A/HRC/12/23 page 4 I. WORKING METHODS AND ACTIVITIES A. Working methods 1. In its resolution 7/13 the Human Rights Council requested the Special Rapporteur to submit a report on the implementation of her mandate to the Council in accordance with its annual programme of work. The present report is submitted in response to that request. 2. This report focuses on child pornography on the Internet. It is based on information submitted to the Special Rapporteur through a questionnaire sent to Governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector in March 2009, as well as on other research undertaken by the Special Rapporteur. 3. In the questionnaire the Special Rapporteur requested information on the scope and forms of child pornography, existing legislation and initiatives to prevent and combat child pornography on the Internet. 4. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank warmly all those who responded. Only a selection of the wealth of experiences and initiatives on which information was received is outlined in this report. B. Activities 1. Country visits 5. Since her previous report to the Council (A/HRC/9/21) the Special Rapporteur undertook visits to Estonia, from 18-24 October 2008, and Latvia, from 25-31 October 2008. The reports on these visits are presented as addenda to this report (A/HRC/12/23/Add.1 and Add.2). 6. Since her previous report the Special Rapporteur has requested invitations to visit the following States: Egypt, the Gambia, India, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman, Senegal, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America. Positive responses were received from Oman, Senegal and the United Arab Emirates. 2. Conferences, seminars and contacts with civil society 7. Since September 2008 the Special Rapporteur has participated in several conferences and seminars. In November 2008 she attended the Third World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during which she participated in the high-level panel on the various forms of commercial sexual exploitation and new trends in that regard, as well as in several workshops dealing with: (a) the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; (b) the sexual exploitation of children; and (c) child mobility.