Mauritius Party To Harare Protocol

This article refers to our previous article published in 2020, regarding the accession of Mauritius to the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation ("ARIPO").

Mauritius' accession to the Harare Protocol, which will take effect from 27 August 2025, represents a considerable development in intellectual property protection in Africa. By depositing its Instrument of accession on 27 May 2025, Mauritius has become the twenty-first member state of the ARIPO, thereby enabling applicants, as of the effective date, to designate a total of twenty-one countries in a single ARIPO filing. This milestone not only underscores Mauritius' commitment to fostering robust intellectual property standards in alignment with international norms but also marks an important expansion of ARIPO's regional reach.