Keeping conformity with the essential goals of equal
opportunity, non-discrimination, access, thorough individual
progress, actual and comprehensive involvement in society, the
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Publish Works for Persons
who are Blind, Visually Impaired or otherwise Print Disabled
(hereinafter, the Treaty) truly stabilizes human rights and
intellectual property rights (IPR), which was approved by
representatives from World Intellectual Property Organization's
(WIPO) 186 member states including India on June 27,
2013.1 This Treaty guarantees visually impaired people
speedier access to books and bolsters the solution to "book
famine" by calling for the contracting parties to implement
domestic law provisions permitting reproduction, distribution and
making available of published works in accessible formats, such as
Braille, with certain limitations and exceptions to the rights of
copyright right holders.
