Edinburgh Cup 2014

R1: THBT govs should negotiate with terrorists when their citizens are taken hostage by terrorist groups
R 2:THW allow commercial surrogacy
R 3: INFO: NUS(National Union of Students) is a student union body. It supports a policy called "no p latform" where
it does not allow or invite speakers who offend or may incite hatred through their speeches. It has been used to block
Nick Griffin in the past.
THS "no platform" policies
R 4: Info: All mining companies used to be nationally owned in UK. In 1984, Thatcher closed down most of the mining
companies. This caused protests and strikes. The workers were let go without compensation.
THW pay reparations to the former mining communities in the UK
R 5: THBT gov regulatory bodies should break up big banks such as RBS, Goldman Sachs, which are deemed "too
big to fail"
Semi: THBT govs should prioritise economically productive public spending over humanities, arts, etc when deciding
budget
Final: Info: David Cameron, the Tory party leader, has said that if the conservatives win elections in 2017, they would
repeal the European Declaration of Human Rights and replace it with a new Bill of Human Rights
Motion: THBT the Labour party should engage in cross party dialogue with the Tories about the content and thus help
create the Bill of Human Rights(not exact wording)

BRAC IV 2014
Round 1: THBT the OIC should raise an army and peacekeeping force to
invade Islamic State
Round 2: THBT literature centred around female sexually is good for women
in developing countries.
Round 3: THW implement blind voting.
Round 4: Thbt that developing nations should prioritize reducing inequality
over increasing economic growth.
Round 5: THW require all food and products whos development or production
caused killed or harmed animals to display images of animal suffering on
their packaging.
Pre semis : THBT colleges should offer collegiate athletes professional
contracts.
Semis: THW significantly increase welfare payouts to low income families
who's children get good grades in school.
Final: TH supports the relocation of all Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza to
neighbouring Arab countries.

IUT IV 2014
R1: THW reallocate subsidies from tertiary to primary education in
developing countries.
R2: THW limit the number of expatriate hires in senior positions in MNCs.
R3: THW, as a part of awareness campaign about rape and sexual violence,
discourage women from risky lifestyle choices.
R4: THBT the International Community should recognize an independent Iraqi
Kurdistan, and arm it to fight against ISIS.
R5: TH regrets state's involvement in shaping cultural identity for its
citizens.
R6: TH, in the case of financial irregularities, will not allow any out of court
settlements.
R7: THBT secession s hould be decided by binding public referendum.
Semis: TH regrets the ubquity of images of human suffering on social media.
Final morion: THW outsource the entire operation of Bangladesh Cricket
Board to a foreign corporation.

WSDC 2014
R1: THW Ban Children From Becoming Professional Models.
R2: THBT only liberal democracies should host international sporting events
R3: THW Allow Prisoners To Volunteer for Drug Trials in Exchange for A lighter
Sentence.
R4: THBT Post-Revolution States Should Delegate trials of former rulers and
high-ranking officials to the ICC.
R5: THBT Slum Tourism Does More Harm Than Good
R6: THW Disallow Unvaccinated Children From Attending Public Schools
R7: THW Lift Tax Exemptions from Religious Institutions that Refuse to
Recognize Marriage Equality
R8: THW Remove All Patents on Green Technology
Octos: THW not prosecute defamation.
Quarters: THBT labor unions are becoming obsolete.
Semis: THBT drone strikes are a legitimate tool of foreign policy.

Finals: THBT an ASEAN political union is an impossible dream

Australs 2014
Round 1
That vegetarians and vegans have a moral obligation to aggressively lobby
their friends and community to not consume animal products
That the West should not import food from nations with chronic food
shortages
That we should ban all advertising and education which implies that

addictive or dangerous substances cannot be enjoyable

Round 2
That major transactions of professional sporting clubs should be subject to a
vote of paid club members
That there should be character tests for owning or participating in
professional sporting teams
That we should eject sporting teams from international competitions if their
fans are found to have committed racist/sexist/queerphobic etc acts during
matches
Round 3
That we regret the depiction of protagonists in children's books and media as
aesthetically superior
That children should learn history as a unifying national story rather than a
criticism of past generations
That we should promote the notion that the decision to have a child is a
selfish one
Round 4
That developed nations should pay developing nations to not extract their
fossil fuel resources (coal, gas, oil)
That governments should not preserve habitats purely for cultural or
aesthetic reasons
That rather than protecting endangered species the animal rights movement
should prioritise maximising the total welfare of the animal population
Round 5
That corporations should be allowed to vote
That we support an aggressively redistributive global income tax
That, once sufficient welfare services have been provided to every citizen,
the state should not care about relative inequality
Round 6
That couples should be able to enter relationship contracts which make any
future infidelity a state-enforced crime
That we should support online vigilantes to act against perpetrators of crime
and police departments/prosecutors who fail to effectively prosecute them
That we should grant overweight people the same protections from
discrimination and hate speech as other vulnerable groups
Round 7
That we should abolish NATO

That Modi's victory over the Congress Party should be celebrated

That ransoms should not be paid to Boko Haram
Round 8
That the feminist movement should exclude activists who argue that
transwomen are not women
That full equality between the sexes requires the complete abolition of
femininity and masculinity
That, as an attractive educated woman, we would choose to marry for
money rather than pursue a career
Open Octofinals

START HERE AGAIN

That the state should vet all advertisements intended for public spaces to
ensure they do not perpetuate racist or sexist stereotypes
That progressive public forums should actively recruit controversial, socially
regressive speakers in order to spark public outrage and discussion
That adoption organisations which preference, or facilitate biological parents'
preferences for, placing children in heterosexual homes should be closed
ESL Semifinals
That indigenous communities who have historically lived in the
Amazon should not be punished for acts of vigilantism against
poaches and illegal loggers
That historically oppressed indigenous minorities should embrace
and promote inaccurate but positive myths or beliefs about their
culture
That indigenous citizens should be paid a salary for life as a form of
reparations
Open Quarterfinals
That the West should force the immediate resignation of Nouri al-Maliki
That reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah is bad for Palestine
That, in spite of the opposition of the Burmese Government, the international
community should set up a safehaven for the Rohingyas in Burma
Open Semifinals
That the rise of the Tea Party Movement is good for liberal citizens of the

United States of America

That we regret that Barack Obama has not made his racial background a
significant issue during his Presidency
That it would be better for the United States of America if the Southern
states were to secede
ESL Grand Final
That we should ban volunteer tourism
That First Ladies/Gentlemen should not publically advocate for policies or
political positions during their partner's term in office
That we regret the American withdrawal from Iraq
Open Grand Final
That Western Liberal Democratic States should take an ongoing public stance
against religion
That assuming a medicinal method of becoming heterosexual was
developed, it should be banned
In a post-genocide society, the state should aggressively pursue housing
policies which promote racial integration

BDC Pro Ams 2014

Round 1:
TH, as the African Union, would shut down all national parks and animal reserves.
Round 2:
THW charge distribution and downloading of leaked sex tapes as sexual assault
Round 3:
THW allow prisoners to volunteer for clinical trials in return for lighter sentences.
Round 4:
THW levy increasing taxes every year on energy companies until they develop and
commercialise renewable energy solutions.
Round 5:
THW assemble a coalition of the willing to intervene (with or without invitation) in countries
where the local government is overwhelmed by millitant groups.
Semi Final:
THW require European football leagues to aggressively redistribute wealth from successful clubs
to less successful clubs.
Grand Final:
THBT the infanticide of newborns should not be punished beyond the penalty for unlawful
abortion

ASDC 2014
Preliminary Round 1
Theme: EDUCATION
Song: American Authors - Best Day Of My Life
- This House would allocate school places solely on geographical proximity and not other criteria
such as intelligence, ability or talent.
- This House supports the creation of exclusive schools for students that identify as LGBTQ
(lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning).
- This House regrets the narrative in education that success in life is contingent on ones level of
academic achievement.
Preliminary Round 2
Theme: MEDIA
Song: Charles and Eddie - Would I Lie To You
- This House would ban all media reporting on suicides.
- This House would remove all songs with anti-minority lyrics from public free-to-air radio.
- This House believes that peacekeeping forces should not be obligated to protect war
correspondents behind enemy lines.

Preliminary Round 3
Theme: RACE
Song: Michael Jackson - Black or White
- This House would prevent dating websites and apps from allowing users to specify their racial
preferences.
- This House believes that national police forces should implement quotas to reflect the nations
racial diversity.
- This House believes that liberal democracies should grant minority races the ability to veto the
implementation of nationwide policies.
Preliminary Round 4
Theme: USA
Song: Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA
- This House believes that the United States should not have engaged in a prisoner swap with the
Taliban.

- This House believes that the United States should publicly extend support to the Egyptian
Muslim Brotherhood.
- This House believes that the United States should, given a choice between the two, focus on
engaging India rather than China.
Preliminary Round 5
Theme: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Song: The Who - Who Are You (CSI Theme Song)
- In countries where prostitution is illegal, This House would charge the customers of prostitutes
with rape.
- In order to prevent illegal logging and poaching, This House supports vigilante action.
- This House would allow victims or victims families to veto the use of capital punishment when
sentencing their aggressors, on grounds of religious objection.
Preliminary Round 6
Theme: ENVIRONMENT
Song: Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi ft. Vanessa Carlton
- This House would pay less-developed countries to preserve their forests.
- This House would impose a sin tax on the consumption of meat.
- This House believes that developed countries, that were historically pollutive, have a moral
obligation to give up part of their land to nations that will sink due to climate change (e.g. the
Seychelles and the Maldives).
Preliminary Round 7
Theme: LGBTQ RIGHTS
Song: The New Radicals - You Get What You Give
- In states where gay marriage is not yet legal, This House believes that it is better for the gay
rights movement that openly gay people not enter into civil unions, until gay marriage is
legalised.
- This House believes that the asexual movement is better off engaging in activism separately
from, rather than together with the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer/questioning) movement.
- This House regrets a closeted Dumbledore.
Open Octofinals
Theme: GOVERNMENT
Song: Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
- Assuming the technology exists, This House would allow soldiers to permanently remove their
ability to experience fear.
- In countries where voting is compulsory and people only get one vote each, This House
believes that people should be allowed to cast negative votes against candidates in elections.
- This House believes that it is legitimate for progressive politicians in conservative nations to lie
about their political positions in order to get into power.

Open Quarterfinals, Novice Quarterfinals

Theme: ECONOMICS
Song: Bruno Mars - Treasure
- This House would subject CEOs (chief executive officers) of privatised public utilities and
public transport companies, to regular national referenda on their performance.
- This House would nationalise all pharmaceutical companies.
- This House believes that adopting a minimum wage for low-skilled workers is a better strategy
for alleviating poverty, than subsidising skills upgrading courses.
Novice Semifinals
Theme: WOMEN
Song: Jessie J - Domino
- This House believes that First World feminists should not get involved in Third World
feminists' battles.
- This House believes that feminists should condemn female celebrities that choose to stay in
abusive relationships.
- This House regrets dude feminism.
Open Semifinals, Novice Grand Finals
Theme: GEOPOLITICS
Song: Naruto OST - Strong and Strike
- This House regrets the reconciliation of Fatah and Hamas.
- This House believes that it is in Chinas interest to take a hardline stance against North Korea
rather than continue to support it.
- As the Thai military, This House would not have taken over Thailands government through a
coup d'tat.
Open Grand Finals
Theme: RELIGION
Song: REM - Losing My Religion

- This House regrets the emphasis on miracles in the spread of religion.

- This House believes that the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning)
movement should fund the creation of genderqueer interpretations of existing religious doctrine.
- This House believes that megachurches do more harm than good.

IUB IV 2014
Round 1 - THW Abolish The Sex Offenders Registry
Round 2- Assuming Military Capability, Bangladesh should annex the Rakhine
region of MyanmarRound 3- TH Supports Google control, storage & sale of
user data.Round 4 - THB organizations such as FIFA, IOA & ICC should auction
the right to host major sporting eventsPre-Semis: THW Allow People to opt
out of social welfare in exchange for the right to use all kinds of illegal &
recreational drugs
Semis : THW Replace IMF/World Bank with the BRICS Development Bank
Final: TH Supports a standing army for minorities
UADC 2014
Round 1:
THBT the trend of placing trigger warnings(sexual content, violence, suicide) for students in singing up for class
courses is regressive for education.

THW ban gender based initiatory organizations (Fraternies and sororities)

THBT companies should be disallowed from attaching conditions to the scholarships they give out that
lock individuals to specific industries.
Round 2:
THW break up megacities
THW regrets the resignation of top officials over national scandals and/or tragedies
THW remove citizen-first hiring policies.
Round 3:
In nations with high crime rate against women, THBT the international community should saction the poltical elite in
the country.
THBT the feminist movement should actively support groups like the Gulabi Gang.
THBT self indentified pro-choice activists who have had an abortion should not publicly discuss their
regret or grief about their experiences.
Round 4:
THW prohibit the media from disclosing the political motivation of terrorist groups.
THW only allow nudity in the media that plays a role in the story or furthers the narrative.
THW require judicial approval prior to the release of classified information by journalist.

Round 5:
THW discontinue the practice of victim testimonies during sentencing hearings.

THW prohibit the release of previously unpublished artistic works, after the death of the creator, author
or musician.
THW reduce a prisoner's sentence for every state-approved book that they read.
Round 6:
THBT the Philippines should allow other countries to set up military bases in parts of its territory in the exchange for
money.
THBT Singapore and Malaysia shoul place a moratorium on importing labour from Indonesia until they
reform their environmental practices.
THBT pulbic figures serving in the Japanese government have a moral obligation not ot visit the
Yasunki Shrine.
Round 7:
THW, as Dalai Lama, choose to be reincarnated outside of China and Tibet.
THW, as Pope Francis, expose the gay network in the Vatican.
In impoverished nations, when members of the Church have a child beyond their finiancial means,
THBT the Church should be responsible for the expenses of rearing the Child.

Pre-Octos:
TH regrets the dominant narrative in children's education that good always wins.
THBT parents who actively try to suppress a child's sexuality should charged fro abuse.
THBT professional sports clubs should not be allowed to contract underage players to their teams.
Octos and EFL Quarters:
TH Supports an African Union led intiative into Nigeria to combat Boko Haram
THBT India should institute an automatic right to refuge for persecuted Hindus.
THBT the Pheu Thai party cede one term of governance to the Democratic Party.

Green Herald Inter School 2014

Round 1 - THW put a CAP on the amount of money one can spend behind ones' pets.
Round 2 - THW limit the number of cases that can be filed by the police against well known opposition politicians.
Round 3 - THW with-hold the scientific discoveries that have the potential to be used as Biological weapons.
Round 4 - THBT it's better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven.
Round 5 - THBT public servants should prioritize their conscience over their designated duty. Quarter Final - THBT
the composition of the national sporting teams should reflect the economic and racial demographics of society.
Semi Final - THW impose "gender imbalance" tax on Corporations.
Grand Final - THBT the WTO should ban nations from placing bans on the export of food.

Corporate Open 2014

R1: THBT schools should reserve a quota for gay teachers.

R2: THW prohibit financial settlements in lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies.

R3: THBT natural resources should belong to the world and not an individual country.
R4: THW give corporate tax breaks during times of recession.
R5: In exchange for absolute freedom of Ukraine from Russia, THBT the EU and US should accept the
annexation of Crimea.

PEDs Expedition Ctg 2014

Round 1 This house (TH) will deny physicians right to strike.
Round 2 TH will give more votes to minorities
Round 3 TH will impose gender imbalance tax on corporations.
Round 4 THW freeze memberships of sporting federations of nations that boycott international
Round 5 TH will create provisions for income tax benefits, to high performing individuals who
volunteer, for their contributions to the civil service of Bangladesh.
Semi Finals: TH will re-engineer the politicization of Bangladeshi patriotism (through
propaganda
and/or law) to completely exclude existing personality cults (Mujib, Zia, etc.)
IUB Warm Up Open 2014
Round 1: THBT The LGBT Movement has lost its momentumRound 2: THB That Mainstrem Media in
developing countries should be banned from participating in election politics
Round 3: THW Tax Physical Attractiveness
Roun 4: THBT The US Should Withdraw Support from Israel
Semis: TH acknowledges the end of the European Union
Final: THBT Iran should take a leading role in Peace Negotiations in Syria

Scholastica Inter School 2014

Theme: #family
1.TH Supports The Use of Tiger Parenting Techniques
Theme: #dress
2. THBT Arabic Nations should stop selling oil to countries that restrict Islamic dresses until the restrictions are
removed.
Theme: #art
3. TH Regrets The Commercial Use & Mainstream Popularity of Graffiti
Theme: #health
4. THBT That in Countries with social health care systems, the government has no responsibility to cover the costs of
medical procedures for individuals who do not take preventive measures to maintain their own health.
Theme: #heroes
5. THW Modify Human Genetics to create super-soldiers for military purposes i.e. Captain America & Wolverine
Theme: #soccernomics
6. THBT That European Football Leagues should redistribute income from successful to less successful domestic

clubs.
Pre-Quarters:
THW Forcibly Displace Tribes from forests that are home to endangered species.
Quarters:
THBT The LGBT Movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choice.
Semis:
THBT Leaders of Abrahomic Faiths should actively promote interpretations of scripture which allow atheists to enter
heaven.
Final:
THBT Foreign Countries should extradite alleged war criminals back to Bangladesh

BUET InterSchool 2014

[Themes were chosen by the best speaker/s of every round]
Theme: Classic
R1- THW ban plastic surgeries. (non-essentials)
Theme: Valentine's
R2: THBT when we log into social networking websites, love logs out.
Theme: Religion
R3- THW elect imams as part of local govt.
Theme: IR
R4- THBT developing nations should outsource their national elections.
Theme: Women
R5- THBT the feminist movement should denounce the nude pop culture.
Post Break [Theme by A-Core]
Theme: Education
Quarters: THBT developing countries should re-allocate education funds from arts/social sciences to fueling career
paths that are beneficial to the state.
Theme: Environment:
Semis: THBT policies that may have a significant environmental consequences should be subject to a veto by a
"Supreme Court" of independent scientific experts.
Finals:
Theme: Bangladesh
Assuming they are guilty, THBT the execution of the war criminals without due process is the right move for
Bangladesh.

Malaysian Debate Open 2014

Round 1 - Prison
THW offer reduced sentences to prisoners who help convict prison inmates and/or prison officials in abuse cases
THW make house arrest the default punishment for crimes
Upon release, THBT prisoners have a right to compel the state to employ them in government offices
Round 2 - Women
THBT votes of the members of a household should be counted only if women in that household vote
THW ban all commercials that promote stereotypical norms of beauty and femininity
THW impose a "gender imbalance" tax on corporations
Round 3 - Education
THBT developing nations should divert tertiary education funding to improving primary and secondary education
THBT a student's performance should be evaluated relative to his/her innate capacity
THW cut subsidy of schools that have high rates of bullying incidents
Round 4 - Economics
THBT countries with high unemployment rates should ban offshoring
THBT free trade agreements should include free labor movement

THW put a moratorium on mergers and acquisitions in the social media industry
Round 5 - Russia
THBT the international community should declare the Sochi Olympics void
THBT Ukraine should accept the result of a Crimean referendum to join Russia
THBT the West should fund LGBT reformation initiatives in Russia
Round 6 - Post-Conflict Societies
In post-conflict societies, THBT the government should mandate diversity in community living (i.e. housing, schools,
workplace, etc.)
In post-conflict societies, THBT the military and police powers should be commanded by an international body and
not the country's government
In post-conflict societies, THBT historical narratives should be owned by the government
Open Octo Finals - Health Care
THBT the state, not parents, should make all medical decisions for children until they reach the age of consent
THW deprioritize the elderly in allocating scarce medical resources
Where a scientifically proven treatment has been approved for a condition, THW ban any alternative medication that
aims to treat the same
Open Quarter Finals / EFL Semi Finals - Development
THW make development aid contingent on recipient countries having aggressive socially redistributive policies
THBT government contracts involving natural resources should be subjected to a referendum
THBT governments should prioritize investing in populated areas where there's the least private and/or foreign capital
investment
Open Semi Finals /
EFL Grand Finals - Rights
THW limit the amount of land people can own
THW ban corrective treatment for the mentally ill
THW abolish the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination
Grand Finals - State
THBT the state has no right to demand/request citizens to surrender their lives
THBT the state should never pardon the crimes of individuals
THBT there is no state duty to protect individuals from themselve.

NUJS 2014
PRELIM ROUND 1: Old dog new wine
THW Legalise all recreational substances for the elderly
THW give persons convicted of petty crimes the option of choosing public lashing in lieu of a prison sentence
THW pay parents to abort foeti that suffer from genetic disability (Over and above the cost of the procedure)
PRELIM ROUND 2: DISPLACEMENT
THBT emigrants should pay an exit tax upon changing residency
THW allow individuals to sell their citizenship
THW permit communities to establish residential colonies to the exclusion of other communities
PRELIM ROUND 3: EDUCATION
THW reduce subsidies to tertiary education and reallocate the money to primary education in developing countries
THW ban religious teaching in all schools
THBT students should elect the Vice Chancellors of their universities.

PRELIM ROUND 4: CHILDREN

THW give Parents the right to be restituted by their children for money invested in their upbringing
THBT Children should have the right to retrospectively sue their parents for physical and mental trauma, upon
attaining the age of majority.
THW aggressively promote 'Modern Family' on primetime Indian television
PRELIM ROUND 5: ART
THW not permit the de-racialisation of art & literature
THW decriminalize and encourage graffiti in public spaces
THW mandate radio stations to play the music of local artists
PRELIM ROUND 6: POLITICS
THW ban members of legislatures from engaging in any other profession / business
THBT Public officials involved in sex scandals (not amounting to crimes) should not resign from office
THW allow parliamentarians to vote on conscience in defiance of the official party position
OCTO FINALS: BIO ETHICS
THW Mandate the compulsory donation of blood by eligible candidates
THBT Medical decisions regarding the life threatening conditions of children should be taken by Medical
professionals instead of the Parents
THW not use unethically obtained data in scientific research
QUARTER FINALS: GEO POL
THBT former colonizers should be obligated to accept migrants from their colonies.
THW waive diplomatic immunity in instances of alleged Human Rights violations
THW condition aid to developing countries on the repeal of anti-sodomy laws
SEMI FINALS: LABOUR
THW mandate labour union representation on the Board of Directors of companies
THW ban unpaid internships
THW ban transport and trade unions from having political affiliations
FINALS
TH regrets the decline of communism

WUDC Chennai 2014

Round 1: THBT the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of Islamic study) throughout
the Islamic world
Round 2: THW allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation to them in place of a
prison sentence
Round 3: TH regrets the rise of a 'hookup culture' (one which accepts and encourages casual sexual encounters
focused on physical pleasure, without necessarily including emotional bonding)
Round 4: THBT developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for elected office
Round 5: THBT the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the interests of the small and medium-sized negotiating countries
[info slide: http://goo.gl/qTTLth]

Round 6: THW make the receipt of welfare payments to raise children conditional on the use of long-term, but
reversible, contraception
Round 7: THBT government agencies that regulate drugs should only test whether a drug is safe, not whether it is
effective, before approving it for public use [info slide: http://goo.gl/gomgDI]
Round 8: THBT NATO should unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former Soviet Union, excluding
Russia
Round 9: TH regrets the commodification of indigenous cultures
EFL Semi-Finals: THBT the gay rights movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choice
EFL Final: THBT multinational companies should be liable for human rights abuses that occur anywhere in their
supply chain
ESL Quarter-Finals: THW remove all copyright protection for material deemed to be morally objectionable
ESL Semi-Finals: THBT Pope Francis should publicly encourage Catholics to support radically redistributive
government policies
ESL Grand Final: THW allow countries to pay other countries to settle asylum-seekers who reach their borders
Open Partial Double Octo-Finals: THW abolish gated communities in the developing world
Open Octo-Finals: THBT Japan should shame its soldiers who participated in WWII, including those who did not
commit war crimes themselves
Open Quarter-Finals: THW auction off the long-term right to govern bankrupt cities for profit
Open Semi-Finals: THBT women should reject practices that alter the appearance of their genitalia, such as waxing
and labiaplasty
Open Grand Final: THBT India should pursue aggressive economic policies
Masters' Round 1: THB that the feminist movement should actively fight to liberate men from their prescribed gender
roles
Masters' Round 2: THW redraw the borders of Africa
Masters' Grand Final: THW never categorize people by their race.

SMU IV 2014

Round 1: THBT all news organizations should be non profit.

Round 2: THBT the feminist movement should actively deny that there exists the oppression of men in society.
Round 3: Assuming it were possible, THW set up a supranational body to govern all quantitative easing measures
enacted by individual countries.
Round 4: THBT Kazai should refuse to the security agreement, which will keep US Forces in Afganistan after 2014,
unless the US ceases all drone strikes on targets within the country.
Round 5: THBT the infanticide of newborns should not be punished beyond the penalty for unlawful abortion
Quarter Finals: THBT the determination of the 'average and reasonable person' in criminal cases should never be
informed by prejudicial (racist, religious, sexist, classist or homophobic assumptions)
Semis: As the Israeli Knesset, THW abandon the Prawer Plan
Novice Finals: THBT the criminal justice system should only rely on secular rehabilitation programs.
Grand Final: Assume you are a state that is about to lose a war. You have in your arsenal, prohibited weapons that
will ensure that the war ends in stalemate and that you avert that loss of countless lives. THW allow the use of these
prohibited weapons as the last resort.

IMUDO 2013

R1: THW Allow Adults to Retrospectively Sue Their Parents for Bad Parenting (non-criminal)
R2: THBT States Should Set Up Permanent Inhumanity Exhibitions
R3: THW Allow Prisoners Sentenced For More Than 1 Year Nett (3 years gross) to have sex in prisons
R4: THW Always Attach Micro Recording Devices On Police Officers While They Are On Duty.
Quarters: THW Implement Good Samaritan Laws

Semis: THW Set Up Hypermarkets To Eliminate The Middlemen

Finals : THW Allow A Deceased Man's Sperm to Be Extracted For Artificial Insemination By His Partner Without Prior
Consent.

Great Gender Debate 2013

1. THW give incentives to women to participate in the military forces

2.THBT we should stop gender affirmative action in refugees admission
3. THS cohabitation as the new marriage
4.THW grant fathers paternity leave
5.THW only give brith to women
6. THBT the government should pay women to become housewives
7. THBT Islamic countries that allow women to drive should openly condemn countries who dont
8. THW create a quota and provide subsidies for women home ownership
9.THW censor movies that objectify women
10. THW abolish single sex schools
11.THW prioritize the posting of female diplomats to countries with bad human rights record
12. THW ban arranged marriages
13.THW elect the womens minister through a national elections where only women can vote
14. THBT the state should compel employers to pay half of husbands salary directly into the wifes account

PEDs Composite Open 2013

R1. THBT shit happens.

R2. THBT Marvel should be made to promote lead protagonist being LGBT
R3. THW require all war based video games to adhere to the geneva convetion in their depictions
R4. THBT Biological Weapons Use Is Legitimate Against Those Nations/Entities That Have Condoned Ethnic
Cleansing
R5. THBT Allowing your child to become obese is tantamount to child abuse and should be prosecuted as such.
Grand Final: THBT citizens can opt out of taxes in return for agreeing to give up any claims on social security benefits
offered by the state.

Cambridge IV 2013

R1: This house would give primates (e.g. monkeys) and cetaceans (e.g. dolphins) the same rights to life, freedom
from physical harm, and freedom of movement as humans.
R2: This house believes that developed countries should set maximum rents for residential properties in large urban
centres.
R3: This house believes that, despite the expressed wishes of the Pakistani government, the United States should
continue to target the leaders of Tehrik-i-Talibani (Pakistani Taliban).
R4: This house would break up banks, like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC, that are deemed too big
to fail.
R5: This house would ban religious charities from engaging in proselytisation
Open Quarter's- TBT the Republican and Democratic Parties should select its candidates (for
congress/senate/presidential post) through a vote by the party leaders rather than through primaries.
ESL Semi's- THW prevent those who deny climate change from seeking political office.
Open Semi's- Instead of creating a Jewish state in the British Mandate of Palestine, with the benefit of hindsight This
House would have created a Jewish State in Germany.
ESL Grand Final- It should be the policy of the US to conduct all of its military interventions unilaterally.
Open Grand Final- THBT it is in the west's interest for Assad to decisively win the Syrian Civil War.

Oxford IV 2013

Round 1: THW provide mobile teachers for the compulsory education of the children of travelling communities (e.g.
Roma and Irish Traveller)
Round 2: THBT developed economies should collectively agree to impose radically redistributive tax codes
Round 3: THW ban the gender testing of athletes in sports

Round 4: THW require major polluters to open their borders to environmental refugees
Round 5: THBT national war memorials should commemorate the casualties on all sides of the conflict
Novice Final: THBT when courts sentence offenders, they should give considerable weigh to the views of the victims
ESL Semi: THBT political parties should adopt non-hierarchical organizational structures
ESL Final: THBT liberal democracies should cut all economic and military ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Open Quarter: THW, as a liberal democracy, restrict coverage of small-scale terrorist attacks
Open Semi: THBT identity-based social movements should not include in their movements allies who are not part of
the identity group in question
Open Final: THBT the United States should dissolve its offensive military capabilities

PEDs Open 2013

R1: THBT the desecration of religious site is a legitimate tactic in mordern day warfare.
R2: THBT deception about gender negates sexual consent
R3: TH(Brazil)W regret the bid to host FIFA 2014 World Cup.
R4: THW ban private investment by MNCs in the areas struck by natural and man-made disasters or a certain
number of years.
Final: THS have a public armed militia to counter hartals.

