WIPO Meetings and Documents

• Conclusions of the 22nd session of the SCCR (At its 22nd session, the SCCR welcomed the interim report on the activities of the stakeholders’ platform and encouraged the WIPO Secretariat to continue the work of the platform.)
• Proposal on an international instrument (This proposal on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities was endorsed by various Member States during the 22nd session of the SCCR)
• Comparative List of Proposals (This list compares the four proposals presented by various groups of Member States regarding international limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities)
• SCCR/21 report (At its 21st session, many SCCR Members welcomed the fourth interim report on the activities of the stakeholders’ platform and encouraged the WIPO Secretariat to continue the work of the platform)
• SCCR/20 conclusions (At its 20th session, the Conclusions by the Chair welcomed the third interim report on the activities of the stakeholders’ platform and encouraged the WIPO Secretariat to continue the work of the platform)
• Stakeholders' Platform, Fourth Interim Report (Summary report from the WIPO Meeting with Rightholders and the VIP Sector Representatives held on October 23, 2010, in New Delhi, India)
• Draft Joint Recommendation (At the 20th session of the SCCR, the European Union proposed te text of an international recommendation concerning the improved access to works protected by copyright for persons with a print disability)
• Draft WIPO Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for the Disabled, Educational and Research Institutions, Libraries and Archive Centers (At the 20th session of the SCCR, the African Group proposed this draft treaty that encompass various beneficiaries, including the visually impaired)
• Draft Consensus Instrument (At the 20th session of the SCCR, the delegation of the United States of America proposed the text of an international recommendation regarding persons with a print disability)
• Timetable to adopt a draft treaty (At the 20th session of the SCCR, the delegations of Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay proposed this timetable with a view to adopt a treaty in 2012)
• Stakeholders' Platform, Third Interim Report (Summary report from the WIPO Meeting with Rightholders and the VIP Sector Representatives held on May 26, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland)
• SCCR/19 conclusions  (At its 19th session, the SCCR welcomed the second interim report on the activities of the stakeholders’ platform and encouraged the WIPO Secretariat to continue the work of the platform)
• Background Paper by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay on a WIPO Treaty for Improved Access for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons  (This document contains a short explanation of the treaty proposal made by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay at the 18th session of the SCCR of May 2009)
• The VIP Project  (This presentation was given during the Conference on Building Partnerships for Mobilizing Resources for IP and Development held in Geneva on November 5 and 6, 2009)
• Second Interim Report  (Summary report from WIPO Meeting with Rightsholders and the VIP Sector Representatives on November 3, 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt)
• Conclusions of the 18th session of the SCCR (At its 18th session, the SCCR welcomed the interim report on the activities of the stakeholders’ platform and encouraged the WIPO Secretariat to continue the work of the platform.)
• Treaty Proposal (At the 18th session of the SCCR, the delegations of Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay proposed the text of a Treaty for Improved Access for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons prepared by the World Blind Union (WBU))
• Stakeholder's Platform: Interim Report (Summary report from WIPO Meetings with Rightsholders and the VIP Sector Representatives on January 19, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland and on April 20, 2009 in London, United Kingdom)
• Conclusions of the 17th session of the SCCR (At its 17th session, the SCCR decided to establish a stakeholders’ platform at WIPO in order to facilitate arrangements to secure access for disabled persons to protected works.)
• Study on Limitations and Exceptions for the visually impaired, by Judith Sullivan (2007)
• Study on Automated Rights Management Systems and Copyright Limitations and Exceptions, by Nic Garnett (2006), including the presentation of the study
  (This study is focused on two types of exceptions related to distance education and the visually impaired.)
• Paper on copyright exceptions and the visually impaired (2004)
• Information Meeting on Access to Digital Content by the Visually Impaired (2003)