the 1971 Convention entered into force for it.

³Date upon which an instrument of ratification was deposited on behalf of the President of the French Republic, Co-Prince of Andorra.

⁴Date upon which this State deposited with the Director-General an instrument of accession to Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971. In accordance with paragraph 2(c) of that Protocol, Protocol 1 annexed to the 1952 Convention is regarded as having entered into force for this State on the date on which Protocol 1 annexed to the 1971 Convention entered into force for it.

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Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of stateless persons and refugees. Geneva, 6 September 1952.1

Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of stateless persons and refugees. Geneva, 6 September 1952.¹