Durham IV 2013

Round 1: THBT that the jury should be entirely made up of the people from the same racial and socioeconomic
background as the defendant
Round 2: THBT that the public should be allowed to pardon whistleblowers through a referendum.
Round 3: THBT that the ICC should not indict people for war crimes when the conflict is ongoing.
Round 4: THW not allow for people to sign up for a one-way mission MarsOne programme.
Round 5: THBT energy security is a legitimate reason for military action
Main Semi Finals: THW pay drug addicts to be permanently sterilized.
Novice Finals: THW hold parents criminally liable for repeated offenses committed by their children.
Main Finals: TH regrets the creation of a moral and legal distinction between chemical weapons and conventional
weapons

HUBER Debates 2013

R1. THW not pay subjects of clinical research trials.

R2. THBT US aid to South America should not be conditional to coca extraction.
R3. THW abolish all welfare benefits for an unconditional livable annual income.
R4. THW prefer a state without a written constitution.
R5. THW subsidize feminist pornography.
R6. THW include a morality clause for all public officials (incl but not limited to teachers, cops and firefighters).
Quarter Finals: THBT Palestinian Organizations should actively campaign for Israeli citizenship over independent
Palestinian statehood.
Semi Finals: TH supports the unionization of prisoners.
Novice Finals: THW permit inmates to raise their young children in prison.
Finals: THBT Pope Francis I should publicly endorse Socialist political parties and candidates.

BUET IV 2013 WUPID Bangladesh

Round 1 : TH does not believe in the concept of joint family
Round 2 : THBT a significant part of funding for the war on drugs should be redirected as development aid to
countries where drugs are produced
Round 3: THBT UN should an standing army, under the mandate of ICC

Round 4 :THBT countries which have been recipients of US foreign aid should help the US repay its national debt.
Round 5: THBT all countries should nationalize primary resource extraction
Round 6 :TBHT the LGBT community should be allocated representation in the parliament through a fixed quota
system filled by election within their own community. Pre-semis : THBT the modern nobel peace prize has protected
the institution of democracy.
Semis: THBT all weapon technology should be open-sourced.
Final: THBT Bangladesh should suspend all trades with India until and unless border and water issues are resolved.

UT MARA Women's Open Debating

Championship 2013

Round 1: THBT prisoners who remain unemployed should be allowed to sue the government.
Round 2: Presuming the technology existed to allow the fetus to be painlessly removed and transferred to another
womb, THW criminalize abortion.
Round 3: THBT post-conflict societies should abolish their militarized in exchange for security guarantees from
Western nations.
Round 4: THBT responsible LGBT advocacy should condemn the hook-up culture.
Quarterfinals: THW impose a universal extradition treaty.
Semifinals: TH regrets the decolonization of Africa.
Grand finals: TH regrets the female narrative that dominates the discourse on rape.

Asian BP 2013
R1: THW ban all arranged marriages.
R2: In sports/teams w/ a culture of pressure to dope, THW only prosecute the management, not the athlete, for the
use of PED.
R3: THW stop teaching classic literary works in favor of recently written texts when teaching literature in schools.
R4: THBT Iran should take a leading role in peace negotiations in Syria.
R5: THW ban Google from retaining user data
R6: THBT the media should never report on crimes intended to attract public attention.
R7: THW prohibit financial settlements in lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies.
R8: THBT indigenous groups who live in geographically separate areas should be given their own autonomous
government.
R9: THW allow individuals to contract out of all basic employment provisions (i.e.: Health Care, Safety) in return for
inc. wage.
EFL Quarter: You are a doctor at an IVF clinic. A prominent conservative politician is at your clinic seeking IVF
treatment. A "gay gene" has been identified, and one of the politician's embryos carries it. THW implant the gay
embryo
EFL Semi: THBT the US should reform its political system to encourage the creation of smaller parties (for e.g. a
Labour Party, a Tea Party, a Green Party, etc.)
EFL Final: THW ban all donations to religious organizations
Open Pre-Quarter: THBT Free Trade Agreements should be subject to approval by referendum in the respective
signatory countries
Open Quarter: Michael murdered his wife and 2 children. In his bid to escape the police, he fell and hit his head. As
a result of the fall, he lost all his memories after age 5. THW not convict michael of any crime
Open Semi: THBT Southeast Asian Nations should not help to stop the flow of asylum seekers to Australia
Open Final: THBT military conscription should be regarded as a war crime

Hart House 2013

Round 1: THW require all criminal defendants to use a government-provided lawyer.

Round 2: THW withhold Government funding from Indigenous Bands and Tribal Councils that do not have democratic
forms of government
Round 3: THW aggressively prioritize the posting of female diplomats to countries with poor women's rights records

Round 4: THBT Pakistan should sincerely pursue peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban
Round 5: THW not grant developing countries the right to host major international sporting events
QF: THBT white entertainers should refrain from utilizing modes of expression (dances, etc.) that are primarily
associated with minority cultures.
SF:
Info Slide: In the Agreement Accompanying the British Broadcasting Corporation's Charter, there is a requirement for
all news or political programming to "do all it can to ensure that controversial subjects are treated with due accuracy
and impartiality. This effectively results in a ban of editorialising.
Motion: THBT Major Daily Newspapers and TV News Channels should be required to treat controversial issues with
due accuracy and impartiality
Novice Final: THW extend the right to vote in Israeli elections to all Jews everywhere - including those who live
outside of Israel and who are not Israeli citizens
Final: THBT Religious Leaders should not endorse Political Candidates

NSU IV 2013
R1) THW ban all video games
R2) THBT the West should support conservative political parties over secular autocratic regimes in MENA
R3) THBT that a significant portion of foreign aid should be sourced through local contractors rather than
organizations based in the donor countries
R4) THBT secular nations should not permit any separate family laws for minorities.
R5) THW not allow religions to preach using genocidal literature
Pre Semis : THBT the feminist movement should support norms of monogamous relationships
Semis: THBT British colonization has had more benefits than harms for the Indian subcontinent
Finals: THW allocate votes to voters based on performance in a current affairs test.

Nalsar IV 2013

R1. THW impose a tax on meat consumption.

R2. THW not disclose the identity of suspects of crimes until proven guilty.
R3. This house, as Barack Obama, who personally believes in protecting whistleblowers, would secretly help Edward
Snowden using his own resources and not as the President of the United States.
R4. THW allow the purchase of private property in outer space and on various celestial bodies. (Infoslide: There
already exists a company selling property on the moon; UN Conventions are ambiguously worded in not prohibiting
such acts; there have been disputes over recognizing the legitimacy of such purchases)
R5. THW censor films that objectify women.
Novice Semis: THW teach gender neutral pronouns in primary school.
Novice finals: THBT India should adopt nuclear power as its primary source of energy.
Quarter Finals: THBT academic journals should accept and publish 50% of its articles from women.
Semifinals: THW not recognize any more religions than it already has.
Finals: TH celebrates the rise of China as a hegemon.

NUDC 2013
R1. THW abolish single-sex schools.
R2. THW compel media companies to sell majority of shares exclusively to journalists.

R3. THBT companies should have the right to conduct aggressive cracking and hacking in response to cyber-attacks.
R4. As long as the anti-LGBT laws are in place, THBT Western liberal democracies should not send their athletes to
the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
R5. THBT the feminist movement should support the use of hijab.
R6. THW exempt artists and their work from blasphemy, defamation, and hate speech laws.
R7. TH believes in the Chinese model of economic development.
Novice QF. THBT Indonesia should significantly increase its military budget.
Novice SF. THW force individuals who actively do self-harm acts to go to a mental health counselor provided by the
state.
Novice GF. THBT Indonesia would be better off without the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Main OF: As newly democratized states, THW provide reserved seats in the parliament to every group that actively
supports the revolution process.
Main QF: TH supports states without army.
Main SF: TH opposes social media.
Main GF: THW only allow individuals who have held a position in the governmental structure to run as presidential
candidate.

Taylor's Open 2013

R1: TH regrets the rise of mega rich football clubs (PSG, Manchester City, Anzhi Machakala)
R2: In countries that legalize designer babies, thw allow parents to design disabled babies.
R3: There is a pill which prevents you from falling in love. This house would allow you to take the pill
R4: THBT convicted rapists should be denied custody and visitation rights to children they have fathered out of rape.
QF: Thw extend liability to heads of states of countries that provide military support to belligerent states
SF: In times of recession, THW reduce corporate tax for corporations that agree not to lay off workers
GF: Assuming its existence, TH rejects heaven and hell.

EUDC 2013

R1: THW ban video games in which the player engages in brutal and inmoral violence in a realistic setting.
R2: THW require international development aid budgets to be approved by popular referenda
R3:TH as the Muslim Brotherhood would sincerely offer to cease resistance, participate in elections and respect a
liberal constitution
R4: THW allow goverment agencies to conduct automated surveillance without court authorisation
R5: THB that Israel should allow members of the Jewish Diaspora to vote in its election
R6: TH applauds the rise of songs by female pop artists that glorify assertive female sexuality.
R7: THBT it is in China's strat. int. to cease all non-humanitarian assistance to North Korea until it ends its nuclear
programme.
R8: THB that Barack Obama should not have granted legal immunity to officials who ordered the use of torture.
R9: THW provide welfare in the form of basic goods and services rather than cash payments. #eudc
ESL
QF: THBT men should consistently call out and correct chauvinistic claims by colleagues and co-workers.
SF: THB that environmentalists should launch a campaign of sabotage and property destruction aimed at major
polluting companies.
Finals: THB the state should not fund any work of art or perfomance that the average cititzens would not recognise as
having artistic merit #educ
Open
QF: THBT African countries should adopt English as the principal language of instruction in schools.
SF: TH Regrets that Western Media has Demonised Islamic Terrorists Rather than Portraying Them as Criminals with
Legitimate Political Grievances.
Final: THW give more votes to citizens according to their performance on a current affairs test.

Philippines Debate Open 2013

R1: TH regrets the emphasis on college education

R2: THW financially incentivize the transfer of land to women and the purchase of land by women
R3: THBT parents and educators should actively encourage children to invest in their physical appearance and
attractiveness
R4: THBT states should impose a moratorium on natural resource extraction until their economies are diversified
R5: TH regrets civil societys support for the current military takeover in Egypt
Octos: THBT a greater portion of foreign aid contracts and grants should go to locally-based organizations instead of
companies from the donor country
Quarters: THW pay teenage girls to not get pregnant
Semis: THW impose a cap on the number of prisoners incarcerated at any given time
Finals: THBT secular states should not allow minority groups to implement their own family law systems

UKM IV 2013
R1) THW not try minors in juvenile courts
R2) THW compel Indonesia to pay its neighbouring nations for the costs incurred as a result of the haze
R3) THBT LGBT athletes should not participate in the Winter Olympics in Russia
R4) THBT the Arab League should push for the recognition/reinstatement(forgot the exact wording) of Morsi as
Egypt's democratically elected leader
R5) TH celebrates sadomasochism
Quarters: THW allow states to pre-determine the career paths of children
Semis:TH supports the autonomous control of federal governments over the interest rates of financial institutions
during times of recession
Final: TH regrets the establishment and existence of cultural feminism.

SIDEO 2013
R1: THW allow individuals in Malaysia to possess handguns for self-defence.
R2: THW offer male scholarships to tertiary education institutions to pursue traditionally female-dominated
professions.
R3: THW encourage the eating of insects as an alternative to eating meat.
R4: THBT it is never immoral for parents to lie to their children.
R5: THW tax physical attractiveness.
QF: THW abolish prisons.
SF: THW not employ smokers.
Final: THBT victims consent is a legitimate defense for all crimes.

BDC Pre-Worlds 2013

Prelims:
Round 1: THBT racial profiling is a legitimate tactic to fight crime.
Round 2: This house would prioritize geo-engineering over traditional means of environment control.
Round 4: THB That We Should Ban Bitcoin.
Round 5: THW require all prospective parents to obtain a licence before having children.
Round 6: THBT local communities should be allowed to regulate entertainment media according to their culture &
beliefs.
Octos- THW Ban Violent Rituals(Religious or Cultural)
Quarters- THW Allow Workers To Exchange Health & Safety Rights in return for an increased salary

Semis - THBT that soldiers have the right to refusal of participation in military action based on their conscience
Grand Finale-This House Would Permanently Deny Migration To Students who have gone through the public
university system

Australs 2013
ROUND 1:
M1. That universities should not have patents.
M2. THW abolish tenure for university professors.
M3. That states that don't provide free tertiary education should subsidize career paths for students that is useful for
the state.
ROUND 2:
M1: That the English Premier League should significantly limit the number of foreign players per team .
M2: That professional sporting clubs should only b owned by the local authority of the area they represent.
M3: That we should ban players' unions in major sporting leagues
ROUND 3:
M1: We should require criminal judges to be employed in a prison for 6 months prior to appointment to the bench.
M2: That illegally gathered evidence and information should be admissible in criminal trials
M3: That individuals who commit minor crimes should be allowed 2 convert their sentences into corporal punishment
ROUND 4
M1: That we should require all free-to-air TV stations to have and adequately fund 60min of ad-free news in prime
time.
M2: That journalists should be required to lodge their sources with a press council for verification.
M3: That CEOs of major news companies should be democratically elected in open public elections.
ROUND 5
M1: That countries should not seek to regulate digital currencies like the Bitcoin
M2: TWS prohibit credit rating agencies from disclaiming legal liability for the inaccuracy of their ratings
M3: TWS make lenders liable for the losses of low-income customers who are not given independent legal advice
ROUND 6
M1: That we should make legislative deliberations & decisions on retirement age and superannuation private,
anonymous, confidential and by the secret ballot.
M2: That we should support granting private administrative control of cities on the basis of charters
M3: That gay rights group should disavow the "Gay is the New Black" campaign.
ROUND 7
M1: That the US should pay Chinese activists to combat the efforts of China's '50 Cent Party'
M2: That Detroit should sell the Detroit Institute of Art's 1 billion USD collection to service it's debts
M3: That Obama should grant Edward Snowden amnesty from all charges
Round 8
M1: TWS refuse classification to films and TV shows that fail the Bechdel Test.
M2: TWS pay parental leave as equal and non-transferable portions of leave for each parent
M3: That progressive women's groups should refrain from attacking female politicians regardless of their policies
Adj Test: That individuals should be allowed to sell their right to sue to one/more 3rd parties.
OPEN OCTO-FINALS

M1: That we should abolish Green Belt regulations.

M2: TWS rewrite animal welfare standards to be uniform for each species of animal, regardless the animal's
use/context.
M3: That Obama should use the Environmental Protection Agency and other executive powers to aggressively
combat climate change
ESL QUARTER-FINAL:
M1: That minimum standards of living should be legally enforceable in developing countries
M2: That political parties should abolish their military wings
M3: That we should select only women as diplomats to countries with poor rights standards for women
OPEN QUARTER-FINAL
M1: TWS support aggressive Palestinian protests, like property destruction, in illegal Israeli settlements
M2: That the Muslim Brotherhood should cooperate with Adly admin and accept Cabinet positions for ending protests
against the interim gov
M3: That we regret the rise of the nation state in the Arab World
ESL SEMIS:
M1: That China should establish military bases overseas.
M2: That Palestinians should not accept citizenship from Arab Nations.
M3: That we should require UN approval for the giving of military aid or selling of (words missing).
ESL FINAL:
That the media should not have broadcast the footage of British soldier, Lee Rigby, being murdered in London.
OPEN SEMIS:
M1: That we should abolish the criminal law, expand tort law and provide extra funding for the litigants
M2: That the standard or 'responsibleness' in criminal cases should never be influenced by prejudicial assumptions,
even if held by the average person in that society.
M3: That the tax offices should be allowed to retrospectively declare acts of aggressive accounting, which expliot tax
loopholes, illegal.
GRAND FINAL TOPIC:
That women should be criminally liable for harm to foetuses in utero as a result of their lifestyle choices

AUW IV 2013
Round 1:
That Governments should abolish patent protection and instead establish a fund that guarantees payments for the
development of new medicines for Third World diseases.
That this house would take lifestyle choices into account in the allocation of scarce medical resources.
That all restriction on the advertising of prescription drugs should be removed.
Round 2:
That social disgust is legitimate grounds for the restriction of artistic freedom.
That this house would require independent professional accredation of all individuals who recienve compenstation for
providing political commentary
in the media.
That government should have the right to access all private communication on the internet.

Round 3:
That we should ban Bitcoin.
That this house would prioritize geo-engineering over traditional means of environment control.
Assuming technology is available, this house would do away with human referees in international sporting events.
Round 4:
That low income ethnic neighborhoods should be protected from gentrification.
That this house would teach in indigenous languages.
That the state should pay women who choose to become housewives.
Semis:
That this house supports work for food programs in public schools.
That corporations should be held legally responsible for abuses committed by their contracted service providers.
That this house would allow migrant labor to vote in the country where they work.

Finals:
That, in Bangladesh, constitutional changes and passing legislation must require a minimum proportion of votes from
the opposition MPs.
That this house will require all university students to serve as social workers for a year right after graduation.
That this house supports a constitutional role in government for the Bangladesh military.

UADC 2013
Round 1: EducationTHBT academic researchers should restrict public access to their research that has not
undergone peer review.
THW make public universities free.
THW require all public servants to send their children to public school.
Round 2: If I Were A Doctor
As far as they are able to, THBT doctors have an obligation to disclose to a patient's sexual partners that the patient
has HIV/AIDS.
THBT doctors should never administer life sustaining treatment to those pronounced brain dead.
THBT doctors should refuse to administer abortions on patients who insist on maintaining a pro-life stance.
Round 3: Mind Your Own Business
THW abolish all patents.
THW nationalize any company that is deemed to be too big to fail.
TH supports multinational corporations who outsource their production to countries that have loose labor laws.
Round 4: Social Networking
THBT social networking sites have done more harm than good for interpersonal interaction.
THBT social networks like Grindr should not allow users to prevent their profiles from being searched by members of
a specific race.
TH condemns dating sites like Ashley Madison that are targeted at people in relationships looking to have an affair.
Round 5: Gender
THW require all employees to take the same amount of leave and work the same number of hours that their average
female colleague with a child does.

Regardless of parental consent, THW fund gender reassignment surgery for minors.
THBT homosexual movement should out homosexuals they know to be in the closet.
Round 6: Crime and Punishment
TH supports the indefinite detention of individuals in the interest of public safety.
THBT justice should involve no consideration for retribution and focus on rehabilitation instead.
THW ban proselytizing (to induce someone to convert to one's faith) in prisons.
Round 7: Environment
THW not cut funding to research that seeks to deal with climate change, even in the wake of austerity.
THW stop searching for new sources of oil.
THW stop preventing the worsening of climate change and focus on adapting to its consequences instead.
Round 8: Democracy
TH prefers a system of proportional representation to first-past-the-post voting.
TH supports parties who choose their policy positions on bills being voted on in the legislature through an online vote
by their constituents.
THBT majority of the members of the legislature should be chosen from a socially representative random draw from
the general population.
Octo Final: Geopolitics and Conflict
In post-conflict societies, THW stop collecting and destroy all information regarding the ethnic and religious identities
of its citizens.
For as long as Israel occupies Palestinian territories, TH supports an academic boycott of Israel.
THBT journalists should not use deception to gain access to rogue states or conflict zones.
Open Quarter Final and EFL Pre-mi Final: Economics
THW not tax investment income.
THBT governments should balance their budgets unless they secure consent to the contrary from young voters via
referenda.
TH supports the wider use of alternative, non-centralized currencies such as BitCoin.
Open Semi Final and EFL Semi Final: Discourse
TH regrets individualism as the dominant conception of morality in contemporary liberal discourse.
THBT political correctness gain is discourses loss.
TH regrets the states monopoly over historical narratives.
EFL Grand Final: Socio Legal
THW abolish welfare services for the poor and give them the equivalent in cash instead.
THBT spouses with no employment income should be entitled to a significant portion of their partners wages/salary.
THW have affirmative action for the ugly.
Open Grand Final: Social Justice
THBT all children should be surrendered to the states care upon birth.
THW cap the number of years a person can own land.
THW ban inheritance.
Courtesy: Shafiq Bazari.

ASDC 2013

Round 1: Politics and governance

THW make the salary of politicians equal to the per capita income of the country
THBT believes that corporations should not be allowed to contribute to campaigns
THW prefer a technocratic autocracy over a populist democracy
Round 2: Religion
THW compel religious adoption agencies to accept capable LGBT parents
THBT Free Speech should include the right to offend religions
THW remove all legal and economic privileges granted to religious organizations
Round 3: Finance and Economics
THW break up the big banks
THBT home countries should not penalize is citizens/corporations for bribery in foreign states
THBT multinational corporations have a duty to maintain a strong presence (majority of their industry) in their home
countries
Round 4: parents and children
THBT parents should be given access to all password of their children's social networking accounts
THW pay teenagers/young individuals who do not get pregnant/impregnate before they graduate
THW prevent parents from religiously indoctrinating their children
Round 5: Rights
THW force feed prisoners who go on Hunger strikes
THBT welfare benefits should be contingent upon a drug test
THW allow workers to sell their rights
Round 6: What ifs
In the face of Armageddon, THW fill the last boat (the last boat will survive) with seriously ill people instead of
criminals
Assuming we had the technology to detect homosexual genes, THW allow individuals to abort their gay fetuses
THBT the government should actively invest in human beings to attain "Marvel Comic" powers
Round 7: IR
TH supports the disbandment of the EU
THBT it's high time for Palestine to absolutely lay down its arms in its quest for independence
THBT the ICC should prosecute crimes against democracy (i.e. Massive electoral fraud and vote rigging, vote buying,
suppression of the opposition, etc.)
Open Octo Final: Education
THW abolish affirmative action criteria based on gender/ethnicity in university admissions
THW stream (put them in one class) students based on their academic performance
TH actively supports the move towards online degrees
Open Quarter Final and Novice Semi Final: Environment
THBT environmentalists should exaggerate the effects of global warming
THW subject the conviction or acquittal of environmental terrorists to a referendum
THW prohibit developed nations from dumping toxic waste in developing nations
Open Semi Final: War
THBT it should be the legal obligation of invading countries to pay for the reconstruction of occupied nations
THW launch a full military invasion against North Korea
THW try its citizens who commit acts of terrorism as enemy combatants

Novice Grand Final: Media and the arts

THW rewrite Disney stories to account for political correctness
THR the Hollywoodization of independent films (Hollywoodization: when Hollywood buys the rights over these films
and when Hollywood actors star in them)
THW prevent journalists from covering mass shootings in detail
Grand Final: Meta-debates
THBT there is no such thing as animal cruelty
THBT humanity is better off without sexual desires
THBT God is nothing but a social construct

AIUB National Debate Fest 2013

Round 1
Theme: Education
1.THW make it mandatory to teach the principles of every major religion practiced in Bangladesh in all primary and
secondary schools
2. THBT public universities should have higher tuition brackets for students from wealthy families.
3. THW make it mandatory for all school students to volunteer for at least one government approved list of community
services
Round 2
Theme: Politics
1. THW ban any mass movements that attempt to interfere with the justice system
2. THW allow individuals to run for office in their home country even if they are on political asylum
3. THW allow corporations to run for parliamentary seats.
Round 3
Theme: Economics
1. THBT govt. should set a minimum price on RMG exports which covers the cost of maintaining safety standards.
2. THW not allow foreign firms to operate inside developing countries without a domestic partner
3. THBT state should subconsciously manipulate citizen towards good lifestyle choices.
SF: This house will close all diplomatic ties with Pakistan till it apologizes for the genocide in 1971.
GF: THW would no longer automatically extend the benefits afforded to freedom fighters to their family members.

KDO 2013
Round 1:
THBT Encouraging Private Ownership Is Putting A Break On Public Transport.
THBT Adding 10 New Public Universities Is Completely Mad.
THW Compel Murderers To Attend The Funeral Of The People They Killed.
Round 2:

THBT Social Networks Are A Real Stinker To Cross-Ideological Exposure.

THBT Airline Passengers Should Stand To Save Up Save.
TH Disagrees With Restriction On Employees Use Of Social Media During Working Hours.
Round 3:

THW Impose A Fat-Tax On Confectionery.

THBT The More You Consume, The More Taxes You Should Pay.
THW Impose A Higher Levy On The In-Take Of Low-Skilled Foreign Workers.
Round 4:
THW Say Goodbye To The Party And Play On Their Own.
THW Go To The Ballot Box, But Not Bother To Vote.
THW Allow Permanent Residents To Vote, Instead Of Citizens Outside Of The Country.

Quarterfinal:
THBT FIFA Should Not Apply Video Technology In Their Refereeing.
THW Make Clubs Liable For The Indecencies Of Their Fans.
THBT Monkey Chants Are Justifiable Reason For Players To Walk-Off The Pitch.
Semi-Finals:
THBT The Cost Of Funerals For Ex-Leaders Should Not Be Borne By The People.
THBT Israel Should Not Be Blamed For Their Insecurities.
THW Separate Muslim Prisoners From The Rest.

Final:
THBT Politicians Should Be Seen And Not Heard.
THW Revoke The Citizenship Of People Who Do Not Vote.
THBT Civil Disobedience Is A Legitimate Expression Of A Citizen's Democratic Rights.

Uniten Open 2013

R1: THBT individuals who fail to appear in court for crimes against humanity should be assassinated
R2: THB in the absolute right to secede.
R3: THBT journalism should abandon its stance of being non-interventionist when covering atrocities.
R4: THBT people who have been denied the right of statehood by the international community should be given the
right to abode in any nation of their choice.
R5: Assuming the duplication/replication of pain was possible, THW administer pain to convicts in proportion to the
crimes they have committed.
Octos: In this modern era, THBT states should recognize the consent of minors.
Quarters: THBT the United States should extend its antisemitism laws to islamophobia
Semis: THBT moral relativism is an obstruction to peace
Finals: THBT post mortem, your body belongs to science.

Moscow Open 2013

Round 1: THW legally bind children to take care of their parents once the parents reach old age.
Round 2: THW erect a memorial statue for President Ronald Reagan in the red Square.
Round 3: This house, as a feminist, would marry a closeted homosexual in order to help him keep his sexual identity
secret.
Round 4: THW, as Russia, offer all Western European millionaires a low tax asylum and full Citizenship in the
Russian federation.
Round 5: THW abolish NATO
Semi: THBT the state should never ever fund the arts or cultural activities.
Final: You are a member of the Pussy Riots. You are presented with a fail safe plan to runaway from prison and start
a relatively comfortable life in the west. This house would stay in prison.
Courtesy: Michael Shapira

HWS/IDEA Round Robin 2013

Round 1: THW allow legislation through voter initiated referenda.
Round 2: THW establish a US federal court with the authority to approve targeted killings of unlawful combatants.
Round 3: THW prohibit provincial and local governments from offering tax incentives to lure corporations to open
business in their domain.
Round 4: THBT the discovery of a means to stop the human aging process would be a curse to humanity.
Round 5: THBT governments should use corporal punishment instead of incarceration for a significant number of
crimes.
Final: THW use diversity quotas for university admissions.

