World Anti-Piracy Observatory

Measures and Remedies

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This chapter provides information on measures and remedies to fight piracy provided for by national legislations.

• Copyright infringement
• Remedies to protect copyright holders 
• Provisional measures
• Penalties for copyright infringement
• Requirements for foreign persons

Regions are presented based on a definition that is specific to UNESCO and refers to the execution of the Organisation’s regional activities.  The definition does not necessarily correspond to physical geography.

Africa
Algeria / Benin / Botswana / Burkina Faso / Burundi / Cameroon / Cote d’Ivoire / Democratic Republic of Congo / Egypt / Guinea / Lesotho / Madagascar / Mali / Mauritania / Mauritius / Morocco / Mozambique / Namibia / Nigeria / Senegal / Seychelles / South Africa / Togo / Zambia / Zimbabwe

Arab States
Algeria / Bahrain / Egypt / Jordania  / Kuwait / Lebanon / Mauritania / Morocco / Oman / Qatar / Saudi Arabia / Syrian Arab Republic / Tunisia / United Arab Emirates

Asia and the Pacific
Australia / Bhutan / Cambodia  / India / Japan / Kazakhstan / Malaysia / New Zealand / Pakistan / Papua New Guinea / Philippines / Russian Federation / Sri Lanka / Uzbekistan

Europe and North America
Albania / Andorra / Austria / Azerbaijan / Belgium / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Canada / Croatia / Cyprus / Czech Republic / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Georgia / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Israel / Latvia  / Lithuania / Luxembourg / Macedonia / Monaco / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Russian Federation / Slovakia / Slovenia / Spain / Switzerland / Turkey / United States of America

Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina / Belize / Chile / Colombia / Costa Rica / Cuba / Guatemala / Honduras / Mexico / Peru / St Vincent & the Grenadines / Trinidad and Tobago / Uruguay

Please note that the country profiles are presented currently in the language in which information has been provided to the Secretariat by the Member States - English, French or Spanish. Most of the laws are presented in an official or unofficial translation in one of the official UNESCO languages, provided by Member States, and in some cases – in their original language.