The Ukrainian delegation joined the 47th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Ukrainian delegation at the WIPO headquarters was represented by:
Among other topics, the Committee considered the following issues:
At the opening of the session, the Ukrainian delegation delivered an opening statement which recalled the recent atrocities committed by russia against Ukraine.
“On the night of 25 November 2025, the russian federation conducted another massive strike on Kyiv. A residential building in the very heart of the city was hit. Seven civilians were killed, and dozens were injured. One of the impact sites was less than 400 metres from the Ukrainian IP Office.
A few days earlier, on 19 November 2025, russia struck the city of Ternopil, killing 35 civilians, including seven children (at the time of publication, the number of victims of the shelling had increased: 38 dead, including 8 children, and more than 90 injured). Residential areas, schools and civilian infrastructure were targeted without any military necessity,” noted Liubov Maidanyk.
The devastating consequences of this unjustified aggression have been felt in each sector of Ukraine’s economy. The effect has been particularly severe for the creative and media industries in Ukraine:
“The russian federation’s war of aggression took the lives of more than 230 Ukrainian artists and 113 media professionals. Just as the Stalinist regime destroyed generations of Ukrainian artists in the 1920s and 1930s, russia is now deliberately destroying Ukrainian culture… Over 2,350 cultural infrastructure objects have been damaged or destroyed,” stated the Deputy Director of the IP Office.
Concluding this statement, the Ukrainian delegation urged other delegations to deny russia any privileges or honours within WIPO.
Representatives of Estonia, on behalf of the member countries of the CEBS (Central European and Baltic States Group), supported the statement of the Ukrainian delegation.
The Danish delegation also expressed its support on behalf of a group of like-minded countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
In their statements, like-minded countries expressed solidarity with Ukraine and supported Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Subsequently, the Danish delegation, speaking on behalf of the group of like-minded countries, called on russia to immediately stop its invasion of Ukraine and cease all violations of international law. The group noted that tussia must immediately and completely withdraw its troops from the entire territory of Ukraine and fully respect the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.
During its participation in the talks, the Ukrainian delegation delivered a statement under Agenda 8, “Copyright in the Digital Environment.” UANIPIO’s Deputy Director Liubov Maidanyk shared elements of Ukraine’s national practice relevant to the broader conversation on copyright, AI and digital identity.
Liubov Maidanyk
The representative of the Ukrainian delegation informed the Committee that on 5 November 2025, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted in first reading amendments to Book II of the Civil Code that, for the first time, define digital human rights. These include the right to one’s image, voice, and digital identity in the context of artificial intelligence.
Under these amendments, creating or using an artificially generated image or voice of a person without their consent, including through AI technologies and deepfakes, would be considered unlawful, except in cases expressly provided by law. Such use would require informed consent.
“These legislative efforts reflect Ukraine’s response to a worrying rise in harmful deepfake incidents. We have also seen deepfake videos involving well-known Ukrainian television presenters, circulated widely on social media with the intent to mislead audiences and damage reputations. These examples illustrate the very real risks that unregulated AI-generated content poses both for individual rights and for the functioning of the creative sector as a whole,” noted Liubov Maidanyk.
UANIPIO’s Deputy Director also recalled Ukraine’s expansion of the broader regulatory and institutional framework for the use of generative AI and its commitment to implementing the EU copyright acquis.
Participating in the Committee’s work in all its meetings, the Ukrainian delegation strengthened Ukraine’s diplomatic stance among the WIPO Member States, received international support in Ukraine’s war against the unprovoked aggression of russia, exchanged the opinions and practice points on the national-level copyright policy, and participated in the development of international instruments for the worldwide improvement in copyright protection.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod.
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