Canton IV 2013
Rd 1 EDUCATION
THBT in public universities, tuition fees should be directly proportional to wealth
THW make arts and literature classes optional in all levels
THW establish exclusive schools for the LGBTQ
Rd 2 POLITICS
TH rejects the resignation of politicians over sex scandals
THW outlaw negative advertisements during election campaign period
THW no longer reserve seats in parliament for minority groups
Rd 3 ENVIRONMENT
TH rejects Earth Hour
THBT witnessing the slaughter of an animal must be a prerequisite to eating meat
THW allow governments to sell parts of their land to other countries for waste dumping
Rd 4 WOMEN
THBT self-identified feminists have an obligation not to make any cosmetic changes to themselves (ex. Makeup,
surgery, etc)
THW allow pro-life organisations to pay a woman to deliver the pregnancy to term
THBT feminism should reject monogamous relationships
Rd 5 IR
THBT its high time for Latin America to democratise
THBT African countries should reject increasing Chinese involvement in their development

THBT non-government entities should not be allowed to meet leaders of rogue states
Rd 6 SEX
THBT victims of sexual abuse by priests of the Catholic Church have a moral obligation to reject financial settlements
TH celebrates the rise of virginity sales online
TH regrets the rise of divorce insurance
Quarters: ECONOMICS
THBT tax evasion must be punished with the loss of citizenship
THBT it is in the ASEANs interest to restore tariffs on Chinese products
THW withdraw all state benefits from the voluntarily unemployed
Semis: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
In liberal democracies, THW allow criminals to financially compensate families of victims for a lesser sentence
THW keep a criminal record of juvenile delinquents
THW pardon illegal immigrants who agree to become material witnesses to a crime
Finals: MEDIA AND ADVOCACY
Debated: TH regrets the use of explicit and graphic imagery of suffering to promote altruistic causes
THW ban reporting on suicides
THW allow individuals to run for office in their home country even if they are on political asylum

Griffith Easters 2013

Round 1:
M1: That access to state schools should be means tested
M2: That we should, in the context of a limited budget, halve the number of teachers and their pay should be doubled
M3: That we should ban children from participating in reality television shows
Round 2:
M1: That left-leaning Australians should vote for the Greens
M2: That Australians should be able to call a by-election for their local electorate if a significant number of
constituents sign a petition
M3: That the Australian Labor Party should immediately replace Julia Gillard with Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister
Round 3:
M1: That we should not give development aid to countries without population controls
M2: That South Korea should pre-emptively strike North Korea
M3: That we should support Obama's use of drones in the war on terror
Round 4:
M1: That Australia should cut taxes on income and profits in remote communities
M2: That severely indebted nations should take money from the bank accounts of their citizens to pay for the nations'
debt
M3: That employees should be able to permanently opt-out of union membership in return for higher wages
Round 5:
M1: That people who go on killing sprees should be given the death penalty
M2: That the state should financially compensate all people found not guilty at trial
M3: That early guilty pleas should not result in sentence reductions
Round 6:
M1: That transgender people should form a new movement separate to the gay and lesbian movement
M2:That individuals should be able to opt-in to legally enforceable, permanent bans from vice activities (e.g. smoking,

drinking, gambling, soliciting prostitution, viewing pornography)

M3: That local communities should be allowed to censor media consumed in their area on the basis of their moral or
political beliefs
Octo finals:
M1: That home births should be banned
M2: That custody of children born to mothers under 16 should go to the baby's grandparents
M3: That we should abolish foster care
Quarter-Finals:
M1: That we should cut military aid to Saudi Arabia until they liberalise policies towards women
M2: That the invasion of Afghanistan has done more harm than good
M3: That it would be better for Palestinians to be absorbed into neighbouring Arab states than to continue to fight for
a homeland
Semi-Finals:
M1: That feminists Christians should leave their church if it is sexist
M2: That we should ban religions from advocating self harm as a form of penance
M3: That the Catholic church should choose to elect its pope by a popular vote of all church going Catholics
GF: That we would grant the Northern Territory to Indigenous people as an independent nation.

Leiden Open 2013

R1: THW criminalise gang membership
R2: THBT adoption agenices should seek to place children in families with similar culture to that of their biological
parents.
R3: THW require re-ratification of all international treaties, including the EU, by popular referenda every decade.
R4: THBT the international community should treat espionage as a justification for military retaliation.
R5: THBT the news media should also represent the criminal's point of view when reporting on the criminal
convictions.
Semis-Novice Final:
Infoslide: SOme people believe that they are born LGBT, some LGBt people believe that it is a choice that they made.
Currently, the LGBT movement uses being "born this way" as a legitimizing equal rights.
Motion: THBT the LGBT rights movement should abondon the ""born this way" campaign.
Final: In the times of war, THBT the relatives of civilians killed by military occupation, should be able to sue the
soldiers responsible for their relative's death in civilian court.
Courtesy: https://twitter.com/dkwien/status/316582683780202496/photo/1

22nd ICU Tournament 2013

Round 1
Theme: Criminal Justice
THBT bosses should be held criminally liable if their subordinates commit suicide due to overwork
THBT states should fund the identity change of prisoners when they are released
THBT states that have abolished the death penalty should never extradite criminals to states where they face the
death penalty
Round 2
Theme: Minorities

THBT there should be a quota to ensure that the majority of supreme court judges would be composed of ethnic,
religious or sexual minorities
THW ban all research that attempts to find a 'cure' for autism
If the technology exists, THW allow parents to alter the sexual preference of their unborn children
Round 3
Theme: All is just in WAR.
THBT state-run media entities should be legitimate targets in times of war
THBT terrorists who are also citizens of a country should be punished more severely than foreign-born terrorists
THBT assassination should never be a legitimate tool of foreign policy
Round 4
Theme: The perfect motions for a Sunday morning :)
THW not enforce patents of large tech companies
THBT the government should not support development of new fossil fuels
THBT welfare to the poor should be in cash rather than through services
Round 5
Theme: Politics & Democracy
THBT self-professed progressive politicians whose children also seek to be elected have a moral obligation to
officially back other candidates
THW ban corporations from influencing their employees during elections
TH regrets the rise of caste-based parties in India
Round 6
Theme: Where the Sun Rises
THBT Japanese history textbooks should be submitted for approval by an international panel of experts from nations
who experienced Japanese occupation
THBT monarchies should have no place in democracies
THBT teachers in public schools should have the right not to sing the national anthem
Pre-Quarter Finals
Theme: Immigration
THW pay youths to not move to cities
THBT multi-ethnic states should base immigration policies on maintaining the ethnic balance of that state
THBT citizens should be made to pay an exit tax once they change citizenship
Quarter Finals
Theme: Whats missing from the ICUT Adjcore?
THW make all decisions related to abortion rights by holding referenda in which only women can participate
THW allow only women to establish companies that reject or discriminate against men in employment
THBT feminists should oppose the practice of "Lady's Night" in nightclubs ('Lady's Night": Where nightclubs allow
women in for free or on a discount so as to attract paying male customers)
Semi-Finals
Theme: Nostalgia
TH regrets the Arab Spring in Egypt
THBT the world was better off during the Cold War
THBT figureheads of national liberation movements (Aung Sang Suu Kyi, Dalai Lama) should not become politicians
after their movements succeed
Grand Final

Theme: Adjcores Favorites

THBT states should be allowed to openly fund political parties in other states in order to further their own agendas
THBT developing countries should prefer the Chinese model of development over the Western model (Chinese
model: the sacrifice of civil-political rights for economic development)
THBT, if the end of the world is coming without hope of survival, governments should keep it secret from society

East Asian IV 2013

R1: THBT Movie and music awards do more harm than good for the industry
R2: THBT states should impose higher consumption taxes
R3: THBT democracies shld ban the election of close family members of current or recent office-holders
R4: THW force treatment on the mentally ill
R5: THBT religious institutions and organizations should be denied access to television broadcast licenses.
R6: THBT casinos should be required to pay for the treatment of gambling addicts
R7: THW financially reward people who post vids of serious crimes/police brutality on popular sites
(FB,YouTube,RenRen)
Semis: Assuming feasibility, THW allow people to voluntarily erase their memories
GF: THBT Israel should exempt from military duty its citizens who morally oppose the occupation of Palestine

MDO 2013
Round 1: Education and Love
THW abolish all private schools
THW ban school uniforms
TH rejects the stigma on student-professor relationships in universities
Round 2: Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad
THW punish top-level corruption with the most severe punishment in the countrys judicial system (ie, death penalty
or life imprisonment)
THW abolish executive pardons
THW allow prisoners to serve in the military for a reduced sentence
Round 3: War and Revolution
In the event that organized crime of a nation affects its neighbors, THB in the right to breach that nation's sovereignity
THW pre-emptively attack North Korea
TH celebrates Hugo Chavez's impact of South America
Round 4: Human Nature
If the technology exists, THW allow people to stop the aging process and choose the time of their demise
Assuming that extraterrestial life exists, THW treat all forms of alien life with aggression
Assuming another species is developing intelligence comparable to humans, THW actively surpress their evolution
Round 5: Media and Culture
THBT Hollywood should never cooperate with the Pentagon or the CIA in making movies
THBT black entertainers should not use the N word
THBT DC comics should re-boot Superman as homosexual
Round 6: Robin: Should we do econs for round 6? Val/Arinah/Hyewon: No... SEX!
THW ban pedophile rights groups (e.g. the North American Man-Boy Love Association)
THBT consent should be the only standard for any sexual relationship (not age, not genetic relationships, not number,

etc)
THBT sex education in schools should move from teaching safe sex to teaching good sex
Round 7: Your very friendly Adjcore :):):)
THBT the Philippine government should not abandon the Sultanate of Sulu
THBT Singapore should continue importing high numbers of immigrants to combat the population deficit problem
THBT South Korean government should actively reduce the influence of chaebols (multinational business
conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai)
Octos: The Dismal Science
TH supports Chinas right to manipulate the Yuan for economic advantage
THBT government contracts in developing countries should only be given to domestic firms
THW impose a supertax on the rich even if it does not lead to more revenues for the state
Quarters: Geopol 2.0
THW, as Fatah, abandon the two-state solution to push for a one-state solution
THBT the international community should never support non-united opposition to dictatiorships
THBT the African Union should suspend the membership of countries with individuals in government who have
been/are being indicted for war crimes
Semi: Dedicated to the Glasgow University Union
THBT self-declared feminists must never take on the names of their husbands
THW financially incentivise men to either enter professions that are traditionally female dominated (eg pre-school
teaching, nursing, nannies, etc) or become house-husbands
In a world with unwanted children, THBT fertility therapy should be condemned
Finals: Religion
THBT the Catholic Church is a force for good in the world
THBT it is justified to present only the positive narrative of popular religious figures
THBT fear should not be used in proselytising or instilling religious beliefs (Debated)

VUDC 2013

Round 1: Elections
THBT elections for public officials should be solely funded by the state
THW elect the members of the Supreme Court
THW ban relatives and spouses of incumbent officials from running in public elections
Round 2: Entertainment
THR the popularity of award-giving bodies for the arts
THR the system of popular voting in talent shows
THBT artists should not set out to sympathetically portray characters who hold morally repugnant world views
Round 3: Gender
TH supports rape porn
THBT feminists should celebrate portrayals of women in the media as sexually aggressive beings (i.e.
nymphomaniac women, porn stars, sado-masochists, etc.)
THBT the state should pay women who choose to become housewives
Round 4: Environment
THBT the first world must pay the third world for the effects of climate change
THW forcibly displace tribes from forests that are home to endangered species
THW arm the indigenous in fighting illegal loggers

Round 5: Socio-legal
THW decriminalize looting in times of calamities
THW remove the plea for insanity in heinous crimes
THBT states should not compensate calamity victims who choose to live in disaster-prone areas
Octofinals: Development
THBT ultraluxury brands have no place in underdeveloped countries.
THW force large companies who leave an area to pay the costs of any resulting structural unemployment.
THBT developing countries should limit rural to urban migration.
Quarterfinals: Geopolitics/International Relations
In cases where in a military intervention has been prevented by a veto of a member-state of the UNSC, THW make
that country liable
THBT the United States should withdraw its support from Israel
TH prefers a strong dictatorship to a weak democracy
Semifinals: Philosophy
THR the public reverence towards violent sports.
Assuming the technology exists, THW allow the state to forcibly enter the subconscious of alleged criminals and
terrorists in their custody.
Assuming the technology exists, THW allow individuals to block or erase any of their own memories.
Grand Finals: Philippines
THW abolish the parliamentary immunity of public officials
THW increase the punishment received by public officials who break the law (GF Motion)
THR the phenomenon of "Pinoy Pride"

MOHEC 2013
Round 1 (Arts):
THBT the Academy Awards has outlived its appeal
THBT there should be no censorship of music
THBT pop music is making our culture less creative.
Round 2 (Health):
THBT marijuana should be legalized
THBT doctor should be allowed to refuse treatment
THBT addiction should be treated as a disease.
Round 3 (Sports):
THBT the politicization of sports is an illegtimate strategy
TH would give academic credit for sport
THBT wrestling should not be banned from the Olympics
Round 4 (Legal):
THBT prosecutors should face consequences when innocent people go to jail
THBT the Battered Women's Syndrome should be treated in courts as actual scientific diagnosis
THBT the Violence against Women act is unfair to men.
Quarters (Economics):
THBT tax reforms should include a consumption tax

THBT the EU should have an agricultural protectionist policy

THBT welfare programs should be eliminated.
Semis (Technology):
THBT companies should be allowed to collect and sell the personal data of their clients/users
THBT Google cannot be trusted
THBT parents should enforce age restrictions on social media
Finals:
THW make financial records of political candidates public
THW impose a retirement age for politicians
THW remove political parties.

Academia Debate Fest 2013

R1: TH regrets the choice of selection national anthem for Bangladesh.
R2: THBT politicization of sports is a legitimate strategy .
R3: THBT Shahbagh protest is a farce.
R4: THW reveal some existing superheroes as homosexuals.
R5: TH celebrates slut pride.
R6: THBT Corruption/Dictatorship Should never be an excuse to deny Development aid.
R7: THW allow employers to discriminate on personal lifestyle (such as smoking, obesity) while hiring.
Pre-Quarters: THBT developed countries shld automatically accept env refugees.
Quarters: THBT military intervention should be subject to referendum, and the outcome shld be binding.
Semis: THW ban religions from actively seeking conversions.
Finals: THBT a 'Truth and Reconciliation commission' is preferable to a 'War Crime Tribunal'

VNC 2013 Inter Club

Round 1:
M1: THW RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS TO MARRY LIFELESS OBJECTS
M2: THW ALLOW
INDIVIDUAL TO OWN A PET ONLY WITH THE CONDITION OF GIVING IT ADEQUATE SCOPE TO SOCIALIZE
AND MATE
M3: GIVEN THAT TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE, THW ALLOW PARENTS TO CHOOSE THE GENDER OF THEIR
CHILDREN
Round 2:
M1: THBT US GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAX THE RICH MORE IN ORDER TO TACKLE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
M2: THW BUILD THE PADMA BRIDGE WITH ITS OWN MONEY
M3: THW GO FOR OPEN PIT COAL EXTRACTION IN NORTHERN BANGLADESH
Round 3:
M1: THW GIVE TWO VOTES TO THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS IN NATIONAL ELECTION
M2: THW GIVE FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
M3: THW LEGALIZE BLOOD MONEY

Round 4:
M1: THW FORGIVE THE 71 WAR CRIMINALS GIVEN THAT THEY CONFESS THEIR CRIMES INFRONT OF A
NEUTRAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (ASSUMING THAT TRC EXISTS)
M2: THBT NATIONAL CRICKET BOARDS SHOULDNT HAVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT PARTICIPATION OF
INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS IN THE DOMESTIC LEAGES ON THE BASIS Of NATIONALITY
M3: THW ALLOW/EXPOSE FEMALES IN CONFRONTATIONAL MILITARY WARFARE

VIT 2013
Round 1:THW abolish maternity leave.
Round 2:THW issue sex coupons to the poor. (Assuming that prostitution is already legal)
Round 3:THBT Military should not reveal non-wartime incidents of sensitive nature to public.
Round 4:THW cap rent in the Indian metropolises
Round 5: TH regrets the fall of Hosni Mubarak.
Quarters:THW conceal history and rewrite it in public interest.
Semis:THBT armed struggle is the only way for Kashmir to achieve its freedom.
Finals:This House Believes That India Should Federate Itself Along The Lines of the EU.
Novice Finals:THW castrate rapists.

VNC 2013 (Inter School)

Round 1
Theme: Kid's way
M1: THBT Viqarunnisa should be a co-educational institution.
M2: THW ban agencies that recruit and train young children to be the "next big celebrity".
M3: THBT children should have legal obligation towards their parents when they reach adulthood.
Round 2:
Theme: Rights
M1: THBT internet is basic human right.
M2: THBT any and all sorts of vocational education should be state funded.
M3: THW deny politicians medical visa.
Round 3:
Theme: Country we love.
M1: THW ban any rendition of National Anthem.
M2: THBT Bangladesh should deny help from International organisations regarding infrastructure development of
national significance.
M3: THBT Bangla should be the medium of education in tertiary education.
Round 4:
Theme: La La Land.
M1: THBT Superheroes should not get married.
M2: THBT Justice Leauge/Avengers should elect a team leader.
M3: THBT Batman should give gov the access to Wayne Enterprise Applied Science Division.

Round 5: Justice we believe in...

M1: THW televise the war crime trail.
M2: TH supports the criminalization of the political leaders for the actions of their party members.
M3: THBT Shahbagh sit in should now demand apology from Pakistan for 1971 genocide through ICC.
Quarters: Sports
M1: THW have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for PEDs. PEDs - Performance Enhancing Drugs
M2: THBT money has ruined the sports
M3: THBT female cheerleaders in sporting events actively hamper the process of empowering women.
Semis: Environment:
M1: THBT the state should refuse to assist in rebuilding areas prone to extreme weather events.
M2: THBT home countries should deter multinational corporations those operate and damage environment offshore.
M3: THW allow LDCs to ignore environmental pollution in the course of achieving economic prosperity.
Final motion (Prepared): THW ban the RMG Labor Union in Bangladesh.

Inner Temple IV 2013

R1: THW Abolish Trial by Jury
R2: THBT, When and Where Gay Marriage is Legal, Religious Institutions Should Be Compelled to Conduct Gay
Wedding Ceremonies
R3: THBT All Policy on Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Controlled Substances Should Be Made by Expert
Scientific Panels and not Elected Officials
R4: THBT The Arab Spring Has Been Bad for Egypt
R5: THW Punish Illegal Tax Avoidance by the Deprivation of Citizenship (NOTE FROM CA TEAM: It has been
pointed out to us that we confused avoidance and evasion. We are sorry, and a tad embarrassed)
SF: THBT It Is Impossible to Be A Pro-Life Feminist
GF: TH Regrets that Lance Armstrong Got Caught.
Source: http://paullau.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/inner-temple-iv-2013-motions-results/

WSDC 2013
Round 1: THBT important decisions about childrens health should be made by medical professionals and not by their
parents.
Round 2: THBT the media should be prevented by law from intruding the lives of public figures.
Round 3: THS greater US military presence in East Asia.
Round 4: THW allow prisoners to choose death over life sentence.
Round 5: THW cease the exploitation of resources in the Arctic Region
Round 6: THW require government schools to teach religious studies.
Round 7: THS sovereign debt default as a legitimate economic strategy for countries.
Round 8: THW require university students to work in their country of origin for a number of years after graduation.
Octo-Final: THW cut welfare support on compulsive gamblers.
Quarter: THBT social movements in democratic countries should drive social change through the courts rather than
the legislature.
Semi-Final: THBT the government should pay house wives and house husbands for their work.
Final: THBT Turkey is better off outside the EU.

NUJS Parliamentary Debate 2013

Round 1: Kids & Education
1. TH supports the establishment of politically affiliated student unions in ALL universities (public/ private).
2. (Assuming that the technology is available) THBT parents have the right to install location chips in their children
up to the age of 16.
3. TH mandates that all schools, including minority schools, expose their kids to atheism as part of the curriculum.
Round 2: Jobs
1. THBT all candidates contesting elections for public office should publish their personal health records prior to the
election.
2. THW allow the Indian Administrative Service to recruit from the private sector for mid and high level positions.
3. THBT employers should have the right to impose random drug test on their employees.
Clarification: The Indian Administrative Service recruits through an entrance examination for entry into the cadre.
Promotions for mid and senior level positions are made from within the cadre in the IAS
Round 3: #DelhiGangRape
1. THW allow the identity of rape victims to be revealed publicly, even without the consent of the victim.
2. THW abolish all extra-judicial religious/caste authorities that regulate social and legal conduct (khaps, Imams
issuing fatwas).
3. THBT juveniles accused of rape should be tried and punished using the same standard as adults.
Round 4: Sports
1. THW let the public elect the Indian national cricket squad from a shortlisted pool of cricketers.
2. THW punish sporting teams for the misdemeanour of their fans.
3. (Assuming technology is available) THW do away with human referees in international sporting contests.
Round 5: Maa, Maati and Manush
1. THBT all companies mining natural resources should allocate a portion of annual profits from the region to the
affected local population.
2. THW limit the ownership of multiple properties by citizens in land-strapped countries.
3. THW restrict urban-rural migration in developing countries.
Round 6: Doctors & Medicine
1. THBT medical professionals should be held criminally liable for abandoning their responsibility during an
epidemic of contagious nature
2. THW compulsorily license all life-saving drugs in India
3. THBT hospitals must compensate patients participating in "medical trials" for incurable diseases/conditions.
Clarification:
1. Under compulsory license, an individual or company seeking to use a patent can do so without seeking the
patent holder's consent, and pays the patent holder a set fee for the license.
2. A compulsory license is granted by the government.
Octo-finals: First-world-problems
1. THBT companies should not be allowed to place contractual restrictions on employee conduct on social
networks.
2. THW force luxury designer clothing houses to include plus-sizes for ALL their collections.
3. THBT there should be no retirement age for employees (public and private).
Quarter-finals: International Relations

1. This house believes that the West should provide preferential economic and political incentives to Arab
democracies that adopt secular constitutions.
2. THBT countries should stop penalizing their nationals (citizens and companies) for bribing foreign public officials
outside their territory.
3. THBT Israel should pre-emptively attack Syria
.
Semi-finals: Rights
1. TH supports the unregulated trade of human organs between consenting adults.
2. THBT the Boy Scout movement should be allowed to discriminate on the basis of homosexuality.
3. THBT historically oppressed ethnic minorities in democratic countries should be allowed to take pre-emptive
measures of violence to protect themselves from the State.
Finals
THBT Civil Disobedience has lost its value in India.

Berlin WUDC 2013

Round 1: THW create public housing for the poor in wealthy areas.
Round 2: THBT Japan should acquire nuclear weapon.
Round 3: THW only imprison individuals who pose a direct and continuing threat to society.
Round 4: THBT international development institutions (such as world bank) should not finance natural resource
projects in corrupt states.
Round 5: THBT self described progressive males of dominate ethnic minorities are morally obliged from taking
positions of responsibility where there is a qualified alternative candidate from a historically disadvantaged group who
would otherwise receive the post.
Round 6: THW legally permit soldiers to refuse to participate in military actions or missions on the basis of
conscience.
Round 7: THBT the European Union nations should forgive Greece's sovereign debt
Round 8: THBT Countries with booming populations should allocate every adult a single tradeable permit to have
child.
Round 9 - THW ban political parties and require all candidates for national public office to seek election as
independents.
Open:
Partial Double Octo-Finals: THBT universities should never prohibit research or teaching on the ground of sexist,
racist or otherwise discriminatory implications
Open Octos: THBT the US should cut off all military aid to Egypt.

Quarters: THW ban all advertising of consumer goods and services.

Semi-Final: THBT the WTO should never allow nations to place export restrictions on food, rare-earth metals, and
other non-oil commodities.
GF: THW not allow religious communities to expel members on the basis of vows or actions that contradict doctrinal
teachings.
ESL
Quarters: THBT publicly funded universities should be required to reduce enrollment.
SF: THBT the feminist movement should actively promote norms of stable monogamous relationships.
Final: THBT representative democracies with large numbers of foreigners living in their territory (on temporary or
permanent basis) should create specific seats to represent them in parliament.
EFL
Quarters: THBT publicly funded universities should be required to reduce enrollment.
SF: THBT policies that may have a significant environmental consequences should be subject to a veto by a
"Supreme Court" of independent scientific experts.
Final: This House welcomes the decline of the United States of America as the sole global super power.

Masters' Cup:
Round 1: "Should parents raise their child/ren without gender?"
Round 2: "Should we ever imprison nonviolent offenders?
Final: "Should we support free-schooling?"

IBA Invitational Debate 2012

R1. THW give financial incentives to companies who hire ex-convicts
R2. THW introduce trade union in RMG sectors of Bangladesh
R3: THW ban mega stores (Walmart) to operate in developing countries.
R4: THW Ban pornography on account of promoting male chauvinism.
R5: THBT Palestine's observer state status impedes the peace process.
Semis: THBT it is time to turn China into a democracy/
Finals: THW audit and publish the cost of war on terror.

NDDC 2012
R1: THBT matrimonial agencies/match makers should be made legally liable/responsible in case their clients indulge
in future violence
R2: THBT UN should include 'Right to Knowledge & Innovation' as an absolute and fundamental right in its UDHR
R3: THBT Judaist movement and Jews should deny its support to Likud Party and Benjamin Netanyahu.
R4: THBT Criminal Justice System should have the right 2 detain convicts beyond their sentence if there is any
legitimate doubt about the completion of rehabilitation.
R5: THBT 3rd/4th generation immigrants, have a moral obligation to learn the language of their ethic origin
GF: THBT Citizens who choose to allow an act of extreme violence, should be considered/tried as the perpetrator of
that criminal act.

Singapore Debate Open 2012

R1: THBT nude protests regress feminist movements.

R2: Assuming that it is feasible, THW actively encourage private mining operations on the moon.
R3: TH rejects the universality of rights of foreign workers.
R4: In the event of Zombie apocalypse, strained of resources, THW abandon survivors in infested areas in the
attempt to save more people.
R5: THBT the future of the European Union lies in giving up the Euro currency.
R6: In developed countries with severe population replacement deficits, THW impose a sin tax on contraception
QF: THW allow repeat sex offenders d option of accepting permanent chemical castration in exchange for a lighter
sentence
Main SF & Junior GF: THBT social injustice is a legitimate excuse for political violence
Final: THW pay Myanmar to take in the Rohingyas.

Great Gender Debate 2012

Round 1: THBT gender test in sports is justified
Round 2: THW recognise civil partnership of same sex couples
Round 3: THBTnchildren's toys should be gender neutral
Round 4: THBT sex change operations are socially abhorrent
Quarters: THBT forced sterilization of hiv positive women is wrong
Semis: THBT Malaysia should set up an all women's university
Finals: THS 30% quota for women in Malaysian parliament.

WUPID 2012
R1: THW ban race-based parties.
R2: TH Supports A One Country, Two Systems Policy For China And Tibet.
R3: THBT any cyber attack that harms civilians or civilian infrastructure should be considered a war crime.
R4: THBT Encouraging women to withold sex to end conflicts is a good strategy.
R5:THW offer amnesty to assad in return of stepping down.
QF: THW allow minorities to design and teach their own history curriculum in schools .
SF: THW restrict banks from paying their executives in years in which their institutions make a loss.
Final: THBT the UN should grant full membership status to Palestine

Victoria IV 2012
Round 1: THBT artists should choose not to public art that insults Islam.
Round 2: THW ban prenuptial agreements.
Round 3: THBT the US should ban 3rd party campaigns in federal elections & lift limits on direct contributions to
candidates.
Round 4: THBT there should be a crime of corporate manslaughter.
Round 5: THBT technology companies with significant market share should not be eligible for patent protection.
Round 6: THBT important decisions about childrens health should be made by medical professionals and not by their
parents.
Semi: THBT the govt should use subconscious psychological manipulation on a massive scale to nudge us into
making better decisions.
Final: THBT that affluent citizens of first world nations are responsible for global poverty.

BRAC Masters Invitational 2012

R1: THBT pro-democratic movement in ME is counter-productive for Israel and it's allies.
R2: THBT it is mandatory for the First World countries to increase labour quota of the immigrants from target
countries instead of giving them development aid.
R3: THS the right to bear arms.
R4: TH regrets the existence of multiple national debating bodies in Bangladesh.
R5: THW have brothels in military camps.
Semis: THBT US Goverrnment should permanently remove the debt ceiling.

UiTM IV 2012

R1: THW Abolish Labor Union.

R2: THBT Massive Destruction of the environment is a crime against humanity.
R3: THBT in Western intervention in Mali.
R4: THW sterilize individuals with low IQ/harmful hereditary diseases without their consent.
R5: TH Regrets the decline of French Capitalism.
Quarters: THBT in Unified Feminist Movement.
Semis: THW Arm Hamas.
Grand Finals: THBT The State Should Not Regulate All Sexual Activities Which Are Consensual.

Cambridge IV 2012
R1:THBT The State Should Pay A Living Wage To Stay At Home Parents.
R2: THB All Donor Countries Should Freeze Aid to Rwanda..
R3: THW Hold the Senior Executives of Major Banks and Rating Agencies criminally liable for their companies'
actions during the Global Financial Crisis
R4: THBT Democratic Reform is More Important than Economic Growth for China
R5 THW Never Allow Prosecutors to Offer Reduced Sentences or Lesser Charges in Exchange for Testifying Against
Others.
Open Quarter Final: TH Regrets the Rise of the 24 Hour News Media
Open Semis: THBT All Companies Should Be At Least 75% Owned By Their Workforce, in Equal Shares
ESL Semis: ???
ESL Final: THBT that Japan Should Not Abandon Nuclear Power
Grand Final: THBT Egypt Should Provide a Military Security Guarantee Against The Invasion of Gaza.

MMU IV 2012
R1: THW ban reality tv shows that portrays womens as bimbo.
R2: THW ban the international recruitment/trade of sports people below the age of 18.
R3: HBT the gov of MY has no obligation to set better standards for domestic helper over and above what is already
SQ
R4: THBT willingness to participate in formal public election debates should be a pre-requisite for candidates running
for office.
Quarter Finals Motion: TH Celebrates sex blogging in conservative religious societies
Semis Motion: THW pay beggers to leave congested cities
Grand-Finals Motion: THW grant unlimited speech to religious and ideological extremist if they give up their right to
vote.

Oxford IV 2012

Round 1: THBT Google, YouTube & Social Media websites should remove content which it deems to insult religions.
Round 2: THBT South Africa's ANC should nationalize all mines
Round 3: THBT 'Western' Governments should buy the freedom of slaves
Round 4: THBT the Greek military should suspend democratic government until economic recovery
Round 5: THBT companies should not take public stances on gay rights issues

ESL SF: THBT Governments should actively discourage consumerist lifestyles

ESL Final: THW give extra votes to youths over the age of 18
Open Break QF: THBT EMILY's list should fund pro-choice male candidates
Open Break SF: THBT States should forcibly reverse the transmigration policies of their former dictators.
Open Break Final: THB in the right to bear arms.

