Prohibit child pornography

Subject: Prohibit child pornography Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:20 pm

Prohibit child pornography A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.
Category: Moral Decency	Strength: Significant	Proposed by: Reefi
Description: REALISING that in an interconnected World, pornography will circulate. UNFORTUNATELY some of this pornography will contain children who are being forced to partake. ARGUING that a child does not have the capability to determine whether or not to partake. PROPOSING to outlaw child pornography, under international law (which would not breach Section 1, Resolution 2) A CHILD, for purposes of this Resolution, is DEFINED as a person under the age of 18. Article 1: It will be in defiance of international law to possess, or have voluntarily viewed, child pornography. This offense shall be known as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. Article 2: It will be in defiance of international law to knowingly permit the circulation of child pornography, unless for law enforcement purposes in which case the circulation should stop as soon as possible. This offense will be known as CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. Article 3: Selling or providing child pornography shall be an additional offense under international law, in addition to possession as defined in Article 1. This offense will be known as SUPPLYING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. Article 4: Child pornography is defined as any pictures (regardless of whether they are paintings, photographs, computer generated images, or videos) of children whom are naked or involved in sexual acts or in sexual positions. This includes computer generated images or cartoons. Article 5: Exceptions may be made, at the discretion of an international court. Possible exceptions include when photographs have been taken exclusively for medical or scientific purposes. Article 6: If any parties are outside the World Assembly's jurisdiction, an extradition may be requested by an international court or by a member state's law enforcement. Article 7: National law enforcement agencies will have the responsibility to find any offenders and to transfer them into international custody, if it is decided they will be prosecuted.

Subject: Re: Prohibit child pornography Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:26 pm

My main concern (though I will vote for it this time...) is that the WA has to get involved in a lot of possible situations for exceptions. Think of all the parents who take pictures of their kids having their first baths. Could be a serious backlog in cases, but the intent is there, and even that doesn't stop me from voting for it because I'm not the WA...I don't have to wade through all the bad problems to get to the real child porn...

Subject: Re: Prohibit child pornography Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:23 am

here's a telegram I received earlier...I am personally still undecided...

Hello Chazzistan,

Below I present my reasons for voting against the current WA
proposal. It is very well intentioned, however it is poorly executed.
Please take the time to read my post and consider voting against the
proposal in the WA.

Thank you for your time,

Darkesia

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I believe most of the WA delegates who are involved in actively
debating the WA proposals are speaking out against this current
proposal.

I urge every member of the WA to use your WA vote and vote against the current proposal.

Here's why:

1) The proposal defines "children" as unable to give consent and
places their age at 18. This means that internal national laws
concerning the age of consent and the age of majority are being
interfered with by the WA directly.

2) The proposal defines "child pornography" any pictures
(regardless of whether they are paintings, photographs, computer
generated images, or videos) of children whom are naked *or* involved
in sexual acts *or* in sexual positions. This includes computer
generated images or cartoons.

This would outlaw family photos of your infant's first bath and the
snap shots of "you" and your high school friends "mugging" for the
camera while fully clothed.

3) The proposal clearly puts the enforcement and trial of such
offenses into the hands of an international court that has extraditions
rights across the board.

This is not only unenforceable, but takes internal law enforcement
out of the hands of nations and puts it into the hands of some un-named
and unfunded international WA court.

I personally applaud efforts to remove child pornography from the
world. However, this proposal does more to remove and rewrite national
laws making them ineffective.

Again, I urge everyone to vote no in the WA.

Subject: Re: Prohibit child pornography Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:13 am

I would vote against. Precisely because of the ideas expressed in this telegram. The WA imposes over the nations' law. I don't think it is good.

Subject: Re: Prohibit child pornography Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:27 pm

Here, Here!!

Subject: Re: Prohibit child pornography Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:43 pm

I have noted my opposition in the World Assembly