Treaties Not Entered Into Force: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement, Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances,

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement, Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, Canada Panama Free Trade Agreement, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Conventions concerning Wages, Hours of Work on Board Ship and Manning, Convention concerning Hours of Work on Board Ship and Manning, Convention on domestic workers, Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, Convention on the recognition of registered partnerships, Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products, European Fiscal Compact, European Union South Korea Free Trade Agreement, Food Assistance Convention, Geneva Securities Convention, Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, Hague Securities Convention, Maritime Labour Convention, Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Paris Protocols, Rotterdam Rules, RP Australia SOVFA, South Korea United States Free Trade Agreement, Treaty of Accession 2011, United States Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations, Work in Fishing Convention 2007. Excerpt: The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), is a multinational treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The agreement aims to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet, and would create a new governing body outside existing forums, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, or the United Nations. The agreement was signed in October 2011 by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States. In 2012, Mexico, the European Union and 22 countries which are member states of the European Union signed as well. One signatory (Japan) has ratified (formally approved) the agreement, which would come into force in countries that ratified it after ratification by six countries. Supporters have described the agreement as a response to "the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works." Trades Unions representing workers in the music, film and TV industries and large intellectual property-based organizations such as the Motion Picture Association of America and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America were active in the treaty's development. Opponents say the convention adversely affects fundamental rights including freedom of expression and privacy. ACTA has also been criticised by Doctors Without Borders for endangering access to medicines in developing countries. The secret nature of negotiations has excluded civil society groups, developing countries and the general public from the agreement's negotiation process and it has been described as policy laundering by critics including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Entertainment Consumers Association. The signature of the EU and many of its member states resulted in the resignation in protest of the European Parliament's ap