JDC Debate Fest 2012

R1: THW adopt a vigilante justice as a part law enforcement plan.
R2: THBT WB should only lend to countries who follow certain environment standards.
R3: THW impose one child policy in Bangladesh.
R4: THBT women should get an equal position in war with men.
Semi-Finals: THBT states should not compensate people who live in disaster prone areas.
Finals: THBT children's shows which romanticize animal abuse should be discouraged.

Huber Debates 2012

R1. THW ban employers from accessing the criminal records of prospective employees.
R2. THBT politicians should not glorify military service.
R3. THW introduce a mandatory maximum working week of 40 hours.
R4. THBT juries should not convict criminals who act in the public interest
R5. THW defriend Facebook friends who post offensive political views.
R6. THBT newly emerged democracies should ban religious parties.
QF: THBT Hook-up culture has been good for women.
SF: THBT schools should aggressively screen students from a young age.
Novice F: THBT it is immoral to eat meat.
Final: THBT the USA federal govt should allow states to secede by popular referendum.
[From: http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/huber-debates-2012-university-of-vermont.html]

AIDF 2012
R1: THBT athletes cannot be stripped off their medals under any circumstances
R2: THBT Western Liberal Democracies should not sell arms to ME.
R3: THBT International Monetary Fund and World Bank do more harm than good.
R4: THW change the electoral college voting system in the US presidential election.
R5: THW ban all fairness products.
Semis: THW prosecute gov officials tht defect from authoritarian regimes during popular uprising
Finals: THW make all government schools teach atheism.

BDC Pre World 2012

R1: THW elect US Presidents internationally.
R2: THW create a United States of Europe to solve the Eurozone crisis.
R3: THW legitimize violence used by oppressed minority as a tool of protest.
R4: THW waive jail/punishment for corrupt politicians in exchange of donating his wealth / property for philantrophic
purposes
R5: THW ban BDSM sex.
Quarters: THBT Israel should unilaterally attack Iran.

Semis: THW impose a global excise tax to achieve the millennium development goals.
Finals: THBT now we should force Turkey to apologize in the form of ''direct compensation'' to Armenia for their
genocide.

ASIAN BP 2012
Demo debate: THW allow PEDs in sports.
R1: THW abandon diversity as a criterion for university admissions.
R2: THBT the state shldnt grant autonomy based upon religious lines.
R3: THS a quota for homosexuals athletes in sporting teams.
R4:THW ban corporations from making political finance contributions.
R5: THBT the state shld compensate convicts who been wrongfully convicted
R6: THBT EU shld bcm a political n economic federal super state
Pre QFl: THW make environmental policies of countries a standard in granting financial assistance
QF: Assuming that sex selection technology is perfected.
THW financially incentivize families that choose to have female children in patriarchal societies.
EFL SF: THBT a Victims forgiveness can be used to mitigate a wrongdoers prison sentence.
EFL GF Motion: THBT Nobel peace prize has lost its purpose
SF: THBT The state should prosecute alleged criminals even when they are dead.
GF: THBT Democratic states should hold a refendum before engaging in a military intervention

NSU IV 2012/WUPID Bangladesh

Round 1. THW ban alcohol companies from sponsoring sports.
Round 2. THW allow member of parliaments to cross the floor
Round 3. THW ban art that glorifies criminality.
Round 4. THBT Eurozone countries that are in danger of default should be forced to give up control
over taxation and budget spending to ECB in exchange of receiving a bailout.
Round 5. THW not vote for the politicians who are serially unfaithful to their partners.
Round 6. THW decide the extent of abortion rights through a referendum where women and only
women can participate.
Pre-Semis: THW no longer invest in the preservation of endangered species.
Semis: THBT "I was following orders" is a legitimate defence in International Criminal Tribunals.
Final: THW reserve a permanent seat in the UNSC for the muslim countries.

China BP 2012

Round 1: THBT the state should provide free, uncensored and unlimited internet access to everyone.
Round 2: THW forcefully remove women from situations of domestic violence.
Round 3: THBT all criminal records of individuals who have been punished by the state should be
permanently erased.
Round 4: THW ban companies that promote unhealthy lifestyles (fast food restaurants, alcoholic or
tobacco companies) from advertising in sporting events and sponsoring of sports teams.Round 5: THW
decriminalise statutory rape.
Round 6: THW not allow citizens in their 20s to emigrate.
Round 7: THBT Israel should bomb Iranian nuclear facilities before the 6 November 2012 elections in
the USA.
Round 8: THW legalise public nudity.

Round 9: THBT China should compensate its neighbours for causing environmental damage in their
territories.
Octo-Finals: THBT hate speech against religions should be an internationally recognised crime
prosecutable by the ICC.
Quarter-Finals: THW abolish political parties and elect individuals into political positions.
Semi-Finals: THBT Europe should recolonise Africa.
Grand Final: THBT the consumer technology industry should be patent-free.

BUET Inter-School Debate 2012

R1: THBT YouTube should abide by the rules and regulations set by the countries they operate in.
R2: THW make the directors of MNC personally liable for environmental abuses commited by their
companies in the developing countries.
R3: THW restrict the growth of cities for better quality of life.
R4: THBT police officers who commit crimes should receive harsher punishment.
R5: Assuming Harry Potter exists, THW grant unconditional amnesty to all the Death Eaters, after the
fall of Lord Voldemort.
Quarter: THW allow cabinet members to be from both govt and opposition parties.
Semis: THW make organ donation compulsory(after death), without any exception
Grand-Finals: THBT state should never lie with its people at times of war.

IIUM Debate Open 2012

R1: TH Supports the use of sex appeal to generate interest in female sports.
R2: THBT in areas that law enforcement has trouble policing, the police should turn a blind eye to
vigilantism.
R3: THW remove all scientifically incorrect passages from religious texts.
R4: THW allow the parents of children with severe mental growth retardation to medically stunt their
child's growth.
Quarters: THBT Google should lift the ban on the "innocence of muslims" video (i.e the movie depicting
Prophet Muhammad)
Semis : THBT developing countries should prefer the chinese model over western model .
Final: THB in a shariah state for muslim majority countries

ANU Spring 2012

R1: TTHB it is impossible to make a great holocaust film.
R2: TTH believes that Japan should formally apologise & pay reparations for atrocities committed
between 1937-1945.
R3: TTHB that reducing the relative poverty of citizens should NOT be a goal of government.
R4: TTH would storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London
R5: TTHB incarceration is a cruel and unnecessary punishment for non violent offenders.
QF: TTH would allow soldiers to sue their governments for negligence.
Semi Final: TTH would boycott Israel.
Courtesy: https://twitter.com/monash_debaters

2nd BDC Pro-Ams 2012

Round 1: THW force elected politicians and their family members to use only public education and
health services.
Round 2: THW ban aid organizations in developing countries from religious proselyting.
Round 3: THBT refuges fleeing the effect of climate change should be given unconditional citizenship
by countries which emit the most carbon dioxide.

Round 4: THW ban the telecast of the recordings produced by terrorist.

Final: THBT western liberal democracies should punish their communication companies (eg. Google,
Yahoo) which comply with oppressive government's censorship policies.

EWU Debate Spree 2012

R1: THBT state shld subsidize marriage in order to discourage the rising trend of singleton.
R2: THBT perpetrators of heinous crimes should be exempted from jail time in case they agree to
assist the legal system in stopping similar heinous crimes.
R3: THW always support regime change through external military interventions in countries where the
rulers are not democratically elected.
R4: THBT portrayal of religious preachers in print/digital media should no longer be criminalized.
R5: THBT countries that are facing severe economic disaster should suspend democratic election and
appoint a government of experts (foreign/national)
R6: THBT state funded adoption agencies should prioritize same sex and infertile couples.
Semis: THW ban the ownership of multiple properties in land strapped countries.
Finals: THBT the fate of the caretaker govt should be decided through public referendum.

KLOC 2012
R1: TH prefers civilian trials to military trials.
R2: TH regrets the Arab Spring.
R3: THBT religion has done more harm than good to the world.
R4: TH celebrates Ecuador's decision to grant Assange asylum.
QF: THBT Chinese aid to Africa does more harm than good.
SF: THW subject the funding of all major science projects to a public referendum.
Finals: THW vote Obama.

LCLS(S) III Debate 2012 [Inter-Club]

Round 1: THBT western liberal democracies/donars/UN must discontinue their support who refuse to
provide shelter to displaced refugees.
Round 2: THBT any incriminating information related to crime must be disclosed by the lawyer even if
it violates 'Lawyer-Client' confidentiality!
Round 3: THW disallow children below the age of 15 from cultural/ornamental piercing regardless of
parent's consent.
Round 4: THBT Greece would be better off leaving the Eurozone.
Round 5: THBT schools should no longer preach the traditional roles of male and female in the society.
SF: THBT it is not the court's job to write or verify history.
GF: THBT we are better off with public universities privatized.

LCLS(S) III Debate 2012 [School]

Round 1: THW require children to friend their parents on Facebook.
Round 2: THW allow residents of Dhaka city to keep fire-arms at home.
Round 3: THW bar countries from participating in Olympics who do not have minimum 30% female
athletes in their contingent.
Round 4: THW make the person who ditch a loyal lover pay monetary compensation
Round 5: THW bar political parties who continuously boycott parliamentary sessions
Quarters: THBT state granted benefits for freedom fighters should be limited to freedom fighters
themselves and not their immediate family members.ons, from taking part in national elections.
SF:TH supports free labor movement of citizens within SAARC region.

GF: THW remove the President's right to pardon convicted criminals.

BSDC 2012
R1: THW impose an animal adoption tax.
R2: This house believes that corrupt politicians, once publicly exposed of their misdoings, should be
barred from taking part in national elections.
R3: THBT citizens above 60 should not require a visa.
R4: This house believes that post conflict Middle Eastern nations should recruit rebel soldiers into state
armies.
R5: THW make Oscar awards gender neutral.
R6: This house believes that governments should block the foreign takeover of important domestic
companies.
R7: THW disallow prom nights in Bangladeshi schools.
R8: This house believes that constitutions should not be amended without direct citizen
participation.
SF: THBT home nation should charge their citizens when they migrate to other countries.
GF:This house would grant amnesty to RAB officials involved in cross fires once it is proven that the
victim had gross criminal records.

Intramuros International Intervarsity 2012

Round 1: THBT the homosexual movement is better off trying to reform religious institutions from
within than rejecting the institution altogether
Round 2: Where capacity and relationship/interest exist, THW allow more than two parents for a child
to be recognized by the state
Round 3: This house would punish medical workers who flee from their duties during epidemics
Round 4: THBT political parties have done more harm than good to the democratic process
Octo Finals: THBT the UK Government should forcibly take Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy
Quarter Finals: TH prefers an atheist world
Semi Finals: THBT debt needed to finance the recovery of the Eurozone from the crisis should be
collectively incurred by all member states (i.e. THW issue Eurobonds)
Grand Finals: THBT it is legitimate for states to purchase land from and sell land to other states.

TWSDC 2012 (Thailand)

1) THBT the Eurozone should harmonize debt through the use of Eurobonds.
2) THBT that states should not compensate people who choose to live in disaster prone areas.
3) THW the protection of human rights a condition for developmental aid.
4) THS rehabilitation over retribution for juveniles.
5) THW sign a treaty banning the use of cyber warfare.
6) THW require schools to stop teaching genders normative curriculums.
7) THW ban religions from actively seeking conversions.
Octo motion: TH Prefers a strong dictatorship to a weak democracy.
Quarters motion: THBT income equality should be prioritized over economic growth.
Semis motion: THBT military intervention is justified to protect civilians from the state.
Courtesy: SA Debating Team

IUT IV 2012

R1: THBT Bangladesh should accept Rohingya refugees.

R2: THW require state funded madrassas to employ teachers of both genders regardless of the gender
composition of the students.
R3: THBT the West should provide military support to the Free Syrian Army.

R4: THW make pre-martial sex undisclosed to a marriage partner a ground for divorce.
R5: THW allow victims or their family members to determine the punishment of the offenders.
R6: THBT Gov in conservative countries should provide financial incentives to homosexuals who
choose to go through rehabilitation.
Semis Motion: THW not allow parents to consent, on behalf of their children, to organ donation for
anyone including siblings.
Grand Final: THBT Bangladesh should abolish its armed forces.

KDU Pro-Ams 2012

R1: THW Resurrect The Dead. (Assuming we have the technology)
R2: TH Regrets The Malaysian Governments Decision To Restrict Freedom Of Expression Online.
R3: THBT The Wizardry World Owes A Duty To Tell The Muggles Everything!
(Muggles is the term given to non witch or wizards in the Harry Potter realm)
R4: TH Supports Germany's ban on infant circumcision.
R5: THW Grant Tax Exemptions On Remunerations and Medals Received By Olympic Medalist.
QF: THW still prosecute government officials that defect from authroritarian regimes facing popular
uprising.
Semis: THW Privatize The Police Force.
Finals: THBT prisoners have the right to sexual amenities.

Belgrade EUDC 2012

R1: THB parents should choose not to send their children to private school.
R2: THBT First Nations' Peoples (e.g. Native Americans) who live in geographically separate areas
should be given complete autonomous govt.
R3: THBT the music industry should not facilitate the comebacks of artists who committed violent
crimes.
R4: THBT the Mexican government should remove all limits on law enforcement and the military in the
fight against organised crime.
R5: THBT the ECB should unconditionally buy significant amounts of government debt from struggling
Eurozone countries
R6: THW limit the amount that can be spent by corporations in any one course of litigation
R7: THW require the military to recruit solders in direct proportion to the socioeconomic make up of
their country.
R8: THBT the Palestinians should accept complete demilitarisation in returned for a guaranteed
sovereign state.
R9: THW allow anyone to take up residence in any country, provided that they will not be an economic
burden on that country.
ESL Quarters: THS life sentence without parole for serial re-offenders
ESL Semis: TH believes that militaries in newly democratised arab states should act as guardians of
secularism
ESL Final: THW retrospectively remove all amnesty granted to those who committed crimes as part of
oppressive regimes.
Main QF: THBT Republika Srpska should secede from BIH.
Main Semis: THB schools should aggressively stream students according to their ability from a young
age.
Main Final: THW amend the US constitution to prohibit any involvement by religious organizations in
the electoral process.

2nd China National High School Debating

Championships 2012
Round 1 Women's Issues
This House would promote women higher and faster in employment situations as a matter of
government policy.
Round 2 Arts
This House would make public funding for the arts available for the production of video games.
Round 3 Education
This House would test teachers regularly.
Round 4 Rights
This House would encourage its citizens to break laws in other countries that violate human rights.
Round 5 Popular Culture
This House would teach the appreciation of popular culture in schools.
Round 6 Medical Ethics
This house would criminalize healthcare workers who flee from work during a contagious epidemic.
Round 7 Social Dilemmas
This House believes that, upon death, every persons body should revert to the State for scientific use,
or for organ donation, depending on necessity.
Round 8 Sexuality
This House would ban clinics that claim to cure homosexuality.
Octo-Finals: International Affairs
This House believes that the U.S. should stop the use of military drones in Pakistan.
Quarter-Finals: Criminal Justice
This House would ban the hiring of private criminal defence lawyers.
Semi-Finals: Religion
This House believes that States should no longer support, fund or operate religious schools.
Grand Final Politics
This House would ban corporations from donating to political campaigns.
Reserve Motions:
1. Media
This House would ban advertisements which affirm gender roles.
2. Good Governance
This House believes that it is acceptable for politicians to personally profit from their positions of
governmental power.
3. Environment
This House would subsidize eco-friendly consumer choices.

Source: http://idebate.org/news-articles/results-report-2nd-china-national-high-school-debatingchampionships-2012-july-2012

IDC Porto Open 2012

R1: THW end all govt funding of the arts
R2: THBT the media should out gay public figure
R3: THBT the state should not pay any university students tuition fee
R4: THBT if he is deemed to be fully rehabilated, Ander Brevik should ultimately be released.
R5: THBT people should not get married
Semi finals: TH supports the use of racial profiling in law enforcement
Finals: THBT capitalism has failed the worker.

RAJUK InterSchool 2012

R1: THW punish journalist who use entrapment to bring out news.
R2:THBT the US should withdraw from its military bases in Asia.
R3: THS should set up a special school the LGBT students.
R4: THW ban the telecast of Doreamon!
R5: THW pay the youth to stay behind in the rural area.
Quarters: THW remove obligatory military service.
Semis: THBT in times of emergencies doctors should prioritize treatment over police report.
Finals: THBT Bangladesh should recognize Israel.

Bawor Cup 2012

R1: THW shut down all web-based free sharing portals.
R2: THW exempt the right of a nation to participate in international sporting events as a form of
punishment for racism
R3: THW sell cannabis as cigarette.
R4: THW use gambling to rejuvenate Euro Zone.
R5: THBT classic children fairy tale should be rewritten with the aim of correcting gender stereotypes.
Main Quarters and Novice Semis: THBT Saudi Arabia should ban Afghans, Pakistanis, & anyone else
who have Al-Qaeda bases in their home country to attend Hajj.
Main Semis: THW block the Security Council as long as Veto Power remains available.
Novice Finals: THW convert protected forests into biotech crops.
Main GF: Given tech for full term pregnancy in incubators is possible, THBT humanity should seek to
abolish Natural Pregnancy.

BP Track Tourney (IDEA Youth Forum 2012)

Round 1: THBT states should actively promote atheism

R1: THBT English should be the language of education in developing

countries.

R2: THW criminalize littering.

R3: TH supports the commercialization of local culture.
R4: THBT essential state services (incl. but not limited to water & electricity)
should not be privatized.
R5: THBT Physical Education should not be a compulsory subject in schools
Octos: THBT medical students in developing nations should be required to
undertake 5 years of practice in remote areas.
Quarters: THW no longer require victim's consent to prosecute husbands
committing domestic violence.
Semis: THBT indigenous people should be allowed to exclusively apply their
tribal law for crimes taking place on their land.
Grand Finals: THBT developed nations should automatically accept
environmental refugees.
Courtesy: https://twitter.com/bobyandika

2nd OIC IV Debate Championship 2012

Round 1
THW Replace Animals with Paid Consenting Humans for the Testing of
Pharmaceutical Drugs
THW impose an animal cruelty tax on animal products
THW subject owners who spend exorbitantly on pets to spend an equal
amount on social/development projects
Round 2
THW Put Imams on Government Payroll
THS a diploma in conventional disciplines, in addition to religious education,
as a minimum requirement for imams
THBT OIC Countries should have mandatory Arabic language studies in
primary and secondary education
Round 3
THW Ban households from hiring domestic help below the age of 18 in
developing countries
THS the use of charity rather than state welfare systems
THBT Host countries of guest workers should pay a tax to source countries
Round 4
THW Determine the extent of abortion rights by holding popular referenda in
which only women are entitled to participate
THBT Women will be better off after the Arab spring
THW Require a minimum quota for female athletes in sports contingents
competing at international events
Round 5

TH Recognizes the necessity of Tantawi

THBT Military intervention is the only solution for Syria
TH Regrets the Division of Sudan
Quarters:
THBT refugees who accept citizenship from their country of refuge have
betrayed their cause
Where surrogacy is illegal, THBT states should still grant citizenship to
children born through surrogate tourism
THBT Jordan should give full citizenship right to its Palestinian refugee
populations.
Semi Final:
Final: THBT OIC should have their own standing army

Borneo Debating Championship 2012

Round 1
M1) THBT the PTPTN loan dilutes the quality of tertiary education in Malaysia.
M2) THW give the Parents & Teachers Association (PIBG) the authority to sack teachers who they deem
unfit.
M3) THW force students to take up a religious subject that is not of their own
Round 2
M1) THW give the the indigenous natives of Borneo two votes
M2) THW make Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak) a self autonomous state
M3) THW return all royalties from the natural resources of Sabah & Sarawak
Round 3
M1) THW place a salary cap on professional players
M2) THBT immigration on the lines of sports shouldn't be allowed
M3) THW ban international betting corporations from sponsoring sports clubs
Round 4
M1) In the context of cultural preferences, THBT the state should recognize polygamy & polyandry.
M2) THW set a limit on the number of times you can divorce your partner
M3) THBT laws against hate speech should also includes hate speeches against homosexual
marriages.
Grand Finals Motions:
M1) THW ban race and/or religion based political parties
M2) THW hold and punish political parties liable for political hooliganism by supporters. religion based
political parties.
M3) THW revolve parliamentary privileges if its members r caught making seditious statements &

claims towards citizens

NUEDC 2012
R1: THBT countries suffering from severe economic crisis should not be allowed to participate in
international sport events
R2: THW compel tobacco companies to fund the rehabilitation cost for smokers wishing to quit
R3: THBT public schools should teach atheism
R4: THBT the world should stop the development of Artificial Intelligence
R5: THBT nations of the world should increase protection of the economic and social rights of migrants.
R6: THBT it is within the interest of religious institutions not to reject controversial arts
R7: THW stay out of Syria
Novice:
QF: THW give lower punishments for crimes motivated by economic reasons
SF: THBT China should end its One Child Policy.
GF: THBT American municipalities should be granted federal subsidies proportionate to the provision of
LGBT rights.
Main:
Octo: THW no longer recognize wills.
QF: THBT China should implement a full-fledged democracy
SF: THW abandon the concept of gender.
GF: THBT the Indonesian Government should guarantee access to student loans for citizens pursuing
tertiary education.

STAR ASDC 2012

Round 1: Just to warm you up :)
M1: THW criminalize adultery.
M2: THW ban circumcisions for children.
M3: THW allow the denial of genocides.
Round 2: Education
M1: THW require politicians to send their children to public schools.
M2: TH supports the right of teachers and students (non- minors) to engage in romantic relationships.
M3: THW teach atheism as a subject in schools.
Round 3: Love, Sex, and Gender
M1: THW force Disney to feature a homosexual lead character in their next cartoon blockbuster
M2: THW make all awards at the Oscars gender neutral
M3: THW set an expiration date for marriages
Round 4: Culture
M1: TH regrets the way society has come to celebrate Christmas
M2: TH supports the right of States to disallow Lady Gaga from performing in their country, even
though a majority of the citizens in that country would welcome her
M3: THW lift the ban on all controversial books

Round 5: Law and Order

M1: THBT the media should not disclose the ethnicity and religious affiliation of individuals who commit
violent crimes
M2: THW ban the hiring of private criminal defence lawyers
M3: THW ban ex-convicts from publishing books and making movies about the crimes they committed
Round 6: A Day At the Movies
M1: Assume that we have the necessary technology to trap people in their dreams. These individuals
are able to shape the world in these dreams. THW allow the miserable to trap themselves in their
dreams until they die.
M2: Assume that mutants walk the earth. They are born with mutant superpowers. They are potentially
dangerous to national security. THBT the State should identify and subsequently place them under the
sole custody of the State.
M3: Assume that Pokemon roamed the earth. A lot of these Pokemon have been captured by Pokemon
trainers and are imprisoned in Pokeballs. These Pokemon are regularly used in Pokemon battles. THW
free them all.
Round 7: Politics
M1: THW ban religious lobby groups
M2: THW give sexual minorities two votes each
M3: THBT the state should compensate homeless people for their injuries and deaths
Pre-Octo: Women
M1: THBT the feminist movement should oppose affirmative action for women
M2: THWThis house would require women to seek the consent of the father of the child before she
undergoes an abortion
M3: THBT women should pay less income tax
Octo: International Relations
M1: THW establish an ASEAN court of human rights
M2: THBT Israel should unconditionally and permanently stop the construction of all Jewish settlements
in the West Bank
M3: THBT cyber attacks should be recognized as the use of military force
Quarters: Corporations
M1: THBT the workers should own a majority of the shares in the companies they work for
M2: THW abolish all labour unions in developing countries
M3: THBT companies should be liable for the violation of labour standards by companies they have
outsourced their operations to
Novice Semis: Kids....and Sex
M1: THW allow parents to implant a tracking device into their children
M2: THBT that police officers should should pose as children on Facebook to entrap paedophiles
M3: THW set up brothels in military camps
Semis: War
M1: THB in military conscription by lottery
M2: THBT the UN should hire private military contractors for its military operations
M3: THW allow targeted attacks at civilians if it can be proven to significantly reduce casualties in the
long run
Novice Finals: Motions the Adj Core wants to see you debate in the Finals

M1: THW disobey immoral laws

M2: THW strive for immortality
M3: THBT the State should deliberately publish lies to its citizens during times of war
Finals: Motions the Adj Core wants to see you debate in the Finals
M1: THBT individuals should not exercise their right to vote if they believe that the political system is
fundamentally flawed
M2: TH opposes organized religion
M3: THBT capitalism is a just socio- economic

MMU UADC 2012

Motions:
Round 1 (Eminem & Dr. Dre - I Need a Doctor)
THBT those on organ transplant waiting lists should be prioritised according to lifestyle choices
THW disallow individuals below a certain income level from participating in clinical trials
THBT, in the event of life-threatening illnesses, medical decisions should be made by their doctors and
not their parents

Round 2 (Survivor - Eye of the Tiger)

THW mandate equal primetime coverage for men's and women's sports
THW ban all sports that define winning as inflicting pain or glorifying its simulation
THBT companies that promote unhealthy lifestyles should be disallowed from sponsoring sporting
events
Round 3 (Jay-Z & Mr. Hudson - Forever Young)
THW forcefully reallocate talent and resources from all the top educational institutions (primary,
secondary and tertiary) to those at the bottom
THW require universities to share the burden in repaying the loans of their graduates if they are unable
to find employment
THW abolish unpaid internships

Round 4 (Neil Young - This Land Is My Land)

THW exempt indigenous communities from laws relating to environmental protection
THW actively and forcefully reverse transmigration policies instituted by former dictators or colonial
masters
THBT tribal law should have jurisdiction over all crimes committed on tribal land, regardless of who the
perpetrator is

Round 5 (Star Wars Imperial March)

THBT the ASEAN should have a defense pact stipulating that any attempt by China to occupy the

South China Sea islands will be met with military force

THW ban the use of unmanned combat vehicles (i.e. drones) in combat operations
THBT the United States should adopt a policy that in the event Israel launches any attack on Iran, the
U.S. will withdraw all military support to it

Round 6 (Rihanna & Eminem - Love the Way You Lie)

THBT liberal states with sexually conservative communities should subsidise hymen reconstruction
surgery
THBT the feminist movement should condemn celebrities (like Rihanna) who choose to continue to
pursue a personal relationship with abusive partners
THBT the French government should repeal the ban on the burqa

Round 7 (Sister Sledge - We Are Family)

THW legalise polygamy
THBT state welfare should only subsidise families up to a certain size
THBT liberals have a moral duty to abstain from marriage until gay marriage is legalised

Round 8 (Diana King - I Say a Little Prayer for You)

THBT religions should be held liable for making curative claims on illnesses if an individual refuses to
seek life-saving medical treatment
THW ban proselytizing in prisons
THW ban gay conversion therapy

Open Octofinals
THW cap the number of patents that a corporation can simultaneously hold
THBT corporations only have a duty to their shareholders
THBT victims of environmental abuses by foreign companies should be allowed to hold them liable in
the company's country of origin

EFL Semifinals
THW disallow plea-bargaining in criminal trials
THW make sexual harassment a criminal offense instead of a civil suit
THW elect judges

Open Quarterfinals
Assuming that the technology to predict crime to a very high probability exists, THW use it to
preemptively arrest individuals for their potential involvement
Assuming it is possible to do so, THW identify and abort foetuses that will demonstrate sociopathic
tendencies in later life

Assuming it is possible to do so, THW permanently alter the minds of violent criminals

Open Semifinals
THW ban associates of deposed dictators from contesting elections
THW reserve seats in legislatures for individuals from lower-income groups
THW grant non-transient migrants the right to vote

EFL Grand Final

THBT contracts for projects funded by development aid or loans should be awarded exclusively to
domestic companies in the recipient nation
THBT non-democratic regimes are better at achieving economic goals
THS the use of child labour developing countries

Open Grand Final

THBT former colonial masters have a responsibility to restore stability in their former colonies that
descend into conflict
THBT the international community should form a coalition of the willing and intervene in Syria with or
without United Nations approval
THBT humanitarian aid does more harm than good in active conflict zones

ICRC IHL Debate 2012

R1: THW ban the use of tear gas.
R2 THBT ICRC should selectively distribute their humanitarian aid.
R3: THW hold nations criminally liable for supporting regimes who use force against peaceful uprisings
R4: THBT ICRC should discard neutrality & name-and-shame countries that breach IHL.
R5: THW impose an international legal covenant of post war reconstruction on nations that unilaterally
intervene in conflict zones.
QF: THW provide the protection of armed bodyguards for ICRC.
SF: THW allow the Free Syrian Army to breach IHL in their fight against Bashar Al-Assad.
GF: THBT the IHL doctrine reeks of western intellectual imperialism & can thus have no claim to its
universality.

TIB DMC Debate 2012

Round 1 :
Session 1: THBT courts should break up consistently dominant political parties.
Session 2: THBT democratic states should have their own broadcasting corporations.
Quarters: THBT zero tolerance policing is a good tactic.
Semi Final: THW ban the publication of political opinion polls.
Final: THW suspend direct delivery of foreign development aid.

