The Copyright and Related Rights Act state that this act applies to works that are eligible for protection in Vanuatu by virtue of and in accordance with international conventins and agreements to which Vanuatu is a party. Vanuatu ratified with Act No. 16 of 2012 the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary. As a member of the WTO, Vanuatu is also a party to the TRIPS Agreement. Vanuatu is a party of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty since 2020.