Reference on Child Pornography on the Internet Final Report Advisory Council of Jurists December 2000 On August 8 - 9 2000 the Advisory Council of Jurists considered two issues referred to it by the Forum. Seven Forum members have nominated representatives to the Council. As the most recent member to the Forum, Nepal is yet to nominate its representative to the Council. The Jurists present at the meeting were the Honourable Justice Dame Silvia Cartwright of New Zealand (President), Sir Ronald Wilson of Australia, Professor J E Sahetapy of Indonesia and Mr Sedfrey Ordonez of the Philippines. The Jurists present at the meeting decided to solicit the comments of the absent Members before distributing their final report as they felt that the final report should reflect the views of all Members. The Council invites the Forum to consider action it might take in light of the following recommendations. The Council has been asked to advise on the validity of measures taken to regulate child pornography on the internet and whether such measures can be reconciled with national and international laws guaranteeing the rights of freedom of expression, privacy and freedom of information. Before deciding whether measures are valid the Council considers that it is first necessary to define, • "child"; and • the meaning of "pornography" Definition of child In defining a child, the Council notes the definition in Article 1 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child which defines a child as a person ... below the age of eighteen years unless, under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. 2