Drishty NDC [English] 2012

Round 1: This House Should Ban reality shows in TV channels.
Round 2: This House Believes That the European Union should only direct aids to nations that persue
environmentally sustainable development.
Round 3: This House Believes That people sentenced to life imprisonment should be allowed to choose
death penalty instead.
Final: THBT students should have power to influence university curriculum

The Durban Open 2012

R1: THBT vigilantism is a legitimate means of achieving justice in rural communities.
R2: THW cap corporate funding of election campaigning.
R3: THBT formerly oppressed nations, who commit acts of violence or oppression against other
nations, do not deserve sympathy from the international community.
R4: THW allow states to claim compensation from credit agencies where their ratings prove to be
financially harmful
R5: THBT classical children fairy tales should be rewritten with the aim of correcting gender
stereotypes
Semis: THW grant immunity from prosecution to hacktivists who reveal their identities.
Finals: THBT the trial of Charles Taylor is illegitimate.

ANU Easters 2012

Round 1:
1) That neighborhoods should be allowed to veto construction of religious buildings.
2) TWS remove tax exempt status of religions who refuse to have female or homosexual leaders.
3) TWS ban circumcision

Round 2:
1) That Barack Obama deserves a 2nd term.
2) That juries that believe a conviction would be socially unjust should be allowed to return a verdict of
not guilty.
3) That the prison system should be privatised.

Round 3:
1) TWS ban forecloures where the occupants would become homeless or dependent on the state.
2) That government contracts in the developing world should only be given to locally owned
businesses.
3) That the government should set a national maximum on the hours that any person can work.
Round 4:
1) That Australia should require governments to achieve a parliamentary majority before they are
2) That governments should allow conscience votes on issues of moral controversy.
3) That the media should be banned from speculating about leadership challenges until a challenger
publicly announces intention.

Round 5
1) That America should not commit drone attacks in Pakistan without Pakistan's permission.
2) That Australia should pay its Asia-Pacific neighbours to take refugees.
3) That South-East Asian governments should establish government owned brothels for sex tourism.
Round 6:
1) That the state should pay compensation for injuries or deaths to homeless people caused by their
homelessness
2) TWS not force feed anorexics.
3) TWS cap the amount of money payable by negligent medical practitioners to their patients.

Octo-Finals:
1) TWS ban corporations from targeting a specific gender in the marketing and promotion of children's
toys.
2) TWS regret the social norm towards long-term monogamous relationships.
3) TWS not allow people alleging sexual harassment to settle their sicil law suits out of court.

Quarter-Finals:
1) That the West should stop supporting the Libyan Transition Council until it agrees to hand over
Gaddafi's associates for trial at the ICC rather than trying them domestically.
2) That the Israeli government should refuse to protect settlements created by Jewish people without
the authorization of the Israeli State.
3) That Western charities should engage in simple emotive, social media campaigns (modeled on the
Kony2012 campaign) to pursue their policy goals.
Semi-Finals:
1) That we should actively prevent the contacting of the Amazon tribes that have not yet been
contacted.
2) That corporations should be allowed to pay a higher wage to employees who agree not to have
children during their term of employment.
3) That the government should fund graphic and confronting advertising campaigns against the
production and consumption of meat.

Grand Final:
That vigilantism should be a defence to criminal charges in jurisdictions with extremely high crime
rates.

Malaysian Open 2012

[Thanks to Skanda Prasad for tweeting the results and the motions, some were from the FB
group] }

Round 1
M1 : THW stream its students according to academic ability.
M2: THW not prescribe drugs to minors diagnosed with ADHD
M3: THBT indigenous people should have free and unrestricted access to universities.
Round 2
M1 : THW abolish all laws against public nudity.
M2: THW punish passengers in the car if the driver is drunk.
M3 : THW pay other countries to house their prisoners.
Round 3 :
THW abolish the IMF and the World Bank
THS the Occupy Movement
THW abolish vetos at the UN security council
Round 4 :
M1:THW abolish vernacular schools
M2: THW not allow politicians to switch parties after the results are announced
M3: THW say yes to Lynas
Round 5
M1: THW stop supporting HIV medication and focus on prevention, in Africa.
M2: TH prefers chinese investment to western aid, in Africa.
M3: THBT national parks, In Africa should only be managed by the state.

Round 6 :
M1: THBT Governments should ensure a significant portion of food sold is locally produced
M2: THBT food stamps should not be allowed to be used at fast food restaurants
M3: THW disallow groups that glorify obesity
Round 7
M1: THW give terrorist organizations full amnesty if they give up arms and form political parties.
M2: THBT online hacktivists should be treated like terrorists
M3: THW torture terrorists.
Octos:
M1: THBT States should support struggling major newspapers.
M2: THW allow realistic animated pedophilic porn
M3: THS quotas for locally produced media.
Quarters :
M1: THS an ASEAN court to prosecute transgressions of former leaders
M2: THW create a common ASEAN history textbook
M3: THS free movement of labour within ASEAN

Semi Final:
M1: THS a one state policy for Palestine-Israel
M2: THW arm the Syrian Opposition
M3: TH prefers autocratic to Islamic govts
Grand Final:
M1 THS the welfare State. (It was chosen by the finalists)
M2: THW fund public education without imposing a national curriculum.
M3: THW return to a pre-partition India

Colgate IV 2012
[From: http://globaldebate.posterous.com/colgate-iv-2012]
R1: THW, as the USA, ban negative political advertisements.
R2: THW allocate public housing in order to create racially diverse housing projects.
R3: THW, if it could be proven to have a substantial deterrent effect, use the death penalty to punish
serious crimes.
R4: THW ban all depictions of the prophet Mohammed.
R5: THW establish state funded schools which exclusively admit LGBTQ students who choose to
attend.
QF: THW, even if it had no effect on the total amount of tax revenue raised, substantially increse txes
on the wealthy.
SF: THW determine the extent of abortion rights by holding popular referenda in which women and
only women and entitled to participate.
GF: THBT countries that are approaching economic disaster should suspend democratic elections and
appoint a government of experts.

Vienna IV 2012
[Courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/DKWien | https://www.facebook.com/achteminute]
R1: This House would introduce mandatory trips to Nazi concentration camps for Austrian elementary
school students.
R2: This House supports the use of charity rather than state welfare systems.
R3: This House believes that Russia was justified in vetoing intervention in Syria.
R4: This House believes that Facebook is justified to censor any of its users' content for any reason it
sees fit.
R5: This House supports the appointment of technocratic governments in Eurozone countries suffering
fiscal crisis.
R6: This House believes the Israeli Army should adopt a policy of shooting to kill their own comrades
where they are likely to be captured.
Semifinal motion: This House believes that EU Countries should promote Christianity and not other
religions.
Final motion: Given the technology for a full-term pregnancy in an incubator, THB humanity should
seek to abolish natural pregnancy.

21st International Christian University

Tournament
[Thanks to Suthen Thomas Tate for tweeting the motions]
Round 1 theme: Religion
R1M1: THW remove tax exemptions given to religious organizations
R1M2: THW prohibit methods of animal slaughter prescribed by religions that cause prolonged pain to
animals
R1M3: THW abolish all education institutions established and run by religious organizations
Round 2: Gender and Sexuality
R2M1: THW ban international marriage agencies
R2M2: THBT liberal democracies should send female ambassadors to states that repress women
R2M3: THW include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender sexual orientation in the teaching of sex
education in all schools
Round
R3M3:
R3M2:
R3M1:

3: Japan
THW lift the obligation to label Japanese products with their geographic origin
THW tear down the Yasukuni Shrine
THBT the resignation of a Prime Minister should trigger an immediate general election.

Round 4:
R4M1: THW repeal Three Strikes Laws
R4M3: THBT ex-cons should be allowed to erase past convictions from their criminal record after a
fixed period of good behaviour
Round 5: Show me your money
M1: THW abolish all sin taxes
M2: THW impose a 100% inheritance tax
Round 6: International relations
M1: THBT the Mexican state should tolerate drug cartels instead of waging an all-out war against them
on the US' behalf
M2: THW make development aid conditional on the leaders of recipient nations denouncing dictators in
other nations
M3: TH supports intervention by a coalition of willing nations in Syria without a United Nations
mandate
Round 7: Science and Technology
M1: THBT scientific research that attributes negative traits to a particular ethnic group should not be
published
M2: THW use taxpayers' money to compensate creators of copyrighted content for losses due to
piracy
M3: THBT corporations should not be allowed own the results of university research that they have
sponsored
Octo-finals: The kids are not alright

M1: THW punish parents who get divorced while they have children below the age of majority
M2: THW hold teachers accountable in cases of school bullying
M3: THW require doctors to inform the parents of minors on whom they perform an abortion procedure
Quarters Theme: Media
M1: THW subsidize documentary films criticizing government policies
M2: THW exempt journalists from civil and criminal penalties for defamation
M3: THW force journalists to reveal their sources in criminal cases
Semis: Semis theme: Who we let in
M1: THW grant legal status to undocumented migrants who have been employed in the host country
for a fixed period of time
M2: THBT universities in liberal democracies should not accept the children of the ruling elite of
oppressive regimes
M3: THW remove immigration restrictions that are based on an individuals HIV status
Grand Finals Theme: This good Earth
M1: THW abolish emissions trading
M2: THBT countries that have starving or malnourished citizens should not export agricultural
products
M3: THBT questions on the validity of the science behind human-induced global warming should be
irrelevant

Intra IBA Debate Championship 2012

Round 1:
Children
1. This House supports child labor
2. This House will not allow Parents to raise their children in one particular faith
3. This House does not support the idea of unisex schools
Round 2:
Rights
1. This House will give two votes to the Poor.
2. This House will not allow teachers the right to strike
3. This House will not give awards to celebrities who glorify or openly use Drugs.
Round 3
Sex and Relationship
1. This House will allow group marriages
2. This House will legalize prostitution
3. This House will allow transsexual sex offenders to be publicly punished by transsexuals.
Round 4
Bangladesh
1. This House will shift all military establishment out of Dhaka
2. This House will close all diplomatic ties with Pakistan till it apologizes for the genocide in 1971
3. This House will require a minimum Bachelors degree to stand in general election.

Round 5
Love and Affection
1. This House will allow public display of affection
2. This House will allow the over the counter sale of sex enhancing drugs and sex toys.
3. This house will ban all free pornography

Budapest Open 2012

R1: THW not imprison those convicted of non-violent crimes
R2: THW make development aid conditional upon the improvement of womens rights.
R3: THW lift the ban on Communist symbols in all post-communist EU member states
R4: THW only provide state pension to those mentally or physically unable to work.
SF: THW ban medicine designed to erase human memories
F: THBT violent activities to achieve anti-capitalist aims in Western societies are justified

Northeast Universities Debating

Championship 2012
1. THW make proficiency in a country's official language a requirement for running for office
2. THB that media figures should no comment on Jeremy Lin's race.
3. THW ban companies from owning, staffing, or servicing prisons
4. TH regrets the stigma against speaking critically of recently deceased celebrity figures
5. THW ban non-merit based Greek letter organizations
6. THW build the Keystone XL pipeline
Quarters THW return the Falklands to Argentina
Semis THW abandon austerity.
Finals THBT supporters of a candidate should not criticize the candidate's policies during an election
season.

LSE Open 2012

Round 1: THW grant the unqualified right to assisted suicide to all mentally sound adults.
Round 2: TH regrets the strong social norms in favour of lifelong monogamy
Round 3: THBT western countries should invest primarily in air power rather than ground troops for
future military interventions
Round 4: THBT the education system should promote equality of outcomes over equality of
opportunities.
Round 5: TH welcomes the advent of extreme genetic enhancements for human beings
Quarters: THBT the state should systematically use subconscious manipulation to nudge citizens
towards good choices
ESL final: THBT national governments should aim to depopulate rather than regenerate areas with few
viable economic activities
Open Break semi: THBT Western foreign policy should seek to prevent China's acquisition of Africa's
land and natural resources.

Final: TH regrets the decline of Marxism in liberal Western democracies

Cambrian 2012
R1:THW punish law enforcers who fail to maintain a minimum level of physical attribute with which
they got into the force.
R2:Thw impose a special tax on high earning sports personnel
R3: THBT community services should be a mandatory part of academic curriculum.
R4: THW denounce the Western brokered peace deals in Middle East.
Semis: THS set a minimum level of income for anyone to invest in the share market.
Final: THW allow the use of only Excalibur in warfare.

MAD Mini 2012

Round 1
1. That custody hearings should not take into account the biological origin of the child.
2. That we should make pre-nuptial agreements a pre-requisite for all marriages.
3. That we should use early childhood education to actively undermine traditional gender roles
Round 2
1. We shd lower the standard of proof in sexual assault trials to be on the balance of probability than
R1M3. That we
2. That we should repeal the statute of limitations.
3. That we should make complete and total rehabilitation the only determinant of prisoner release
dates.
Round 3
1. That the West should adopt a one-child policy.
2. That human rights should be considered culturally relative.
3. That we should allow all citizens, including the entirely healthy, to access assisted suicide.
Round 4
1. That countries should be able to prosecute foreign soldiers who commit crimes whilst serving in
their jurisdiction.
2. We should allow soldiers to sue the government for negligence.
3. The ICC should consider the targeting of religious sites during conflict a crime against humanity.
Round 5
1. That Glee is good for the gay rights movement.
2. That we would not allow those wrongly accused of being gay to sue for defamation.
3. That we should allow the creation of GLBTIQ only schools.

Quarter Final:
1. That true democracy would allow its citizens to vote for authoritarianism.
2. That we should abolish term limits in established western democracies.
3. Assuming intelligence could be perfectly measured: We should make the power of your vote
proportionate to your intelligence.

Semi Final:
1. That doctor shd be allowed to lie in order to create/augment placebo-effect fr their patient when no
cure fr their illness is avail
2. That we should force treatment upon the mentally ill
3. That we should allow religious organisations to pay women who are considering abortion to carry
their child to term.
Grand Final:
1. That dictators should NEVER be able to access development loans.
2. That the United Nations should tax the profits of all natural resource sales worldwide.
3. That postwar reconstruction contracts should be restricted to companies from countries which
actively supported the war effort

Viqarunnessa 2012
R1: TH condemns the hosting of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)
R2: THW ban the showing of Indian films in local cinema halls
R3: THW try child celebrities as adults.
R4: THW not have Chinese any more.
R5: THW give two votes to the poor.
Masters Round: THW outsource police forces to private companies.
Quarters: THW not make any further direct military intervention in any Middle Eastern Nations
Semis: THW give capital punishment for poaching of endangered animals!
Final: THW allow military personnel to tweet, use facebook profile and blog during war times.

Royals 2012
Round 1: SOCIETY
1. THBT we should not give money to beggars
2. THBT the State should impose a strict curfew on minors
3. THW impose traffic fines based on a percentage of the offenders income
Round 2: FLORA AND THE FAUNA
1. THBT First World Countries Must Accept Environmental Refugees
2. THW recognize animal land rights in development project
3. THBT climate conferences are a waste of time
Round 3: SCIENCE AND TECH
1. THBT it is time to stop space exploration
2. THW forbid the pursuit of self-learning artificial intelligence

3. THBT intellectual property laws are obsolete in the digital age

Round 4: ECONOMICS & LABOUR
1. THW rather support 12 Ramli Burgers stands than one Burger King
2. THW disallow workers in essential sectors from striking
3. THW nationalise all banks
Break Rounds:
Junior Quarterfinals: the MIDDLE EAST
1. THBT the international community should leave Syria alone
2. THW demand the immediate transfer of power from Egypts ruling military
council to a civilian authority
3. THW Enforce a nuclear free Middle East
Senior Quarterfinals: IRAN
1. THBT Obama has been too soft on Iran
2. THS the European Unions embargo on Iranian oil
3. THBT the international community should leave Iran alone
Junior Semifinals: Point and laugh. Or maybe not. GENDER & SEXUALITY
1. THW no longer recognize being called a homosexual as a valid ground to
sue for defamation
2. THW recognise a 3rd gender
3. THBT in conservative societies, special schools should be set up for
LGBT students
Senior Semifinals: EVERYDAY POLITICS
1. THS the Obama administrations move that requires insurance companies to
absorb the costs of contraceptive healthcare
2. THBT the Justice and Development Party, not the army, are the biggest
threat to Turkish democracy
3. THW not allow corporations to make political contributions
Junior Grand Finals: Malaysia
1. TH would limit terms of all Members of Parliament to only two terms in
office.
Senior Grand finals: Malaysia
1. THBT serving civil servants and politicians-in-office should not be
awarded honorific titles
2. THW replace moral classes with religious classes for non-Muslims in
public schools
3. THW grant the right to vote only to residing Malaysians

Summerfield 2012
R1: THBT media corporations should show articles and videos made by terrorists aimed to
spread their ideological beliefs.

R2: THBT scarce resources such as water should not be subsidized by the government.
R3: THW ban households from hiring domestic help below the age of 18.
R4: THW force the porn industry to display the usage of condoms in all their movies.
R5: THW ban the use of enhanced post-production in cosmetics adverts.
Semis: THBT no international aid should be in the form of money.
Final: THW sever all diplomatic ties with India if they do not apologize for the
actions of BSF in the borders. (not sure about the wordings)

NUJS PD 2012
Judge test for internal pool (January 19, 2012)
THBT it was a bad idea to invite Salman Rushdie to the Jaipur Literature Festival
Judge test for external pool (January 20, 2012)
THW hold social networking websites liable for offensive content posted by their users
Round 1 The dismal science (20/1/2012)
TH is against private sector participation in the management of pension funds
THBT devaluation of national currencies is a justifiable tool to boost export earnings
THBT central monetary institutions should be insulated from executive control
Round 2 The faith factor (20/1/2012)
THW no longer impose the requirement of celibacy for Catholic Priests
THBT the state should offer financial assistance to interfaith couples
THBT there is nothing wrong with conversion through inducement
Round 3 Sport (20/1/2012)
THBT violent sports involving animals should be prohibited
THBT players on national teams should not be contractually prevented from participating in profitdriven professional leagues
THW establish a special tax on high-earning sportspersons to fund the development of sports
Round 4 Beyond Boundaries (Foreign Affairs) [21/1/2012}
THBT the targeted killings of Iranian nuclear scientists is justified
THBT national governments should not hire foreign lobbying firms to represent their interests
THBT there is an obligation to repatriate deposed tyrants back to their home countries
Round 5 Gender and Sexuality (21/1/2012)
THW endorse the Slutwalk campaign
TH supports the idea of paternity leave
THBT women in developing countries should embrace reproductive tourism
Round 6 Why this Kolaveri Di? (The frustration round) [21/1/2012]
THBT school libraries should not stock the Harry Potter series of books
THW tolerate nudism in beaches and public pools in India
THW allow all communities to freely use the n-word
Octa-finals and Novice quarters Love thy neighbours, debate their motions (22/1/2012)
THW not arrest fishermen who cross national maritime boundaries

 THW prosecute the perpetrators of the 1971 conflict in Bangladesh

THBT armies should not be allowed to operate commercial ventures
Quarter-finals and Novice semis People Power (22/1/2012)
THBT constitutions should not be amended without direct citizen participation
THBT corporations should not be allowed to make political contributions
THBT democracies should give full voting rights to their diaspora
Semi-Finals and Novice final Blackboard Jungle (22/1/2012)
THW not include class participation as a component of evaluation for taught courses in colleges
THBT student feedback should be given weightage in decisions about promotions of faculty members
THBT professional bodies should not be involved in the regulation of higher education in their
respective fields
Final (22/12012)
THBT the Prime Minister of India should be an elected member of the Lok Sabha.

Scholastica 2012
1.THW introduce plain packaging for cigarettes2. THW cancel all sanctions against Iran
3. THBT govt. has the right to control access to all sorts of information (internet)
4. THBT we should prohibit discrimination in the media on the basis of physical attractiveness
5. THW take lifestyle choices into account before the allocation of scarce medical resources

Quarters: THW introduce a mandatory course on current political circumstances and legislations in
high school curriculum
Semis: THBT manufacturers of technological products should be prohibited from creating upgrades
within 4 years of the products release date.
GF: TH support constitutional monarchy.

WSDC 2012
Round 1: THW Ban Alcohol.
Round 2: This house believes that newly democratised Arab nations should not allow religious parties
to participate in elections. [Prep]
Round 3: THW allow single parents in prison to raise their children behind bars.
Round 4: This house believes that developing nations should place limits on internal rural-urban
migration. [Prep]
Round 5: This house believes that the police should use racial profiling to fight crime.
Round 6: This house believes that the feminist movement should seek a ban on pornography. [Prep]
Round 8: This house believes that states should enshrine legally actionable socio-economic rights
Octo-Final: THBT governments should create schools which teach in endangered indigenous
languages.
Quarters: THBT Gay rights organizations should out gay public figures.
Semi-Finals: THS a 100% tax on inherited wealth.

Grand Final: This house regrets South Africa's decision to use the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission rather than prosecuting perpetrators of crimes committed under Apartheid.

WUDC 2012
Prelim Rounds:
Round 1: THW make fathers take paternity leave.
Round 2: THW prevent politicians from making fact claims,that, while not technically lies, are
substantially misleading voters.
Round 3: THW force large companies who leave an area to pay the costs of any resulting structural
unemployment.
Round 4: THW require individuals to use all their wealth beyond USD 5 millions for philanthropic
projects.
Round 5: THW require deaf parents to send their kids (whether deaf/hearing) to mainstream schools
for their primary & secondary education.
Round 6: TH supports politicians who pass progressive legislation even when it is contrary to the
wishes of the democratic electorate.
Round 7: TH supports the free movement of labour worldwide.
Round 8: THW exempt academic disputes from defamation law.
Round 9: THW ban all private healthcare in favour of a comprehensive public healthcare system.
Break Rounds:
Main :
Octo Finals: THW not allow a single media company to own multiple TV channels or newspapers
(whether in print or online)
Quarter Final: THBT "Western" consultants advising dictatorships have a moral duty to sabotage
them.
Semi Final: THBT images designed to even slightly sexually attract/aroused viewer should be
restricted to specialist adult site/xxx domain.
Final: TH supports nationalism.

ESL:
Quarter Final: THW limit Government ministers' standard of living to that of someone on the current
median wage.
Semi Final: In countries with few female politicians, this house believes it is good to have a politically
active 'first lady'
Grand Final: THS scientist who fabricate evidence exaggerating certainty of man-made climate
change where theres low likelihood of being caught.
EFL:
Semi Final: THBT when doctors discover a patient has a STD, they should reveal that information to
the patients partner.
Grand Final: ?

Master R1: THW stop public funding for the post secondary education and use the money to give
everyone an equal loathsome payment on their 18th Birthday to use how they see fit.
Adj Test: THW ban all reporting of individual hostage taking.
Public Speaking: Why I debate?
Women's Night Motion: THW only sell porn for women made by women.

WUPID 2011
R1. TH would abolish permanent membership of the UN Security Council.
R2. With the benefit of hindsight, TH regrets awarding President Barrack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize.
R3. THBT Asia should welcome Chinese Military Expansion.
R4. THBT Malaysia should embrace the right to peaceful assembly.
R5. THBT The peaceful resolution of conflicts in South America must include the international
legalization of cocaine.
QF. THBT the UN should insist on focused assassination attempts prior to approving wider military
action for regime change.
SF. THBT all whistle blowers from the military should be given amnesty.
GF: THBT unfettered capitalism is the greatest obstacle to world peace.

Singapore Debate Open 2011

R1. THW cane children in schools.
R2. THW protect uncontacted tribes from the outside world.
R3. THW compel religiously affiliated organizations to provide birth control coverage under the new US
health care laws.
R4. TH Regrets Palestine's full membership in UNESCO
R5. THW completely privatize the public transport system in developing countries
R6. THBT states should provide military assistance to environmental militants
QF. THW actively discredit Orientalism, specifically the western conception of an Asian Identity.
SF. TH should only appoint female generals
GF. THW allow citizens to sue their government for mismanagement of natural disasters.

NSU Asian BP 2011

R1: THW ban violent sports.
R2: TH regrets Myanmar's appointment as future ASEAN chair.
R3: THW abolish gated communities with extensive private security.
R4: THW require all media outlets to be organized as cooperatives, owned
and run by journalists only.
R5: THW not allow countries undertaking military intervention abroad to
harvest natural resources while they are there.
R6: THBT feminists should campaign for fathers' right!
Pre Quarter: THW criminalize the refusal to render reasonable assistance to
people in distress.
Quarters: THBT states should punish more harshly acts of terrorism

committed by own citizens than those committed by citizens of their

countries.
Semi Finals: THW use state education system to actively promote atheism.
Final Motion: THBT micro-credit program should stop exclusively targeting
women.

Melbourne Mini 2011

R1: THW sell uranium to India.
R2. THBT Facebook should remove pages that joke about rape.
R3. THW take drastic action against Syria.
R4: THW break up companies deemed too big to fail.
R5: THBT marriage licenses should have to be renewed periodically.
Rd 6: THW ban all blood sports involving animals.
SF: THW allow health care professionals to opt out of any stage of abortion, including before & after
care.
Final: THBT the US should support Palestinian statehood.

NEAO 2011
R1: The Middle East
THBT Israel should preemptively strike against Iranian Nuclear facilities.
R2: Politics
THW allow individuals to sell their votes for financial compensation.
R3: Economics
THW end all fiscal austerity measures and increase government spending.
R4: Taiwan
THBT Taiwanese government should abandon all efforts towards formal independence.
R5: Ethics
THW legalize polygamy.
Pre QF: Religion
THBT equal opportunity legislation should extend to religious institutions.
QF: Justice
THW try the Syrian dictator, Al-Assad.
SF: International Obligations
THBT all countries must ratify binding targets in any international agreement on climate change.
GF: International Law
THBT international law should recognize the right of each state to unilaterally undertake humanitarian
intervention.
EFL SF: Development
THBT all government contracts should buy locally manufactured goods and services.
EFL GF: Environment
THW impose a maximum cap on the usage of water.
[Source: http://project.wtuc.edu.tw/neao/index.php/the-news/116-neao2011-results]

New Zealand IV (Victoria IV) 2011

R1: This House would ban child beauty pageants
R2: This House believes Israel should unilaterally preemptively strike Iran.

R3: This House believes that individuals should be required by governments to invest a defined portion
of their salary for their retirement
R4: This House would forcibly remove the homeless from the streets and place them in mental
institutions or rehabilitation
R5: This House would consign the European Union to the dustbin of history
R6: This house supports comprehensive parental leave paid for by employers
Semi: This House would camp out in solidarity with the "Occupy" protestors
Final: This House believes newly democratised Arab nations should not allow religious parties to run for
office.

Cambridge IV 2011
R1: THW allow family members to forcibly commit proven alcoholics and drug addicts to rehabilitation
clinics.
R2: THBT all research organizations should institute codes of conduct that forbid the creation of Strong
AI.
R3: THW provide financial assistance to inner city neighborhoods to prevent gentrification
R4: THBT China should make extracting a full apology for Japan's War Crimes a top strategic priority
R5: THBT feminists should not campaign against polygamy in poor countries.
Open QF: THBT the use of conscripted soldiers should be a war crime.
ESL SF: THW take the children of the Amish into care
Open SF: TH regrets the rise of a distinct African American Culture
ESL Final: THB that it is morally legitimate for Occupy Movement to use violence to undermine
capitalist institutions
Open Final: THW break up Google's Search monopoly.

Oxford IV 2011
R1: This House Believes That Sex Education Classes in Schools Should Teach Techniques For Pure
Sexual Gratification (including, but not limited to, anal sex, oral sex, mutual gratification and
masturbation)
R2: This House Believes That in developing countries aid organizations should be banned from religious
proselytizing.
R3: This House Believes That Trade unions and labour protection laws should be suspended during
times of economic crisis.
R4: This House Believes That Israel Should Materially Support Arab Pro-Democratic Movements.
R5: This House Believes That a tax should be placed on successful artists in order to fund new and
developing artists(Note: Artists defined by the CA team to be the arts and the entertainment industry).
Open Quarter Final: This House Believes That International Law should allow states which accept
refugees to sue the states they come from for compensation.
ESL Semi Final: This House Believes That the LGBT Movement Should Not Support Pride Marches.
Open Semi: This House would Establish Brothels on Military Bases.

ESL Final: This House believes That the CEOs of the largest corporations should be chosen by the
national democratic elections
Open Final: This House Would establish geographical zones where the selling and consuming of any
and all drugs are legal.

UVM 2011 Huber Debates Tournament

Rd 1: THBT inmates who hold prison jobs should be paid at least the minimum wage.
Rd 2: THBT Spain should end bullfighting.
Rd 3: THBT Saudi Arabia should prohibit Afghans, Pakistanis, and all countries with Al Quaeda bases to
go to Mecca to perform Their hajj and/or Umrah.
Rd 4: THW only issue transfer payments to individuals who vote.
Rd 5: THW pay drug addicts to be sterilized.
Rd 6: In countries with high AIDS rates, THW impose mandatory male circumcision.
QF: THBT major fiscal policy decisions should be subject to a referendum.
Novice Final: THW spoil the ballots.
Semifinal: THBT ordinary police officers should not carry lethal weapons.
Final: THBT black comedians, musicians, and other public figures should not use the n-word.

