Africa Update 2020 – Cape Verde

Treaties Joined

On 4 April 2019 Cape Verde took a monumental step in ensuring copyright protection for its authors by acceding to WIPO's three main copyright treaties:

• The WIPO Copyright Treaty ("WCT")
• The Performances and Phonograms Treaty (the "WPPT")
• The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (the "Marrakesh Treaty")

Cape Verde's instruments of accession were formally deposited with WIPO on 22 February 2019 and entered into force on 22 May 2019. The WCT and WPPT (together referred to as the "Internet Treaties"), as well as the Marrakesh Treaty, form the foundation of the current international copyright system.