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Abstract

The Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) and the Federal Iraq law lack of exception and limitation regulation related to blind, visually impaired and printed disable people. This also applies to many countries’ Laws and policies around the globe. Some governments are facing challenges to incorporating exceptions and limitation of the copyright law into the national regulations. The purpose of this study is to present several practical methods to overcome these challenges particularly through incorporate exceptions and limitation of the copyright law into the national and regional law according to the Marrakesh Treaty. At the same time, highlight the key benefit of exceptions and limitations in the Intellectual Property and specifically Copyright law regarding blind, visually impaired and printed disable people. Considering incorporation of international standard including Marrakesh Treaty, would enhance the benefit of blind, visually impaired and printed disable people. Finally, such studies would encourage national institutes and NGOs to promote the idea of amending the laws related to the disable people. In addition, apart from its scientific and law perspective, this study is an attempt to protect the human rights through promoting the rights of disabled people.