Hong Kong Debate Open 2011

R1: THW ban the participation of children in clinical drug trials.
R2. THW abolish the minimum wage.
R3: THW ban religious organizations from establishing schools.
R4: TH supports the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
R5: THW ban all approaches that seek to cure homosexuality.
R6: THBT the U.S. should not veto the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations.
QF: THW hold companies liable for the enviromental damage caused overseas.
SF: THW ban agencies that broker international marriages.
GF: TH regrets the policy of assassinating terrorist leaders instead of trying them.
[Thanks to Sharmila Parmanand for tweeting the motions]

1st Jesselton Debate Open 2011

Final: THBT Malaysia should adopt full-scale military national service.
Semis: THBT war criminals should be tried in their home country instead of the ICC
R5: THB in a global ban for online gambling #
R4: THBT denial of global warming as a fact should be made a crime #JDO2011
R3: THBT Borneo would be better of as an independent nation #JDO2011
R2: The involvement of minors in social networking sites bring more harm than good
R1: THBT Malaysia should abolish the death penalty

Source: http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23JDO2011

Yale IV 2011

Final: THBT the end of US hegemony is good for the world

SF: Thw allow and enforce pre-nuptial agreements that punish adultery with jail time. Semi
QF: THBT scientific journals shouldnt publish research on the subject of racial disparities in intelligence
RD 5: Where someone's mental health renders them unfit to stand trial, THW forcibly treat them to
allow them to stand trial
RD4: THB universities should disclose to admitted students, upon their request, if aff action affected
their admission
RD3: THW prohibit folks who've been full time employees of political parties or the government from
lobbying
RD 2: THB courts should be able to issue assassination warrants.
RD 1: THW punish financial professionals who fail to report others' insider trading as if they had
committed the insider trading themselves. [Thanks to Tahmeed Adnan for the last motion, as he
debated at Yale IV]

Source:
http://twitter.com/#!/simulatethis
http://twitter.com/#!/DebateTourney

Macau IV 2011
GF: THBT developed countries should punish companies whose sub-contractors use abusive labor
practices in the third world
Semis: THW give foreign workers the right to vote in general elections
R5: THBT Marriage should come with an expiry date
R4: THW not allow patients to refuse life-saving medical treatment
R3 motion: THBT all governments should provide low-cost public housing to all their citizens
R2 motion: THW require all social networking sites to have user-elected board members
universities
R1: THW privatise all public universitites
Demo Debate 1: THBT financial assistance for the poor is the responsibility of charities, not
government.
Demo Debate 2: THBT schools should actively undermine traditional gender stereotypes.|
[Thanks to Sharmila Parmanand for all the updates]

13th Philippines National Debate

Championship
[Facebook Group, Twitter Hashtag]
Finals: THBT in the interest of economic and geopolitical stability, the ASEAN should cede Spratlys to
China.
SF: THBT war criminals should be tried in their home countries instead of
the ICC.
R8.TH regrets the implementation of development models that place conditions on transfers of
financial assistance for the
poor.
R7 motion: THBT social institutions should recognize and support the nature of children and sexual

beings.
R6.THBT financial institutions should not divulge info that may risk market stability in times of
economic crisis.
R5.THW abandon Zion.
R4.THW abolish the double jeopardy rule for the previously acquitted.
R3. THBT the US govt should not have the power to execute citizens who are alleged terrorists without
due process.
R2.THW prohibit universities from preferentially admitting the sons and daughters of their alumni.
R1.THBT it is legitimate for governments to require their people to take vaccines for common diseases.

KDU ProAms 2011

[The motions were tweeted by Debate Tourney]
SF.THBT god should end the world now.
QF.THBT In order to challenge gender roles, children should remain
genderless till puberty.
R5.THB in the creation of super soldiers.
R4.THBT celebrating christmas as a national holiday is in US's state endorsed
discrimination to other religions.
R3.THBT it is against intergalactic civil liberties for the Jedi to use mind tricks
in the course of justice.
R2.THBT people who visit other countries should still be bound to the laws of
their county of origin
R1.THW decriminalise dangerous activities and substances for the terminally
ill.

Hart House IV 2011

[Thanks to Steve Llano for tweeting the motions!]

Round 5: thw cut foreign aid to countries that persecute sexual minorities.
Round 4: this house supports immigration systems that prefer cultural
similarity.
Round 3: this house supports the targeted assasination of US cirizens who
participate in terrorist activities against the US abroad.
Rd 2: this house would legalize all drugs.
Rd 1: THW let Greece default.

BDC Pre-Worlds 2011

R1: THBT Israel should support Palestine's independence to end its own economic problems.(Prep
Motion)
R2: TH condemns the government of Japan for its failure to mitigate Fukushima's post nuclear disaster.
R3: THBT transit is a fair trade for rights to international waters. (Prep Motion)

R4: THBT the leadership anarchy of the Libyan Transitional Government will cause the downfall of
ongoing democratic movement.
Rd 5: THBT developed countries should allow their companies to bribe officials in developing nations
where it is a proven practice. (Prep Motion)
R6: THW cancel Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
Quarters: THW prosecute communities for complicity in honor killings.
Semi Final: THW force priest to break their confessional seals of heinous crimes of individuals to law
enforcement authorities.
Final: THW allow human cloning for military purposes. (Prep Motion)

Claremont Mckenna College Open 2011

[Thanks to Steve Llano for tweeting the motions!]

Finals: THS a weak dollar.

Semifinal: This House supports drone strikes.
Round 8: Elected officials should take a polygraph test before taking office.
Round 7: This house would end the use of nuclear power.
Round 6: In the case of cyber attack, this house prefers military retaliation.
Round 5: Individuals should be able to sue their government for inaction on climate change.
Round 4: Wikileaks should be granted status as a digital world treasure on UNESCO's World Heritage
List.
Round 3: Governments in violation of UN treaties should forfeit their right to vote or veto UN matters.
Round 2: TH supports computer hacktivism.
Round 1: Barack Obama should return the Nobel Peace Prize.

Mahidol University Mixer 2011

[The motions were tweeted by Debate Tourney]
GF.THBT thai government should grant thaksin a pardon.
SF. THW televise court trials.
R5. THBT Marriage licenses should have an expiration date.
R4. THBT it is high time for the united states to abandon its assumed role as the worlds international
police.
R3. THBT LGBT movements should support the creation of 'gay-borhoods'.
R2. THBT it is legitimate to use human shields in war.
R1. THBT admission to university should be made easier for applicants born into poverty.

Keiv Open 2011

[Thanks to Steve Llano for tweeting the motions!]

R1: THBT there should be no limit on self-defense against violent crimes

R2: THW ban parades and demonstrations that could incite a violent
reaction.
R3: THB that the UN should offer large bounties for the capture of pirates and
the destruction of pirate ships.

Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2011

[Thanks to Steve Llano for tweeting the motions and we guyz can alos check out #bsdt]

Grand Final round: thw put university curriculum in the hands of the
students.
Novice final: thw make voting in national elections mandatory.
Semifinal: thw not march in the slutwalks.
QF: thw abolish lifetime tenure for supreme court justices.
Round d 6: THW abolish the death penalty.
Round 5: THW forgive student debt.
Round 4: THBT affirmative action does more harm than good.
Round 3: this house opposes Western influence in the Arab revolutions.
Round 2: THB that environmental protection should take precedence over
economic growth.
Round 1: TH supports the right to physician assisted suicide.

AWDC 2011
Final: That the house believes feminism should embrace the word slut.
Semi Final: : This house would establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate sexual
abuse within the Catholic Church.
R6: This house would refuse to uphold confidential out-of-court settlements.
R5: That this house would oust the Karzai administration.
R4: This house supports democratic education.
R3: This House would redistribute, aggressively and without compensation, all land taken from black
South Africans during apartheid.
R2: This house believes that, in times if economic crisis, economic bodies should withhold information
that may damage market confidence.
R1: That this House would never prosecute child soldiers for crimes committed during war.

RVDT 2011
From: Skanda Prasad:
Round1
1: THBT universities should encourage and promote sexual activity.

2: THW hold criminal only the possession to peddle and not possession to
consume marijuana in India.
3: THW disallow mosh pits.
Round 2
1: THBT competitive examination coaching classes are antithetical to the
greater cause of education.
2: THBT all primary and secondary schools should not make any subject
mandatory.
3: THW allow corporal punishment in schools
Round 3:
1: THBT FIFA must use female officials in the world cup.
2: THW always prefer heterosexual couples to homosexual couples for
adoption.
3: THBT zoos are immoral
Round 4:
1. THBT cricketers shouldn't walk.
2. THBT the highest governing body for a sporting club should be constituted by its fans.
3. THW lift the ban on team orders instructing drivers to deliberately lose a race in motorsport racing.

Round 5:
1. THBT all patents must be accessible (in exchange) for a reasonable remunaration to the patent
owner.
2. THW peg the price of fuel to the fuel efficiency of the vehicle.
3. TH regrets the Tata Nano.

Round 6:
1. THW conduct pharmaceutical trials on death row convicts
2. THW forcibly abort foetuses that are infected with HIV/AIDS.
3. THW make blood donation compulsory for all

Binghamton IV 2011
[Thanks to Steve Llano for tweeting the motions!]
Round
Round
Round
Round
Round
Round

1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:

THBT the state should not fund art.

THBT governments should be allowed to disable social networks during civil disorder.
THBT Obama will not me re-elected.
THW make the behavior modifying drugs available without a prescription.
THW give women equal position in war with men.
THBT the UN should recognize Palestine as a state.

QF: THW allow the creation of donor siblings.

Novice Semi Final: THW increase the number of permanent members on the UN Security councils
Main Semi Final: THBT it is time for all the EU members to issue only debt bonds that are backed by all
members, i.e. Euro bonds.
Final: THBT nationalism is a virtue.

IIUM Debate Open 2011

Prelims
Round 1 :THBT the billions spent by Sheikh Mansur in Manchester should
instead be used for the Ummah
Round 2: THW extend Child Abuse Laws to include punishing parents who
force homosexual children to become straight
Round 3: THBT it is time to induct India as the 6th member of the United
Nations Security Council
Round 4: THBT Libya's assets should only be totally unfrozen post-elections
Round 5: THW Ban any Audio Visual depiction and/or staging of interspecies
intercourse
Break Rounds
Quarter Finals: THBT the west should support and not condemn the unilateral
declaration of an independent Palestine
Semi Finals: THBT raising the US national debt ceiling was a big mistake
Grand Final: THBT Saudi Arabia should prohibit Afghans, Pakistanis and all
citizens of countries with Al Qaeda bases to go to Mecca to perform their Hajj
and/or Umrah as part of the war on terror.

BIND 2011
R1: THW impose the one car/one house policy in greater Jakarta.
R2: THW abandon the EURO.
R3: THW ban political parties formed along racial or religious lines.
R4: THB women should pay less income taxes than men.
R5: THBT NATO should provide air support to Syrian Rebels in their struggle
against Bashar Al- Assad.
QF: THBT the Indonesian Gov. Should pay reparations to victims of Suherto
regime.
SF: THBT Obama Admin. should prosecute members of Bush Admin. for the
crimes comitted during war on terror.
Final: THW Create a United States of South East Asia.

Auckland IV 2011
[Thanks to Christopher Bishop for the tweets]
Final:THBT we should abolish political parties
R6: THBT the war on terror has been a mistake?
R5: THBT condoms should be manadatory in porn
R4: THBT feminists should rejuect slutwalks
R3: THBT NZ and Australia should normalize relationship with Fiji.
R2: TH suports a maximum wage
R1: THW ban male circumcision.

ANU Spring 2011

[From twitter]
Round 1: THW charge dictators with crimes against humanity when through
corruption or mismanagement they impoverished their countryRound 2: THW
ban websites which encourage or glorify eating disorders
Round 3: TH Supports the Austerity measures
Round 4: THBT the UN should hire private military contractors to undertake
humanitarin intervention.
Round 5. THW involuntarily admit the severely mentally ill.
SF: TH supports tiger parenting.
Final: THBT the age of the American Superpower is over.

WSDC Dundee 2011

R1. THW offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power.
R2: THW allow free distribution of music on the internet.
R3. THBT Universal Primary Education is a misallocation of resources for the
developing world.
R4: THW make voting in National Elections compulsory
R5. THW legalise the sale of human organs.
R6: THW stop sending humans into Space
R7. THBT women can only achieve equality under a secular system of
government.
Round 8: THW penalize sporting teams for the behavior of their fans.
Octos: THW Abandon Nuclear Energy
Quarters: TH supports free immigration.
Semi Final:THBT Any State Should Have The Right to Secede if The Majority

of The Population Wish.

Final: THBT autocracy is doomed in the age of Facebook.

UNSW IV 2011
Motions
R1 This house regrets the extrajudicial killing of Voldemort
R2 This house believes the world would be better without any states
R3 This house believes that politics is broken
R4 This house would not allow sentient exterrestrial aliens to be citizens of
any state on the Earth
R5 This house believes that it should never be illegal to publish an intention
to commit a crime
Semi-Finals This house believes that the world will lose the fight against
climate change
Final This house would spend baby spend

Intramuros IV 2011
(Courtesy: Tariq Maketab)

RD 1: THW grant amnesty to illegal immigrants who have made great and/or
unique contributions
RD 2: THW legalise commercial surrogacy
RD 3: THBT, save for isolation, prisons should simulate everyday life
RD 4: THBT ban commercial breeding of animals
RD 5: THBT the European Union is a failing project
Octofinals: THW demolish US debt ceiling permanently
Quarterfinals: THBT it is legitimate for individuals to publish derivative works
that alter the original message
Semifinals: THBT courts should strike down constitutional amendments that
remove or diminish fundamental rights.
Grand Finals: THBT in dealing with blasphemous art, a secular democratic
state should still err on the side of the religious majority.

Galway EUDC 2011

(For full results visit www. worlddebating.blogspot.com)
Round 1: TH would bring back the death penalty.
Round 2: TH would prohibit the media from using software to alter an

individuals appearance.
Round 3: TH believes that Germany should ban the publication of Mein
kamph indefinately.
Round 4: THBT Barack Obama should have vetoed any debt deal that did not
increase taxation.
Round 5: THW allow the creation of donor siblings
Round 6: THBT hacking is an acceptable form of protest against large
corporations.
Round 7: THBT early childhood education in schools should undermine
traditional gender roles.
Round 8: THBT America and the EU should cease all financial political and
military support to both Israel and the Palestinian authority until they reach a
peace agreement.
Round 9: THW Legally Require Priests to Report All Serious Crimes that They
Hear in Confession. ESL Quarters: THW ban all EU arms companies from
selling arms outside the EU. ESL Semifinal: TH would require persons working
in the media to wait four years before running for public office or working for
the government.
ESL Final: THB that God exists.
Quarters: THW Never Fight for King and Country
Semifinal: THBT the West should promise preferential economic and political
cooperation to Arab democracies that adopt secular constitutions
Final: final: THBT the state should pay reperations to women.

1st National High School English Debating

Championship
(go to www.worlddebating.blogspot.com for the complete results)
Round 1: This house would ban advertisements that use gender stereotypes.
Round 2: This House believes that university students should pay the full
costs of their education.
Round 3: This House believes that environmental protection should come
second to economic growth in developing countries.
Round 4: This House believes that animals should not be used as objects of
sport and entertainment.
Round 5: This House would allow citizens to sell their organs.
Round 6: This House would require that students in all high schools (secular,
religious, public, private, etc.) learn the beliefs of people of all major faiths,
including those of no faith at all (atheists/agnostics).
Round 7 (Silent): This House would require users of online social networks to
disclose their real identity.
Round 8 (Silent): This house believes that prisoners should have the right to
vote in general elections held to form a national parliament.
Pre-Quarter Finals: This House believes that all countries should give up the

use of nuclear energy.

Quarter-Finals: This House believes that the Arab World should stop selling oil
to France until it removes its ban on the wearing of the Islamic Female Head
Dress (Burqa) in Public.
Semi-Finals: THW allow school boards to fire teachers whose class
consistently underperforms in standardized tests.
Grand Final: This House believes Western Governments should assassinate
dictatorial leaders who use violence against their own people to stay in
power.

ASDC 2011
The motions were uploaded by Kip Oebanda in the ASDC 2011 FB Group.
Test Debate Non-human animals
THW disallow people from leaving inheritances to pets
THW abolish all animal cruelty laws
THW not allow people to keep wild animals as pets
Round 1 Lets get Physical
THW ban sports that aim to inflict physical violence on competitors
THW not allow minors to become professional gamers
THW have a minimum quota for local players in domestic leagues
Round 2 Equality
THBT the right to offend religion/s is an essential element to freedom of
speech
THBT the feminist should embrace women who choose to disempower
themselves.
THBT anorexia is a legitimate lifestyle choice.
Round 3 Dorks
THW stop the public funding of NASA
THBT governments should fund research to clone extinct species
THBT humanity would be better off knowing that intelligent life exists
somewhere else in the universe
Round 4 Asia
THBT South Korea should stop seeking reunification
THBT China should abandon its one child policy
THBT the ASEAN should suspend Myanmars membership pending
democratic reforms
Round 5 Kings and Queens
THW abolish laws that protect royal families from being insulted
THBT monarchies have no place in modern democracies
THBT the LGBT (Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual Movement) should
stop celebrating gay parades
Round 6 Environment
THBT Japan should abandon civil nuclear energy
THBT it is justified to break the law to protect the environment

THBT governments should include environmental impact in measuring

economic success
Round 7 Youve been a bad boy/girl/etc.
THW televise executions of criminals
THW legalize all drugs in the USA
THW not grant tourist visas to states with high incidence of human trafficking
Octos - Knowledge
THBT US government should establish primary schools that teach immigrant
children in their native tongue
THW force religious schools to teach sex education including contraception
THW stop all research towards the cure for autism
Quarters - War
THBT the ICC should try Bashar Al Assad.
THBT aid should be protected by force without the permission of the
sovereign state
This house would allow objection to military service on the grounds of
personal beliefs
Semis - Economics
THBT the Greeks should default
THBT all water consumption beyond basic needs should come from private
sources
TH regrets the rise of microfinance
Novice Finals Media
THBT tabloids are essential to a vibrant democracy
THW allocate airtime for racist political parties in public TV networks
THBT celebrity felons should have harsher penalties (finals motion)
Finals Arts and culture
THBT post-conflict societies should destroy all artwork created in support of a
fallen dictator
THBT award ceremonies should not recognize music artists with misogynistic
or discriminatory lyrics (changed when we realized it was too similar to
Semis)
THBT mainstream governments should not contact isolated tribes (finals
motion).
TH celebrates the co-optation of political and artistic counter-cultures into
the mainstream

South African NUDC 2011

(Click here for the full results posted in Colm's site)
Motions:
1. TH supports Walmart's expansion into Africa
2. THW create a regulated market for rhino horn
3. TH regrets the partition of Sudan
4. THW expropriate land without compensation
5. THW prevent parents whose children have been taken into protective care

from raising future children

6. THBT the AU should support NATO's stance on Libya
7. THW force abortions for foetuses at risk of terminal conditions
8. THW frack the Karoo
9. THW pay Afghani citizens NOT to fight for the Taliban
ESL Octo: THW give Constitutional Court judges life terms
QF: THW allow rate payers to opt out of any public service and form private
alternatives
SF: THW join the SlutWalk
ESL Final: THW regard state sponsored cyber attacks as acts of war
Final: THBT "I was only following orders" is a legitimate defence in an
International Criminal Tribunal

NDDC 2011
R1: THW rebuild the Berlin Wall.
R2: THW allow military officials to critisice their goverment.
R3: THW assassinate Gaddafi.
Semi Final: THBT unipolar world is better off than bipolar world for world
peace.
Final: THW not allow states to intervene in the political problems of other
countries under any circumstances.

Korea Australs 2011

Round 1:
That sporting teams should not tour nations of match-fixers
TWS legalise all performance engancing drugs in sport
That we should restrict access to international competitions for nations which
abuse their athletes
Round 2
That a fixed amount of development aid should be allocated to microcredit
schemes
That developing nations should embrace medical tourism
That the World Bank and IMF chairs should selected on a rotational regional
basis
Round 3:
That military officers should be allowed to criticize government
That we should abolish parliamentary privelege as a defense of defamation

That the US would directly elect supreme court judges.

Round 4: (I am still searching)
Round 5:
That Greece should return to t Drachma
THW prohibit price gouging after natural disasters.
THW recognise the necessity of sweatshops.
Round 6:
That the state should not fund medical care for those injured as a result of
committing a crime.
That employers should not have access to job applicants' criminal record
That juries should return not guilty verdicts if they believe laws are unjust.
Round 7 and Round 8 Motions..still no clue.
Octo Motions:
1. That we should recognise the independence of Somaliland.
2.That China should remove all restrictions on internal migration.
3.THBT colonial states have a duty to intervene in failed postcolonial states!
Semi Final: ???
Final: Nations should use bounty hunters to capture or kill enemies.

JDC Debate Fest 2011

R1: THBT international aid agencies are crippling developing nations.
R2: THW limit the corporate financing of political campaigns.
R3:THW encourage the paparazzi
R4: THBT the minimum punishment for teachers who molest school children
should be life sentence.
Quarters: THBT increasing the prices of necessities during the time of a
natural disaster should be treated as a criminal offense.
Semis: THBT gov should fund sex change operations.
Final: THW pay military of other nations who fight out battles.

WSDA 2011
(for full results log into: http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/qatar-

defeats-germany-at-wsda-2011.html)
1. Voting should be obligatory.
2. Require large online social networks to be controlled democratically by
their users.
3. The exploration and development of outer space should be done by an
international organization.
4. We support parents who secretly install spyware on their childrens
electronic devices.
5. There would be no Arabic spring without the Internet.
Quarterfinals: Children should be excluded from any religion until adulthood
Semifinals: Representative democracy has failed us.
Finals: A conscious consumer does for democracy more than a voter.
Berlin IV
(the motions were tweeted live by berlindebating, ie. BDU's Twitter account
and the results could be also found here
at: http://abearstongue.blogspot.com/2011/07/berlin-iv-2011-break.html)
Round 1: THW financially incentivise parents to have two or more children
Round 2: THBT any language which needs protection is not worth protection.
Round 3: THW make all the prison sentences indefinite until the prisoner is
deemed as rehabilitated
Round 4: THW privitise water.
Round 5: For peace keeping missions in Africa, THW only use African troops.
Semi-Final: THW establish international jurisdiction for cyber crimes.
Final: THBT animal cruelty is acceptable in a work of art.

ADF 2011
R1 : THBT dictators should be given amnesty of giving up power in return.
R2 : THW allow immigrants to join the military force of the host country.
R3 : THBT US should cancel all sacntions against Cuba.
R4: THW instill moral norms in education institutions despite the mere
obedience of law.
R5: THBT eunuch prostitute should have the same rights as a regular
prostitute.
Quarters: THBT US should subsidize Twitter.
Semis: THBT targeting religious sites is a legitimate tactic of warfare.
Final: THW punish journalist who carry out sting operations.

NUEDC 2011
(Tweeted by debateindonesia in their Twitter account)
R1:
R2:
R3:
R4:

THW abolish all forms of affirmative action.

THW open state funded brothels in military bases.
THW not allow oil companies to have patents on green technology.
THBT GDP should not be a good measure of nation's standard of living.

R5: THBT UN should allow the prosecution of LGBT Questioning by its

member countires.
R6: THW require children consent for parents to divorce.
R7: THBT governments should ban their citizens departure for religious
pilgrimage in times of major epidemics.
QF: THW make entry into universites based on a lottery after passing a basic
high school exam.
SF: ???
GF: THBT ICC should have its own force to abduct heinous perpetrators of
internationalcrimes who refuse to answer the cout's summons.

China Open
(The motions were tweeted by G. Rhydian Morgan in his Twitter Account)

Round 1: THW privaitse top universities in China.

Round 2: THW forbid famiuly memebers of govermentr officials from
workingin government.
Round 3: THBT developed nations should pay developing nations for the
disposal of toxic waste
Round 4: THW punish search engines that provide links to websites that
violate
Round 5: THW legalise all pornography.
Quarters: THBT tobacco and alcohol companies should not be allowed to be
the sponsers in sports.
Semi Final:THW forbid media from publishing subjective comment on
criminal cases until the verdict has been reached.
Final: THBT China should financially disincentivise labor intensive industries.

Great Serdang Debate 2011

(Motions were posted by Sharmila Parmanand in her Twitter account)

Round 1
1. THBT the poor nations should reject the storage and/or processing of
hazardous materials on their soil by rich nations.
2. THBT we would impose English as the common medium of instruction in
all schools.
3. THBT we would give the profits from mineral resources to exclusively to
the local state/provinces from which they are extracted.
Round 2:
Malaysia
1. THBT we would dispose humanitarian aid through established religious
organizations in the recipient states.
2. THBT we would reject micro credit scheme targeted exclusively at women.
3. THBT the first world nations should increase quotas for the labor migrants
from target countries instead of giving them
development aid.
Round 3:
The kiddies
1. THBT we would require parents who seek to have biological children
should meet the same criteria as those who seek to
adopt.
2. THBT the school should actively erase gender difference among the
students.
3.THBT the online gaming sites should restrict the length of time minors can
access their services.
Round 4:
Military
1.THBT we should not punish high ranking military officials who are publicly
critical of elected politicians.
2. THBT the retired high ranking military officials should not be allowed to
run for the public office.
3.THBT the military recruit campaigns should not be actively targeted at low
income groups.
Round 5:
Business
1.THBT it is legitimate for companies to monitor their employees' internet
usage on their IT infrastructure.
2. THBT the civil society groups should push for greater gov. regulation of
corporations instead of supporting voluntary
corporate social responsibility practices by these companies.

3.THBT we would impose progressive taxation on corporations.

Quarters:
Genders
1.THBT woman's movements would condemn women who reached the
highest level of politics or the corporate ladder yet little for women in their
sphere of influence.
2.THBT women should attempt to combat religion instead of attempting to
reform it from within.
3. THBT we would abolish Ladies ' Night in bars.
Semis:
International Affairs
1. THBT the US should sign a non-aggression treaty with North Korea without
any preconditions.
2. THBT NATO should assassinate Gaddafi.
3. THBT the Mexican state should tolerate drug cartels instead of waging an
all out war against them at the US behest.
Grand Final:
New world order
1. THBT the united stated should deprioritise maintaining its position as the
most dominant global power.
2.THBT we would recognise a universal right to succession.
3. THBT post colonial states should not bee members of organizations based
o a common colonial heritage and founded by their former colonial masters.

UADC 2011
Round 1
TH would not allow minors to be involved in politics
TH would scrap the government pension system
TH house regrets the practice of 'tiger' parenting

Round 2
1. THBT copyright of visual media belongs to the subject and not the
photographer
2.TH would build a national DNA database
3.TH would ban the collection and sale of location and usage information by

smartphone companies.

Round 3
1. TH would ban adult entertainment from casinos.
2. THBT it is wrong to raise money for social welfare through natioinal
lotteries.
3. TH would remove all sin taxes
Round 4:
1. THBT countires which pollute common waters should lose their Exclusive
Economic Zones(EEZs)
2. TH would not grant citizenship at birth to the children oif foriegners on
domestic soil
3. TH would pay the militaries of the other states to fight our battles.
Round 5:
1.THBT the doctors shld never lie to their patients, even for their own good.
2.TH clebrates the willingness of women to be 'sluts'.
3.TH would allow individuals to purchase behavior modifying drugs without
prescription.
Round 6
1. THBT China should leave the WTO.
2. THBT China should support the unification of the two Koreas.
3. THBT China should actively incentivize celebrities and public figures who
are non citizen ehtnic Chinese to naturalize.
Round 7:
1. TH would make education in the high arts mandatory in schools.
2. TH would require presidential candidates to disclose their official records
upon public request.
3. TH regrets the high priority given to sports in the national consciousness.

Round 8
1.TH prefers a secular autocracy to a fundamentalist democracy
2.TH would erase the legacies and tear down monuments dedicated to

deposed dictators
3.TH would require election campaigns to be bi-/multi-lingual
Double Octo Finals:
1. THBT states should actively protect the practice of home grown religion.
2. THBT the state should cease to recognize the specific 'right to religious
freedom'.
3. TH would not allow religious missions to access the vulnerable.
Octo Finals:
1. THW target the families of our enemies.
2. THBT its legitimate for states to exaggerate threats to pass unpopular
legislation they deem to be in the interest of national security.
3. THW discontinue all Black Operations.
Quarter Finals:
1. THW make the raising of business and labour standards a prerequisite for
development aid.
2. THW punish financial institution who fail to maintain liquidity in situation of
market fluctuation.
3. THW discard tourism reliant economy strategies
Semi finals:
Th welcomes the development of the feminist discourse that embrtaces and
expounds on the physical and the psychological differences between men
and women.
THBT seduction is a legitimate tool in achieving political ends.
THW send women as ambassadors to the countries that oppress women.
Final:
TH would never offer ammnesty to heads of state in the midst of possible
regime change.

