On March 6, 2023, American University’ Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Knowledge Ecology International and the Access to Knowledge Coalition recently hosted a technical briefing on the legal and policy issues at stake in the 43rd meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.

The SCCR will be meeting on March 13-17, 2023. Major issues on the agenda include consideration of the Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty, Proposal by the African Group for a Draft Work Program on Exceptions and Limitations, and a Toolkit on Preservation by Cultural Heritage Institutions. Representatives of accredited public interest observers of the SCCR will provide analysis of the agenda for stakeholders, delegates and others interested in the outcomes of the SCCR.

Click here for the event webpage, which includes videos of each speaker's presentation, and more background documents.