A/HRC/26/24 training is increasingly becoming a feature of ILO work to promote consideration of the human rights of persons with disabilities in technical cooperation projects and in the general work of ILO. 67. In addition to support provided to countries in the development of labour legislation, ILO advises constituents on laws relating to the training, employment and social protection of persons with disabilities as part of ongoing work with constituents, including a focus on implementation and enforcement. Capacity-building on disability-related laws, policies, programmes and services is provided in collaboration with the ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy. 3. World Intellectual Property Organization 68. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently started a process of working with Member States at the national level in order to develop the legislative and regulatory framework necessary to ratify and implement the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired,15 or Otherwise Print Disabled (Marrakesh VIP Treaty), which was adopted by the Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities in Marrakesh, on 27 June 2013. The Marrakesh VIP Treaty is the latest addition to the body of international copyright treaties administered by WIPO. It has a clear human rights and social development dimension and its main goal is to create a set of mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of persons with disabilities. The Treaty’s development was motivated in part by the adoption of the Convention, which provides, inter alia, that laws protecting intellectual property must not pose a discriminatory or unreasonable barrier limiting access to cultural materials.16 III. Conclusions and recommendations 69. The role of United Nations agencies and regional organizations is crucial in promoting and protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. Using the Convention to its full potential − that is, as a human rights instrument with elements crucial to sustainable development −, United Nations agencies and regional organizations can contribute to legal and policy reform under the specific expertise of their mandates. States are therefore encouraged to strengthen the capacities of the United Nations system, including those of OHCHR, to respond positively to the increasing demands from stakeholders for technical assistance and advisory services at the country level for the ratification of the Convention and its Optional Protocol and for the effective implementation of its provisions. 70. Due to the multifaceted implications of the issues related to the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, including the improvement of their living conditions, States and other stakeholders should increase engagement with the United Nations to ensure compliance with international human rights standards in the development of national legislation, policies and programmes. Such engagement should take place through close consultation with, and the active involvement of, persons with disabilities, in full compliance with article 4(3) of the Convention. 71. The United Nations Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has proven to be an effective mechanism for increasing technical 15 16 www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=301016 (link visited March 4, 2014). Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, art. 30. 17