Sciences PO IV
(for the full result's click to go Colm's site)

Rd1: This house would invalidate any election result with a turnout below

70%
Rd2: This house would children should be excluded from any religion until
adulthood
Rd3: This house would allow animated child pornography
Rd4: This house would pay developing countries to host western prisoners
Rd5: This house would abolish state pensions and instead only award
benefits based on disability.
Semis: This house would the US government should publish all visual
material relating to Osama Bin Laden's death
Final: This house would offer immediate EU candidate status to North African
states on the precondition of democratic transition.
IUB IV
Final: THW form an ethical commission with legal enforcement authority for
violation of ethical conducts by politicians.
Semiz: THBT West should arm Burmese militia.
Quarters: THBT gov should not allow media to publicize the celebrity
kidnappings.
R5: THBT we should completely shift to clean energy by the year 2021, in the
light of the current natural diasters.
R4: THBT gov should financially support single pregnant teenage mother.
R3: THW legalize sex tourisim in develpoing countires.
R2: THW impose a salary cap for the players of the professional team sports.
R1: THW make two years of military training compulsory for every citizen
within the age group of 16-20.

HWS / IDEA Round Robin

1) This house would eliminate tenure for university professors.
2) This house believes that S&M contracts are unconscionable.
3) This house would give preference to immigration applicants whose values
are consistent with those of the host nation.
4) This house supports parents who secretly install spyware on their
childrens electronic devices.
5) This house would not use public money on life-extending medical care for
people over a certain age.
Finals: This house believes that whenever individuals have a choice
between spending their money on luxuries or donating it to ameliorating
suffering, morality demands donating.

XLI INVITATIONAL
1 THW subject all infrastructure construction to local referenda
2 THBT what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
3 THW install condom vending machines in all Greek Lyceum-level schools
4 THW remove all immunity from prosecution from elected officials
5 THBT Muammar Gaddafi should be offered asylum in exchange for stepping
down
SF You are a Greek newspaper, THW not publish scenaria that predict the
bankruptcy of the Greek state
F THW force-feed individuals who are on hunger strike and face imminent
death

COLGATE IV
(From http://progymna.blogspot.com/)
R1 Thbt the criminal justice system should only utilize secular rehabilitation
programs.
R3 This house would introduce an international minimum wage.
R4 Thbt the propagation of extreme nationalism during the War on Terror
do/did/does more harm than good. R5 Thbt professional sporting leagues
should be responsible for sports related injuries and conditions for the
lifetime of their athletes.
R6 This House would allow the defendants that belong to a minority group to
choose to be judged by a jury composed exclusively of other members of
their same minority group.
Semi THBT the international community should Recognize the leadership of
populist uprisings over their national governments.

USU 2011
full results are posted in the Colm's blog as usual :D
Final: This House believes that the United States government should actively
facilitate the circumvention of Internet filters in other countries.
Novice Final: This House would open brothels on military bases
Semi: This House supports a constitutional right to a minimum standard of
living
Qtrs: This House would instruct juries to acquit where they believe conviction
would not be in the public interest.
Octos: This House believes that human shields are legitimate targets in war
R5: This house would create a public forum for active duty military personnel
to criticize government policy.
R4: This House would mandate a quota for women on the boards of large
corporations
R3: This House would grant amnesty to dictators who voluntarily leave office.

R2: This House would charge players who commit violent sporting fouls with
assault.
R1: This house would mandate insurance in disaster prone areas

Paris IV
(Check out the full details http://worlddebating.blogspot.com/2011/04/lsewin-paris-iv.html!)
1. THW Ban Public Sector Strikes in Times of High Government Debt (Music:
"9 to 5"-Dolly Parton)
2. THB That France Should Open Its Borders to Any Migrant from One of Its
Former Colonies ("Empire State of Mind"-Jay-Z)
3. TH Supports the Establishment of 'Harvey Milk Schools' in Europe (The
Harvey Milk School is a school in New York for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender and Questioning Young People) ("Teenage Dream"-Cover by the
cast of Glee)
4. THW Use Partition To Solve Civil Wars in Divided Societies ("Better
Together"-Jack Johnson")
5. THB That It Is Immoral To Donate To Animal Charities Whilst Humans Are
Dying of Poverty ("Feel Good Inc"-Gorillaz)
Semi: THB That Israel Should Abolish Conscription ("Everybody's Gone To
War"-Nerina Pallot)
ESL Final: As the Editor of Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, THW Not Have
Published the Mohammed Cartoons
Final: THB That A Woman Who Wears High Heels Is No More Free Than One
Who Wears the Burqa ("Broken Heels"-Alexandra Burke)

Ohio Wesleyan Tournament

Final: This House would put boots on the ground for regime change in Libya
Semi: This House would end our dependence on robots before it's too late.
Room1
Rd6 This House would ban home schooling. Would this motion make sense in
Europe? Just curious.
Rd5 This House believes that recent regime changes in Tunisia and Egypt will
cause more harm than good.
Rd4 This House believes that China should end its one-child policy.
Rd2 This House believes that now is the time to abandon nuclear power.

BDC Pro Am 2011

R1: THBT foreign countries should not intervene in the matters of Grameen
Bank.
R2: THBT the new ME crisis is the next renaissance.

R3: THBT ICC should restrict the non test playing nations from playing the
next 50 overs WC!
R4: THBT all statutory teen sex offenders should be treated like adults.
R5: THBT gay rights movement should oppose gay marriage.
Final:THBT it is now time to close down all borders to economic migrants.

Malaysian Debate Open 2011

For full results log on to:http://worlddebating.blogspot.com/2011/03/3rdmalaysia-debate-open-report.html
Demo Debate:
THW prioritize military veterans for jobs.
Round 1: Malaysia Boleh!
THBT religious conversion should not be a pre-requisite for marriage.
THW allow political parties to announce alliances only before elections.
THW abolish unnatural sex laws (oral/anal sex).
Round 2: Food
THBT countries with overall food shortage should not join the race for biofuels.
THW ban speculative trading on food products.
THW penalize corporations that waste food.
Round 3: Animals
THBT PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) should only accept
vegetarians as members.
THW ban the neutering of pets.
THW allow the sale of parts of endangered animals which die natural deaths.
Round 4: IR
THBT the West would recognize Palestinian attacks on Israeli settlements as
legitimate.
TH supports military intervention in Libya.
THW reintroduce the Sunshine Policy towards North Korea.
Round 5: Movement
THW pay beggars to leave big cities.
TH rejects the confinement of refugees.
THBT countries should give open borders to traditionally nomadic groups.
Round 6: Religion
THBT fear should not be used as a means of propagating religion to children.
THW ban religious preaching in public places.
THW ban religious groups from lobbying.
Round 7: Adam and/or Eve
THBT governments of developed countries should incentivize overseas
adoption from Least Developed Countries
THW introduce affirmative action for sexual minorities (LGBT)
THBT mandatory military service should include women
Octo finals: Media

THBT governments sponsorship of TV shows that promote its agendas is

justified.
THW disallow the making of biographical movies without the consent of the
subject or his legal heir.
THW not give awards to celebs who glorify or openly use drugs.
Quarter finals: Law
THBT states should remove diplomatic immunity for judicial fairness.
THBT states should pay compensation to criminals who are acquitted after
appeal.
THW ban the media from airing opinions on ongoing court trials
Semi Finals: Health and Medicine
THW deny healthcare to those who engage in illegal organ trading.
THW allow drug companies to advertize their products only to doctors.
THW ban research on behavior modification.
Grand Finals: Culture and Society
THBT cultural compatibility is legitimate grounds for differential immigration
policies.
THBT it is justified for governments to destroy historical evidence which can
cause social unrest.
TH supports state initiatives to define a national cultural identity.

UIU IV
R1: THBT the masses of ME though won the battle but would lose the war.
R2: THBT journalist should not be compelled by law to reveal their sources.
R3: THBT communtiy services which be a mandatory part of the school
cirriculam.
R4: THBT Gov should use economic incentives to encourage healthy
behaivioir.
Semis: THW punish the celebrites with harsher punishments for crimes
regarding sex, alchohol and drugs.
Final: THBT emigrants shld pay an exit tax when they want to change their
citisenship.

Northeast Universities Debating

Championship 2011
1. THBT liberal democracies should actively support protest movements in
non-democratic states.
2. This House would let states of the USA go bankrupt.
3. This House would allow jurors to question witnesses.
4. This House would ban universities from using legacy admissions.
5. This House would ban non-essential cosmetic surgery.
6. This House would give India a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
and only allow one seat to a European nation to be selected by the EU.
QUARTERFINALS-THBT WIKILEAKS HAS DONE MORE GOOD THAN HARM

SEMIFINALS-THW LEGALIZE POLICE ENTRAPMENTFINALS-THBT CIVIL

DISOBEDIENCE IS AN EXXENTIAL PART OF A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

Univ. of Massachusetts 12-13 February 2011

1. This House believes that every adult should have the right to sell his or
her organs.
2. This House would make public transportation in major cities free of charge.
3. This House would subsidize multicultural marriage
4. This House would apologize for colonialism.
5. THBT governments should have an Internet kill switch.
6. This House believes that the Fall of Mubarak will benefit the west.
QUARTERFINALS:THW SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE USE OF CAMERAS IN
PUBLIC SPACES.
SEMIFINALS:THW COMPEL ALL DOCTORS TO REPORT CASES OF SUSPECTED
CHILD OR SPOUSE ABUSE TO THE AUTHORITIES.
FINAL:THW PAY REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY

MMIDC 2011
R1 : THW ban all advertisements during children programs.
R2 : THBT the gov shud limit access to social networking.
R3: THW put a bar on development aid to Pakistan.
R4: THW ban mini-skirts in the campuses of all educational institutions.
R5: THBT all countries should give up their nuclear weapons.
Quarters: TH condemns military intervention in the name of public interest.
Semi:THW prefer corporate social responsibility over carbon tax.
Final: THBT all islamic states should recognize Israel

SFDC 2011
R1: THW allow doctors to actively lie to their patients to create a placebo
effect.
R2: THW penalize female celebrities who allow themselves to be objectified
in the music videos.
R3: THW not allow posthumous trail.
R4: THW not allow the international trade in sports people under 18.
Quarters:THW enforce copyright laws in the developing countries.
Semis: THBT quotas in public sector for women hinder development of
women in developing countries.
Final: THW assasinate Hosni Mubarak.

SEO 2011

(Results at: www.worlddebating.blogspot.com)

R0: This house believes that countries with problems of overpopulation
should pay willing citizens to sterilise themselves
R1: This house would directly elect captains of national sport teams
R2: This house believes that state funded health services should be provided
by competitively tendered contracts by private companies, without direct
state provision
R3: This house believes that it is legitimate for governments to deliberately
lie to their citizens in times of war
R4: This house believes that individuals in developed countries have a bigger
moral responsibility to poor people in the developing world than their own
families
R5: This house believes that democratic countries should punish
communication companies which cooperate with oppressive governments
censorship policies
R6:This house would ban advertisements that use gender stereotypes
R7:This house believes that post-genocide states should punish the
perpetrators of the genocide both visibly and publicly for the long term
NOVICE FINAL: This house believes that developing countries should ban
family members of the Head of State/Government from running for the same
position
GRAND FINAL: This house would ban the celebration of martyrs

John Jay College's Gotham City Debates 29-30

January 2011
Round 1 - THB that health care is a privilege not a right.
Round 3 - THB that states should prioritize highly specialized worker visas
over family visas.
Round 4 - This House believes that lotteries generate more harm for the
state than good.
Round 5 - This House would try Sarah Palin for incitement.
Round 6 - This House believes that the right to vote cannot be rescinded for
any criminal action.
Quarterfinals - THB that Haiti should not try Jean Claude Duvallier.
Semifinals - THBT in certain cases the state has the obligation to racially
profile.
Finals - This House believes that corporations have the right to ban their
employees from having children.

The Frank Thakur Das Memorial Debate

(Delhi, India)2011

(The results could be found at www.worlddebating.blogspot.com)

Round 1
1. Festivals : THBT commercialization of festivals is good
2. Fasting : THW ban religious fasts unto death
3. Faith: THW use faith based rehabs in prisons.
Round 2
1. National Anthem: THW not force children to sing the national anthem in
schools
2. Cultural Societies: THBT cultural societies should tax their members
earnings.
3. G.I Joes: THBT parents should not give their children GI Joes and other war
toys (tanks, guns, submarines, grenades etc)
Round 3
1. Bosses / Subordinates: THBT bosses should be held accountable for
corruption activities of their subordinates
2. Espionage: THW decriminalize corporate espionage
3. Rashtrapati Bhawan: THW rent rooms in the Rashtrapati Bhawan
(presidents residence)
Round 4 Fictitious Setting
1. Superheroes : THBT all individuals with superpowers should be depowered
2. Harry Potter: THBT Aurors should be allowed to use all unforgiveable
curses at all times
3. Archies: THBT the makers of Archies should create a homosexual Love
story.
Round 5
1. Gujarat : THW legalize the sale of alcohol at competitive prices in Gujarat
2. No man Left Behind: THW discard the no man left behind policy
3. Voter Rights: THW grant voters the right to recall.
Round 6
1. Illegal Immigrants: THW grant birthright citizenship for children of illegal
immigrants
2. Ex-Rebels: THBT ex-rebels should not be integrated into state security
forces.
3. Scientists & Researchers: THBT full time scientists and researchers should
not pay tax on their salaries.
Quarters
1. Black Money: THW allow citizens to transfer black money into white
without the fear of prosecution
2. Lifestyle Choices: THBT the government should restrict lifestyle choices to
combat climate change
3. Gender Discrimination: THBT religious bodies should not be allowed to
discriminate on the basis of gender.
Semis

1. Material Advancement: THBT material advancement is more important

than civil and political rights.
2. Koreas: THW reunify the Koreas
3. Islamic Dress: THBT the Arab world should stop selling oil to France until it
removes restrictions on Islamic Dress
Finals
1. THBT Democracy is a luxury
2. THW create an international battlefield (war haven)
3. THBT a world where lying is impossible would be worse than one where it
is possible.

WUDC 2011:
Rd1: This house believes that national sporting teams should reflect the
diversity of the national population
Rd2: This house believes that all states have a right to nuclear weapons
Rd3: This house believes that governments should not provide benefits on
the basis of marital status
Rd4: This house believes that central banks should set limits on government
spending
Rd5: This wouse would prioritise asylum Seekers who have engaged in
armed struggle against oppressive regimes
Rd6: This wouse would allow teachers unions the right to strike
Rd7: This wouse would require individuals to reveal their actual identity when
communicating on the internet
Rd8: This house believes that the southern african development community
(SADC) should pursue political union
Rd9: This house believes that social movements should use the courts rather
than the legislature to advance social change
Octo: This wouse would buy countries votes in nternational organizations
Qtr: This house believes that courts should not enforce wil>
EFL Semi: This house supports a one state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict
EFL Final: This wouse would give more votes to the poor
ESL Qtr: This house believes that domestic courts should try foreign nationals
who commit war crimes abroad
ESL Semi: This wouse would prefer that the children of racial minorities be
adopted by parents of that race
ESL Final: This house believes that the courts should break up consistently
dominant political parties
Masters Rd1: This wouse would buy local
Masters Final: This house prefers a philosopher King to a tyrannical
democracy

OIC 2010
R1:
On Classics;
This House Supports Capital Punishment
This House Will Not Prohibit Smoking in Public Places
This house Supports Euthanasia (voluntary suicide for the terminally ill)
R2:
"On Rights"
This House Supports Polygamy
This House understands the French Position to ban the Hijab
This House believes that the State should set the curriculum in religious
schools.
R3:
Sports
This House believes that OIC member countries should organise a womenonly Olympics
This house will punish teams for the misbehaviour of their fans
This house will allow performance enhancing drugs in sports.
R4:
1. THBT member states should grant free movement of labour in the OIC.
2. THBT the OIC should intervene to protect persecuted ethnic minorities in
its member countries.
3. THBT there should be an OIC representative as a permanent member of
the United Nations Security Council.
R5:
"The right thing to do"
1.This house beleives that OIC should recognize the state of israel in
exchange of a two state government.
2.This house believes that state should not rebuild in areas prone to natural
disasters
3.This house would convict family members of public affairs found guilty of
corruption.
Quarters:

Democracy
1.THBT OIC should promote democracy amongst its member countries.
2.THBT the West has no right to impose elections on transitioning
democracies.
3.This House would give corporations a vote in general elections.
Semi-final:
Women
1. This house will impose a minimum quota for female teachers on
government subsidized madrasas.
2. THBT governments of conservative Muslim countries should fund
corporations that employ only women to further the feminist agenda.
3. This house will punish parents who refuse ti send their daughters to
school.
GF: THBT OIC should have its own elected parliament.

RUMC 2010
Round 1: THW ban Internet Gambling
Round 2: THBT international space station is a wastage of money.
Round 3: THBT religious leaders should not comment on any political issue.
Round 4: THW penalise teachers involved in school romance.
Octo Finals: TH regrets the power of internet.
Quater Finals: THW allow soldiers to sue their government for negligence
Semi finals:THBT the "Ban on Burqa" is a failure of the feminist movement.
Final: THW reduce the prison time for the prisoners in exchange of formal
education.

2nd East Asian Invitational 2010

Results posted on worlddebating.blogspot.com
Round 1 This House would pay the poor not to have children
Round 2 This House would refuse to extradite suspected criminals to states
where they face the death penalty.
Round 3 This House would stop all development aids to Africa.
Round 4 This House believes that oil companies should not be allowed to
hold patents on renewable technologies.

Round 5 This House believes that army bases should their own statesponsored brothels.
Semi-Finals: This house believes that USA should end all efforts to broker
peace in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Grand Final: This House believes that 1st World Liberal Democracies should
repeal all laws on treason.
Grand Final: This House believes that 1st World Liberal Democracies should
repeal all laws on treason.

EWU Debate Spree 2010

Preliminary Rounds
Round 1-THB in Bailing of the Failing Financial Icons
Round 2-THBT military should overthrow governments which have lost
popular legitimacy
Round 3-THW Abolish All Restrictions Against Immigration
Round 4-THW Remove All Legal Barriers to the Genetic Enhancement of
Humans
Round 5-THBT Love is an Overrated Concept
Elimination Rounds
Semifinals-THBT a mosque constructed at Ground Zero is a Representation of
Religious Freedom
Finals-THBT the poverty of the 3rd World is the fault of the 1st World

2010 Oxford Intervarsity

Results posted on worlddebating.blogspot.com
Final: This House supports the use of a draft by lottery when engaged in
extended military interventions.
Semi Final: This House believes that a free market economy does not make
the workers free.
Qtr Final: This House believes that the UN should offer large bounties for the
capture of pirates and the destruction of pirate ships
Round 1: This House believes that Adoption Agencies that receive state
funding should give priority to same sex couples and infertile couples.
Round 2: This House would ban the use of armed combat drones.
Round 3: This House would tax those who use expensive lawyers in order to
fund state prosecutors and legal aid.
Round 4: This House would require large online social networks to be
controlled democratically by their users
Round 5: This House would hold the state liable for injuries or deaths due to
being homeless.
ESL Semi: This House would abolish all funding for arts degrees

ESL Final: This House would allow poor countries to erect trade barriers
against rich countries under the WTO

NSU Dailogue 2010

R1 THW forcibly remove women and children from extreme religious
communities
R2 THW punish poachers who kills endangered species with first degree
murder.
R3 THE ban members of political families from partcipating in politics.
R4 THW remove US bases from South Korea.
R5 THW prevent criminals from publishing the acounts of their crimes.
Semifinal-THBT states have no moral responsibilites to intervene in any other
countries even in cases of genocide
Final-THW kill all the cattles like the way Europeans did, in the case of Mad
Cows.

HKDO 2010 Motions

For full results: http://worlddebating.blogspot.com/2010/11/inaugural-hongkong-debate-open-2010.html
Round 1: This house would force corporations to produce advertisement that
feature only people who represent the region they are advertising in.
Round 2: This house believes that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu
Xiaobo will harm the human rights situation in China rather than improve it.
Round 3: This house would not allow law enforcement officers to impersonate
minors online to entrap pedophiles.
Round 4: This house would ban artificial reproductive technologies (such as
IVF, Sperm banks, surrogacy, etc.) to force people to adopt.
Round 5: This house would recruit rebel soldiers into state armies once
conflicts are concluded.
Round 6: This house believers that in the event of natural disasters in areas
prone to those disasters, the state should only provide reconstruction aid to
people that agree to relocate to safer areas.
Semi Final: This house would subject religions to anti-gender-discrimination
laws.
Grand Final: This house support the violent removal of corrupt officials by
citizens in the weak democracies.

The Macau North-East Asian Open 2010

(The full result could be found
at :http://worlddebating.blogspot.com/2010/11/macau-north-east-asianopen-2010.html
R1: THBT parents whose children are grossly obese should be penalized for
child abuse.
R2: THBT China should support United Nation sanctions on North Korea.
R3: THBT energy companies of developed countries operating in developing
countries should adhere to the environmental standards of their countries of
origin.
R4: THBT EU should sanction its members for denying practice of religious
freedom in public.
R5: THW ban beneficiaries of public welfare from entering casinos.
EFL Semi: THW allow the Taliban to join the elections as a legitimate party.
EFL Final: THBT Nobel Peace Prize should only be awarded in recognition of
individuals who have already brought peace.
Quarter-Final: THBT African Union should monitor and be responsible for the
security in Somalian waters.
Semi-Final: THW shut down websites of political bloggers that spread lies.
Grand-Final: THBT drug addicts should only be eligible for social welfare
under condition of rehabilitation.

Edinburgh IV
Round 1: THB that university graduates should pay the cost of their
university education through a graduate tax.
Round 2: THB that if the biological father is willing and able to raise the
future child, he should have the right to prevent the abortion.
Round 3: THB that the EU should recognise an independent state
of Palestine.
Round 4: THW subsidise companies for the employment of ex-convicts.
FINAL: THB that states should have to re-ratify all international treaties every
25 years.

Hart House 2010

(The results and details can be found

in www.worlddebating.blogspot andhttp://progymna.blogspot.com/)
R1: Thw would never conscript its citizens
R2: THB that Quebec should field its own national sports teams.
R3: This House opposes Valentines Day.
R4: This House supports a united Ireland
R5: This House supports shorter jail sentences for aboriginal offenders.
Quater Finals: This House supports a constitutional role in government for
the Pakistani military.
Semifinals: This House supports positive discrimination in favor of male
educators
Final: This House prefers an equal society to a rich one.

IUT IV 2010
1st round: THBT Ground Zero Mosque Should Not Be Built.
2nd round: THW punish the HIV positive who commit themselves to unsafe
sex as murderers.
3rd round:THW ban Religious Political Parties.
4th round:THW financially incentivize petty criminals for not recommitting
the offense.
5th round: THBT a portion of salaries of married individuals should be
credited to the spouse account.
6th round: THBT international criminal court should prosecute crime against
earth.
Semifinal: THW use educational institutions to instill moral norms in children
beyond mere obedience to law.
Final: THW demolish half a century old buildings of Dhaka city.

Binghamton IV 2010 (US WUDC circuit)

1. THW ban for-profit universities
2. THW allow wildlife park officials to sell parts of animals who have died
natural deaths
3. THB that the parents of morbidly obese children should be charged with
child abuse
4. THW reduce prison sentences in exchange for convicts gaining educational
qualifications.

5. THW allow people to sell their votes.

6. THW require independent professional accreditation of all individuals who
receive compensation for providing political commentary in the media.
Quarters: THW grant dolphins, porpoises and whales rights equivalent to
those of human children.
Semis: THW ban the creation of artificial life.
Finals: THW make all middle schools and high schools single gender
Full Results available
at http://worlddebating.blogspot.com/2010/09/binghamton-results.html

UCTI OPEN
Round 1 THW Not Build The "Ground Zero Mosque"
Round 2 THW Abolish Drug Trafficking in Malaysia
Round 3 THBT Social Disgust is Legitimate Grounds for the Restriction of
Artistic Freedom
Round 4 THW Have Quotas for Female Representation in Politics
Round 5 THBT the Pope Should Get Laid
Quarter Finals THW Abolish All Single Sex Schools in Malaysia
Semi Finals THBT the OIC Should Unconditionally Recognize the State
of Israel
Grand Finals THBT Former Colonial Powers Should Pay Reparations to Their
Former Colonies
Full results is available at :http://worlddebating.blogspot.com/2010/09/uctiopen-results.html

ANU Spring
Round 1: This house would require prosepctive parents to obtain a
license in order to have children Round 2: This house would cease all public
funding for the arts
Round 3: This house believes that Lady Gaga is bad for feminism
Round 4: This House believes that juries, not judges, should decide
issues of constitutional law
Round 5: This house believes that the Mexican Government should
legalise all drugs
Semi Final: This House believes that gene patenting should be illegal
Grand Final: This house believes that the Vatican should not be

afforded the rights of a state

Full Results available at
http://worlddebating.blogspot.com/2010/09/anu-spring-results.html
Red Sea Open 2010
The motions:
R1: This house would actually build a mosque in Ground Zero
R2: This house believes that state subsidy for higher education should
priorities students whose parents did not have higher education
R3: This house would allow the use of lethal force against intruders
in defense of property.
R4: This house would not have a Facebook profile
R5: This house, which is China, would cease all political and economic
support to North Korea
R6: This house believes that environmental terrorism is morally justified
SF: This house believes that multi national corporations should trade
with rebel groups, and in the areas they control
F: This house would ban all forms of Missionary activity in Israel
Full results available at : Results of the Red Sea Open 2010
Assumption UADC 2010
Round 0 Ban
THW ban websites that do your assignments for you
THBT that governments should totally ban smoking
THW ban hymen reconstruction surgery
Round 1 Religion
THBT the right to free speech does not extend to offending religions
THBT religious organizations should pay taxes on donations received and assets owned
THBT the Pope should be prosecuted for the crimes of Roman Catholic priests
Round 2 Medical Ethics
THBT Doctors should be obligated to report suspected cases of domestic abuse
THBT Doctors should not be forced to perform medical procedures that are against their faith
THW Ban treatments that claim to cure homosexuality
Round 3 Post Conflict
THBT post conflict societies should recruit rebel soldiers into state armies
THBT that it is justified to represent fallen regimes as absolutely evil in history textbooks
THW confiscate property of those who cooperated with oppressive regimes after the fall of the regime
Round 4 Big Cities
THW pay youth to not move to urban centers
THW place a prohibitive tax on car ownership
THW impose curfews in high crimes areas
Round 5 Media
THBT that western liberal democracies should ban online anonymity

THBT the willingness to participate in formal public election debates should be a pre-requisite for
candidates running for national office
THW ban advertisements that use sex to sell products
Round 6 Pop Culture / Art
THBT Harry Potter has done more harm than good for literature
THBT that important characters in movies should be portrayed by actors of the same ethnicity
THW impose a minimum age for pop stars
Round 7 International Relations
THBT its time the US recognize Hamas as a legitimate representative of Palestine
THBT the NLD should not boycott the elections in Burma
THBT the leaders of nations that stockpile agricultural products for economic gain while global hunger
persists should be charged with crimes against humanity
Round 8 Social Dilemmas
THW compel children to care for their parents
THW allow minors to apply to be recognised as adults before they reach they age of majority
THBT individuals who have undergone cosmetic surgery should be required to disclose it to anyone
whom they want to have children with.
Pre-Octos - WTO
THBT Russia should be admitted as a full member into the WTO now
THBT the WTO should hold all countries to uniform labour standards
THBT the WTO dispute regulation mechanism should allow disregarding intellectual property as a form
of retaliation to unfair trade practices
Octofinals - Environment
THW make environmental protection a legitimate defense in the prosecution of destruction of property
THBT The environmental movement should publish outright lies about the extent of environment harm
to promote their cause
THBT governments should only subcontract to environmentally friendly companies
Quarters Finals and EFL Semifinals Immigration
THBT ASEAN nations should accept Burmese refugees
THS accept migrants even if they do not respect laws banning polygamy
THW give asylum to sexual minorities
Semis Sexy Time
THBT gay parades do more harm than good to the gay community
THW fund sex change operations
THBT women should withhold sex with their partners to get them to end violent rebellion against the
state
EFL Finals Crime and Punishment
THW create a DNA registry of all criminals
THW physically castrate rapists
THBT prisoners sentence to life without parole should be allowed to choose the death penalty
Finals Asia and Unity
THW Abolish parties based on ethnicity
THW create an Asian Parliament
THBT Chinas rise to power is in the best interest of Asia
(Finals motions the adjudication core wanted to run but didn't)
THBT Asia should have a common currency
THBT Asia should have the same electric socket configuration
THBT Asians should all drive on the same side of the road

Auckland Australs 2010

Round 1: Religion
That we should prevent parents from raising their children in a
particular religious faith
That governments should refuse to recognise Scientology as a religion
That it should be a crime to insult religions
Round 2: Sport
That we should ban the international trade in sportspeople under the age of
18
That we should ban the private ownership of professional sporting clubs
That all countries competing in the Olympics should have to include
male and female athletes
Round 3: Australia (and New Zealand)
That New Zealand and Australia should remove the Fiji Government by force
That New Zealand and Australia should place no restrictions migrants
from Pacific countries, other than those relating to health and
security
That we support granting land rights to indigenous peoples as a means
of redressing historical injustice
Round 4: Families
That infidelity should be a factor in the financial resolution of divorce
That senior citizens should be financially supported (when required)
by their adult children
That courts should refuse to recognise pre-nuptial agreements
Round 5: Asia
That the US should not sell arms to Taiwan
That China should abolish the 'one child' policy
That the Philippines should have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
into the crimes of the Arroyo administration instead of criminal
trials
Round 6: Liberty, Freedom and Choice
That we should prohibit the labelling of products as fair trade
That we should prohibit discrimination in the labour market on the
basis of physical attractiveness
That we should end all government funding for health, education, and
police measures that aim to prevent suicide
Round 7: La Vieille Europe
That the US should withdraw its military bases from Europe
That we should say, au revoir, tot ziens, and, finally, partition Belgium

That Turkish admission to the EU should be contingent upon a full

recognition of the Armenian genocide
Round 8: The Law
That all defendants and victims in sexual assault trials should have
their identity protected until a verdict is reached
That socially progressive movements should use the courts to advance
social change
That we should prohibit private prisons
Octo-finals: Learning
That we should ban homeschooling
That we support the use of school vouchers
That we should link funding of schools to performance in standardised exams
Quarter-finals: Democracy
That we should ban professional political lobbyists
That the leaders of parliamentary parties should be chosen by party
members rather than their parliamentary colleagues
That individuals should be able to sell their vote
ESL Semi-finals: Health
That we should stop the search for the gay gene
That we should abolish private health insurance
That we should ban non-essential cosmetic surgery
Semi-finals: Tax and Equality
That there should be a constitutional limit on the regressiveness of
the tax system
That income tax levels should be determined by the relative privilege
of an individuals upbringing
That we should use the tax system to subsidise the ownership of major
businesses by members of disadvantaged social minorities
ESL Grand Final: Immigration
That we should auction the right to immigrate
That emigrants should pay an exit tax when they change their citizenship
That ASEAN should allow free and open movement of labour within its
borders
Grand Final
That the West should immediately withdraw from Afghanistan
That the right to a minimum standard of living should be legally
enforceable in developed countries
That the International Criminal

Debate Motions 2013-2014

2013
September

Red Sea Open, Eilat, Israel, September 8-12

R1: THW ban the circumcision of males under the age of 18.

