Marrakesh Treaty: questions and answers
The Marrakesh Treaty is an international treaty adopted in 2013 by the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization for Copyright (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN). The Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013 at the Diplomatic Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, and entered into force on September 30, 2016.
Full title: Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for the Blind, Visually Impaired or Other Persons with Print Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as the Marrakesh Treaty)1.
It is the first copyright treaty to incorporate human rights principles with specific references to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)2 and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)3
In addition, the Marrakesh Treaty is among the international copyright conventions administered by WIPO.
The manual was prepared within the framework of the activities of the All-Ukrainian Public Association «National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine« to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities.
The materials are based on the experience of countries and organizations of visually impaired persons with disabilities that have had positive results in implementing the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for blind persons, persons with visual impairments or other disabilities, and persons with print disabilities.
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