MMA welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) on the Discussion Paper on Sexual Offences (Pornography and Children) and the Draft Bill published in terms of the Discussion Paper. MMA has drawn on our experience from our various work in protecting and promoting the triad of information rights and the best interests of the child. Where it is necessary to balance competing rights and interests, we stress the limitation of any right is only permissible where it is reasonable and justifiable to do in an open and democratic society.