R2: THBT Germany should grant asylum to Edward Snowden.

R3: THBT the jury in all medical malpractice trials should consist solely of medical
professionals.

R4: TH supports the creation of a new country, open to all where the only functions of
the government are to provide security and to protect property rights.

R5: TH Supports the actions of the Gulabi Gang. (Infoslide: The Gulabi Gang the Pink
gang are a collection of women in North India that wear pink saris and engage in
violent, non-lethal acts of vigilantism. They target men who they have reason to believe
have gone unpunished for acts of violence against women.)

R6: TH, upon discovering irrefutable proof that God does NOT exist, would use a fail
safe system to destroy the proof and hide it from any humans knowledge.

Semi Final: THBT the discovery of a means of stopping the aging process would be a
bad thing for society. (Clarifying information: For this debate stopping the aging process
means that bodies would stop aging after the age of 35; it does NOT mean that people
would stop dying of things unrelated to the process of aging).

Final: TH, as the Israeli Debating League, would refuse to accept a debating society
from Ariel as a member. (Clarifying information: Ariel is an Israeli settlement in the West
Bank.)

DDG Masters Cup, Wartburg, Germany, September 27-29 (translated)

R1: THBT the world has become better through Facebook

R2: THW impose the Working Time Act on politicians as well

R3: THW relentlessly impose cyberwars on dictatorships

R4: THW create an age limit for public appearances

R5: TH (as debate couple) would encourage its kids to debate competitively

R6: THW reinstitute the Gold Standard

Final: THW, as the CDU, pursue a minority government in the Bundestag

October
Gutenberg Cup, Mainz, Germany, October 5-6 (translated)

R1: Should the Gauls end their resistance to the Romans?

R2: Should we create a common sanctuary/reservation for hipsters, zombies, former

FDP politicians and stranded aliens?

R3: Should sex become olympic?

Semi: Should the long-term unemployed be reemployed for energy production?

Final: Should Sauron become US president?

Edinburgh Cup, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 5-6

R1: THW boycott the Russian Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi

R2: THBT British national curricula should portray a unanimously and graphically
negative account of the impact of British colonialism on its foreign subjects

R3: THBT Rockstar Games should make the lead protagonist of the next instalment of
the GTA series female

R4: TH supports aggressive Palestinian protest (such as property destruction) in illegal

Israeli settlements

R5: THB President Obama should grant Chelsea Manning a presidential pardon

Semi-final: THW restrict the press from all speculation and reporting on the mental
health of criminals and suspected criminals

Final: THB that feminists should adopt the cause of anti-capitalism

EBS Open, Wiesbaden, Germany, October 11-13

R1: THW make EU voting compulsory.

R2: You are a 19 year old boy who just finished his Abitur. As this boy, THW join the
Bundeswehr

R3: THW ban private Universities.

R4: THW grant all ethnic Germans a full right of return

Final: THW place pictures of poverty on all luxury goods

Roosevelt Academy Open, Middelburg, the Netherlands, October 11-12

R1: THW no longer arrest or prosecute individual members of drug gangs operating in
highly violent areas if gang leaders agree to halt all turf wars

R2: THW suspend all regulation regarding environmental protection laws and policies
during prolonged periods of economic recession

R3: Infoslide: The SGP is a Christian Orthodox party in The Netherlands which
consistently holds seats in parliament. They propose policies and laws in accordance
with Biblical teaching. They are in favour of traditional gender roles. Article 10 of their
Statement of Principles hold that women arent eligible for political office. Women are
unable to submit themselves to election lists for the SGP or take political office within the
party. In 2004 there was a legal challenge against the SGP by womens rights
movements who claimed that Article 10 is illegal under Dutch law. This case reached the
European Court of Human Right (ECHR) in 2012 in The Netherlands vs. The SGP
where the judges ruled in favour of The Netherlands and forced the SGP to allow women
to run as candidates both within their party and for national office. Motion: TH regrets
that in the case of SGP vs. The Netherlands the European Court of Human Rights ruled
in favour of The Netherlands (forcing the SGP to allow women to take office within the
party)

R4: THBT the International Criminal Court should hire private military contractors to
arrest individuals who refuse to surrender after an indictment

R5: TH Welcomes the rise of online news media at the expense of traditional journalism

Novice Final: THBT schools should instill unrealistically high expectations in students
from lower-socio economic backgrounds

Semi Final: Infoslide: Pink-washing refers to the Israeli government actively promoting
LBGT issues in Israel to detract from human rights issues in the Palestine Territories.
Many commentators believe it is one of the main reasons for the governments financial
and vocal support of LBGT projects such as Pride marches in Tel Aviv and other financial
support. Many members of the international LBGT movement fear that this policy may
be damaging to LBGT issues. Motion:THBT the Israeli LBGT-movement should oppose
pink-washing

Final: THBT "I was just following orders" is a legitimate defence in cases of war crimes
and crimes against humanity

Open de Debates de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, October 12-13 (translated)

R1: THW close the military academy

R2: THBT it is better for Egypt to get secular authoritarian leadership than a democratic
government

R3: TH, being a single woman, would sleep with their boss if they knew it would lead to a
career rise

R4: TH regrets the Portuguese decolonisation

Final: In light of the right to representative democracy, TH defends the fact that
independent candidates compete

Simpsons Open, Limerick, Ireland, October 19

Round 1: THB there are no good wars with the following exceptions: the American
Revolution, World War 2 and the Star Wars Trilogy.

Round 2: TH, deep down, secretly longs for a cold hearted Republican to lower taxes,
brutalise criminals and rule you like a king.

Round 3: THBT it can trust the President of Cuba.

Round 4: THBT God has no place within these walls - just like facts have no place within
organised religion.

Final : TH can't seriously want to ban alcohol. It tastes great, makes women appear
more attractive and makes a person virtually invulnerable to alcohol.

SOAS IV, London, England, October 19-20

R1: THW ban anyone with a criminal record worth 2+ years in prison from running for
political office

R2: THBT city-states are a better political unit than nation-states

R3: THW ban conversion therapy to "cure" homosexuality (assuming the therapy has a
10% chance of success)

R4: Info defintions: Lethal Autonomous Robots are weapons systems that, once
activated, can select and engage targets without further human
intervention.Motion: THBT no further research should be done on the creation of Lethal
Autonomous Robots

R5: THBT copyright should expire on the death of the author/artist

Open Quarter: Info: You are Malala. A recognisable member from the Taliban with a gun
enters your house with the intention to kill you. He trips and drops his gun. You pick it
up. Motion: TH, as Malala, would kill him

Open Semis: TH supports the reclamation of the word slut

ESL Final: THBT the European Union should prioritise unemployment over further
austerity measures

Open Final: THBT it is legitimate to kill civilians to reach military objectives

UCD Novice Cup, Dublin, Ireland, October 24

R1: THW only imprison criminals who pose a continuing threat to society

R2: THW boycott the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

R3: THB the state should fund free access to museums, art exhibitions and other cultural
attractions for social welfare recipients

Semi: THBT countries should ensure that their militaries are roughly proportionally
representative of the diversity of religion, income & race of their populations and that
they should, where necessary, use conscription to achieve this

Final: Context: in July 2013, Rolling Stone Magazine published this cover.The story
focused on the background of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving man accused of
committing the Boston marathon bombings. It included quotes from his friends and
sports coach, referred to him by his nickname and emphasised how similar he was to
any ordinary American teenager.Motion: THBT Rolling Stone should not have portrayed
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a sympathetic manner

UCD Vice Presidents Cup, Dublin, Ireland, October 25-26

R1: THW, assuming it was technologically possible, replace all human soldiers on the
battlefield with robots

R2: THW create quotas for male workers in female-dominated professions such as
teaching and nursing

R3: THBT that the EU should impose sanctions on Hungary if the Jobbik party takes
office after the upcoming national election (infoslide provided)

R4: THW support the use of violent protest

R5: THBT the Black rights movement should promote black superiority
(infoslide provided)

Semi: TH, as the ICC, would never bring cases against incumbent heads of states
(infoslide provided)

Final: THW ban all religions from actively seeking to convert non-believers

Imperial Open, London, England, October 26

R1: THW ban unpaid internships

R2: THW boycott the FIFA World Cup in Qatar

R3: TH, as the Roman Catholic Church, would excommunicate political leaders who fail
to advocate nuclear disarmament

R4: THW construct brothels on military bases

Final: THB schools in the USA should teach rap lyrics as part of their core English
literature curricula

Dutch Masters, Breukelen, the Netherlands, October 26 (translated)

R1: THBT governments should make childrens vaccinations obligatory

R2: THBT former colonising countries should pay substantial reparations to the countries
they colonised

R3: THBT the state should financially incentivise higher-educated citizens to have
children before their 25th birthday

Final: THBT members of parliament should be appointed by lottery

NAMDA Novice Cup, Hull, England, October 26

R1: In countries with a state alternative, THW ban private healthcare.

R2: THW replace income tax with a wealth tax.

R3: THW abolish all immigration restrictions other than those required for national
security.

R4: THW ban the production and consumption of pornography.

Semis: THW make conscription a war crime.

Final: THW ban the slaughter and consumption of non-human animals

Strathclyde Presidents Cup, Strathclyde, Scotland, October 26

R1: THBT party nominees for UK general elections should be selected through open
primaries.

R2: THBT the feminist movement should support monogamy.

R3: TH: supports the integration of armed rebel groups into the DRC army.

R4: THBT the entire UK housing stock should be owned by the state.

Final: TH: as Nick Clegg (with the benefit of hindsight) would not have joined a coalition
with the Conservatives in 2010.

SDA Novice Competition, London, October 27

R1: THW allow those convicted of non-violent, -sexual, -serious crimes to serve
sentences in the military, rather than prison

R2: THBT Facebook and other social media should not host images off beheadings and
acts of brutal violence on their sites

R3: THW prohibit tourism to countries with a poor record of protecting human rights

R4: TH regrets the existence of "men in power" or "mens rights" groups

Final: THBT the beauty industry has done more harm than good

Turku Open, Turku, Finland, October 25-27

R1: THW make welfare payments conditional on recipients engaging in full-time

community service

R2: THW forcibly remove the children of Roma parents who refuse to integrate

R3: THBT professional football clubs should be forced to field the majority of players
from their local community

R4: THBT Syria would be better off if Assad won the civil war

R5 THW replace parliamentary elections with a lottery system

Semis: THBT the Spanish Central Government should allow Catalonia a referendum for
independence

Final: TH supports the falsification of historical textbooks in order to teach moral

outcomes

Middle Man tournament, Belgrade, Serbia, October 26-27 (translated)

R1: THW not allow players born outside of the state to play for the national teams of that
state

R2: THW remove all sanctions against Iran

R3: Granted that technology exist, THW not use technology to get superpowers

R4: THW use public referendum to decide whether to give amnesty to whistleblowers

R5: THW only subsidise art that is understandable to average voter

R6: THBT its legitimate for women to use sex as a tool for advancing in life

Semis: The year is 1389, THW not go to Kosovo

Final: THBT revolution is inevitable

November
SDA Open, Sofia, Bulgaria, November 1-3

R1: THBT same sex couples should be allowed to adopt children

R2: THW ban smoking

R3: THW resolve the Syrian refugee crisis

R4: THB in the market economy

Quarter: THW remove unemployment benefits

Semi: THB in international military intervention in foreign countries

Final: THB in the student protests

Durham IV, Durham, England, November 2-3

R1 THBT in criminal court cases the jury should be comprised of individuals from the
same racial and socio-economic background as the defendant

R2: THW give the public the power to pardon whistleblowers through a referendum

R3: THBT that the International Criminal Court should not issue indictments against
individuals involved in ongoing conflicts

R4: Infoslide: Mars One is a (real) reality TV show that will send willing participants to
Mars by 2023 with no possibility of return. Their journey will be completely televised

worldwide. Motion: THW not allow individuals to opt into a one-way mission to Mars with
the Mars One Project.

R5: THBT energy security is a legitimate reason for military action

Novice Final: THW hold parents criminally liable for the repeat offences of their children

Semi: THW pay drug addicts to be permanently sterilised

Final: TH regrets the creation of a moral and legal distinction between the use of
chemical weapons and conventional weapons

Welsh Novices, Cardiff, Wales, November 2

R1: THW Legalise licensed brothels

R2: THW, as the EU, suspend the membership of any nation that elects extremist parties

R3: Info: Many British schools choose to enter their students into examinations multiple
times, taking only their strongest result as their grade for their
qualifications. Motion: THW ban all resit exams

R4: Info: Info: The Russian state systematically oppresses its LGBTQI+ community:
Homosexual couples can be prosecuted for displaying their sexuality and the police
often refuse to prevent violence towards LGBTQI+ people. Motion: TH, as a
heterosexual winter Olympian, would not attend the Sochi Winter Olympics

Final: Info: Last Summer, it was revealed that the USA's National Security Agency and
Britain's GCHQ have been monitoring the online activities of their citizens on an
enormous scale. Motion: THBT the police should have unrestricted access to the
personal online data of everybody, including email, web history and private content on
social media

Debatijada Open, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 8-10

R1 THBT parents should not tell their adopted children that they are adopted

R2 THBT every student living in the EU should spend one year studying in the country
other than the one he or she is born or is a national of.

R3 THW show only movies that pass the bechdel test (with info)

R4 THBT animal suffering should not be an obstacle for satisfying societal needs.

Final: THW ban political parties that use ethnicity as basis for their political agenda

Vienna Freshers, Vienna, Austria, November 8-9

R1: THW not publicly fund universities

R2: THBT individuals with bad personal lifestyles (that influence their health) should pay
more for their health insurance

R3: In the European Union, asylum seekers can only apply for asylum in the country
they first enter. They cannot reapply nor be reallocated to another EU
country. Motion: THBT the EU should divide up asylum seekers amongst its member
states proportional to member states' GDP per cap

R4: Info: In Saudi Arabia women are banned from driving cars. Motion: THBT women
activists in Saudi Arabia should not drive cars in their protest against the ban

Semi: THBT individuals should pass a parenting test before having children

Final: TH supports the US continuing its surveillance practices on global political leaders

Oxford IV, Oxford, England, November 8-9

R1: THW provide mobile teachers for the compulsory education of the children of
travelling communities (e.g. Roma and Irish Traveller)

R2: THBT developed economies should collectively agree to impose radically

redistributive tax codes

R3: THW ban the gender testing of athletes in sports

R4: THW require major polluters to open their borders to environmental refugees

R5: THBT national war memorials should commemorate the casualties on all sides of
the conflict

Novice Final: THBT when courts sentence offenders, they should give considerable
weight to the views of the victims

Quarter: THW, as a liberal democracy, restrict coverage of small-scale terrorist attacks

ESL Semi: THBT political parties should adopt non-hierarchical organisational structures

Semi: THBT identity-based social movements should not include in their movements
allies who are not part of the identity group in question

ESL Final: THBT liberal democracies should cut all economic and military ties with the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Final: THBT the United States should dissolve its offensive military capabilities

UK Debate Challenge, Nottingham, England, November 9-10

R1: THBT feminists should oppose restrictions on the wearing of the burkha and the
hijab

R2: THW remove all non-military sanctions on Iran

R3: TH regrets the portrayal of the developing world in the fundraising campaigns of
charitable organisations

R4: THBT state schools should instil in children the belief that anyone can succeed
through hard work, regardless of their background

R5: THBT artists from dominant cultural majorities should not seek to portray minority
cultures

Novice Final: You are a government employee who has found evidence that your state is
carrying out actions you personally believe to be gravely immoral. You have no cause to
believe these actions are illegal.Motion: THW leak the evidence directly to the press

Semi: THW abolish private property

Final: THBT The US should end the War on Terror

Bogwall, Edinburgh, Scotland, November 15

R1: THBT the (same-sex couples) Marriage Bill 2013 should remove the right of
religious institutions to refuse to perform same-sex marriages

R2: THBT past colonial empires should pay reparations to their former colonies who are
still classed as developing

R3: THBT feminist political activists should form a separate political party based on
feminist ideology, rather than joining existing parties

R4: THW Pay Additional Benefits to Families on Welfare Whose Children are Excelling in
School

Semi: THBT America should refuse to engage with any attempts to end cyber warfare

Final: Info: You are Sherlock Holmes, pursuing your arch nemesis, Moriarty. Moriarty is
an elusive criminal mastermind with a global network. This network is responsible for
countless murders, extortions and a number of other large-scale criminal acts. You have
captured Moriartys henchman and have enough evidence to convict him of a number of
charges, including murder. Before you take him to the police, the henchman offers to
give you vital information about Moriartys plans and whereabouts which MAY lead you
to finally catch him and foil his plans for evil- in exchange for letting the henchman go
free. Your deductive reasoning tells you that this is not a trap.Motion: TH, as Sherlock
Holmes, Would accept the henchmans offer.

Cambridge IV, Cambridge, England, November 15-16

R1: THW give primates (e.g. monkeys) and cetaceans (e.g. dolphins) the same rights to
life, freedom from physical harm, and freedom of movement as humans.

R2: THBT developed countries should set maximum rents for residential properties in
large urban centres.

R3: THBT, despite the expressed wishes of the Pakistani government, the United States
should continue to target the leaders of Tehrik-i-Talibani (Pakistani Taliban).

R4: THW break up banks, like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC, that are
deemed too big to fail.

R5: THW ban religious charities from engaging in proselytisation

Quarter: THB Republican and Democratic parties should select House, Senate, Pres
candidates by vote of leaders rather than primaries

ESL Semi: THW prevent those who deny climate change from seeking political office

Semi: Instead of creating a Jewish state in the British Mandate of Palestine, with the
benefit of hindsightTHW have created a Jewish State in Germany

ESL Final: THBT it should be the policy of the United States to conduct all of its military
interventions unilaterally

Final: THBT it is in the West's interests for Assad to decisively win the Syrian civil war

Schwarzwald Cup, Freiburg, Germany, November 16-17 (translated)

R1: THW ban all polls (predicting election results)

R2: TH rejects any policy that punishes families for having more than one child

R3: THW subsidise sex workers visits for severely handicapped persons

R4: THW always execute those sentenced to death publicly

Semi: As a homosexual person in a very homophobic country, THW emigrate

Final: THBT too many high school graduates study (go on to university)

John Smith Memorial Mace, England leg, London, England, November 23-24

R1: THW ban the advertising of financial products that entail an obligation of consumer
debt

R2: THBT domestically, Margaret Thatchers premiership did more harm than good

R3: THW allow pro-immigration charities to sue politicians and media outlets that
defame immigrants

R4: THW tax earnings over 1million by 75% but allow individuals to decide how the
government spends the additional revenue generated by this income

Semi: TH welcomes the decline of US-led humanitarian interventions without

international consensus

Final: THBT all main political parties should implement a cross party political scheme to
use all-women shortlists to get more women into parliament until gender parity is
reached

Cicero Toernooi, Tilburg, the Netherlands, November 23 (translated)

R1: THW remove all restrictions on euthanasia (such as hopeless and unbearable
suffering)

R2: THW abolish the right to remain silent (verschoningsrecht) for clergy

R3: THW impose strong political and economic sanctions on tax havens

R4: TH, as parents, would raise its children non-gendered

R5: THW, as the US, continue to gather information about non-citizens on a large scale

Semi: THW replace all income taxes with consumption taxes that become proportionally
higher as the purchased goods become less essential

Pro-Am Final: THW not admit immigrants who actively (strongly?) oppose the norms of
the host society

Final: TH would create a substantial salary for those who take on caretaker roles for
family, friends or neighbours (DK vervangt het mantelzorgcompliment door een
substantieel salaris)

Tbingen Herbst Debatten, Tbingen, Germany, November 23-24 (translated)

R1: Should private kindergartens and schools be abolished?

R2: Should participants in the Olympics be allowed to publicly express their political
opinions?

R3: Should the morning after pill be available without doctors recipe?

Final: Should Edward Snowden get asylum in Germany?

Zeit Debatte Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, November 22-24 (translated)

R1: THW make purchasing sexual services punishable by law. Info: Adults over 18 are
allowed to prostitute themselves, get social security and sue for compensations. Bans
can be imposed against prostitution in specific areas or at specific times. Pimping is not
illegal as long as the work environment offered is suitable and the prostitute is not
exploited

R2: THBT religion is redundant.

R3: THW return artworks stolen or expropriated by the Nazis, without regard to property
rights, laws and statutes of limitation that might block such a return (info and here)

R4: THW go on a treasure hunt

R5: THW ban temp agency contracting (Leiharbeit, Arbeitnehmerberlassung, Zeitarbeit,

Mitarbeiterberlassung oder Personalleasing)

Semi: THW spread asylum seekers over EU countries on the basis of their relative
population sizes

Final: THW abolish the federalist system in Germany

Yorkshire Novices, Sheffield, England, November 23-24

R1: THBT it is legitimate for environmental campaign groups to use ecoterrorism to

achieve their goals

R2: TH regrets the annual commemoration of past wars

R3: Info slide: 'Total Surveillance' is government surveillance of every citizen at all
times, in every location Motion: THW implement total surveillance

R4: THBT artists, entertainers, and musicians should not comment on politics outside of
their artistic creations

Semi: THBT Western liberal democracies have a duty to militarily intervene in conflicts
where large scale human rights abuses are occurring

Final: THW fabricate and publicise evidence that high ranking religious figures that claim
homosexuality to be a sin engage in homosexual acts

IDAS Tournament, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 29-December 1

R1: THW impose a tax on men to reduce the gender pay gap

R2: THBT EU nations should stop cooperating with the USA on intelligence matters

R3: THW not watch pornography

R4: THW pay reparations to European Roma

R5: THBT all corporations should become cooperatives owned and operated by the
workers

R6: THB the dead are the property of the state

Quarter: THW not tax "bitcoin" transactions

Semi: THW apply universal jurisdiction to crimes against the environment

Final: THB that the recent Geneva agreement with Iran will fail

UCU Open, Utrecht, Netherlands, November 29-30

R1: THW, assuming it were feasible to enforce, support a global inheritance tax of 100%
on all cash and assets beyond the first 5000 (and substantial taxes on high-value gifts
during one's lifetime)

R2: THBT the citizens of countries under military occupation of a western liberal
democracy should be granted the right to vote in the elections of that occupying state!

R3: THW give men more paid parental leave than women and force them to take it

R4: THW allow people (including companies) to give the police money in exchange for
new or increased efforts in a specified area of legitimate law enforcement

R5: THW place a sin tax to low-brow entertainment in order to subsidize high-brow art

Semi: THW appoint a group of relevant charities (e.g. Environmental charities) to cast
votes in general elections on behalf of future citizens

Final: You are a dutch person. THBT you should campaign against Zwarte Piet and
should routinely condemn it as a racist institution

Iron Man tournament, Mnster, Germany, November 29 (translated)

R1: THBT our legal system should neither regulate nor judge behaviour that takes place
solely in virtual online worlds like Second Life and leave the making of rules to their
manufacturers

R2: THBT China should prioritise social justice over economic growth

R3: THW allow businesses to pay employees who agree not to have children more in
wages

R4: THW allow sodomie (intercourse with animals)

Final: A ship sinks at the high seas. Three sailors and the cabin boy survive in a lifeboat.
There is no land in sight and the men are exhausted. To stay alive, the sailors kill and
eat the cabin boy against his will. Days later, the lifeboat is found and brought to land.
The sailors survived thanks to the reinforcement brought by eating the cabin boy. The
authorities hear of the tale and the sailors are brought before a court where a jury will
give a verdict. Motion: TH, as the jury, would vote against a conviction

Nikolausturnier, Mnster, Germany, November 30 (translated)

R1: THW convicted criminals the options to choose corporal punishments over
imprisonment

R2: You are a young, liberal, Turkish man in Turkey.Motion: THBT the ban on Islamic
veils in public buildings should be abolished

R3: It is Christmas. In otherwise pristine snow, the trackmarks of Santa Claus sleigh are
visible. A policeman is walking around the field to savour the Christmas spirit and
suddenly discovers a small booklet. It is Santa Claus list with no less than a complete
list of all transgressions of everyone on the planet. The policeman immediately
recognises the potential power of such a list. In the back of the booklet is Santa Claus
address. Motion: THW destroy the list.

Final: THW introduce a 30-hour work week

SSE Riga IV, Riga, Latvia, November 30-December 1

R1: Infoslide: "sin tax" is a tax on the consumption of products that governments are
reluctant to ban, but understand to be harmful Motion: THW introduce a sin tax on all
meat products

R2: THBT governments should not provide rebuilding funds to citizens above the poverty
line in known natural disaster areas

R3: THW establish an easily performed procedure for individuals to delete the entirety of
their internet and social media footprint

R4: TH supports the Ukrainian governments decision to make a trade deal with Russia
rather than seek integration with the EU

R5: THW return all ill-gotten artworks and valuable historical artefacts to the
communities of their origin

Semi: THBT violent protest is a legitimate strategy in democratic societies

Novice Final: THW not give jail time to criminals who do not pose an ongoing violent
threat to society

Final: TH support unlimited human body enhancement in all areas of life

Cork Invitational, Cork, Ireland, November 28

R1: THBT foreign visitors to Islamic countries should dress and act according to local
sensibilities in public even if not obliged to by law

R2: THW never allow prisons to force-feed detainees on hunger strike

R3: TH supports targeted advertising based on gender

Final: THBT suicide bombing is a legitimate tactic of warfare

Cork IV, Cork, Ireland, November 29-30

R1: THBT once artists earn enough to constitute a comfortable wage, they have a duty
to make their work freely available

R2: THBT Libya should repeal its ban on senior members of the Gaddaffi Regime
(military and civil) from holding positions in government

R3: THW force violent offenders to undergo theLudovico technique

R4: THBT developing countries should use policies such as permits to restrict rural to
urban migration

R5: THW allow Pro-Life organisations to pay women currently considering having an
abortion to carry the pregnancy to term

Semi and Novice Final: TH supports the actions of Anonymous and other such vigilante
groups

Final: Assuming you would not be found out, in the event of a terrorist attack on US soil,
committed by Islamist extremists THW fabricate evidence that attack was committed by
dominant ethnic and socio-economic group, e.g. white Anglo-Saxons

Bristol ProAM, Bristol, England, November 30

R1: THW not allow governments to electronically intercept communications without a warrant

R2: THW prevent the media from publishing any personal details (such as race or social class) of
criminals and suspects

R3: TH, as the USA, would destroy its stockpile of smallpox

R4: In proportion to under 30s population, THW reserve seats in parliament for 18-30 year olds

Semi: THW, as David Icke, dedicate the rest of its life to exposing the lizard people. ( Info)

Final: THBT western liberal democracies should use any effective means at their disposal to
uphold the human rights of women

Newcastle IV, Newcastle, England, November 30

R1: THW allow individuals to sell their non-vital organs

R2: THW legalise online child chat simulations

R3: THW apply the same standards to the sale of mass surveillance technology as it
does to the sale of arms

R4: THS affirmative action policies targeted at women in business

Final: THBT Miley Cyrus is bad for feminism

Schroeter Cup, Berlin, Germany, November 30 (translated)

R1: THW set one common minimum wage

R2: THW ban circumcision of minors

R3: THW ban pornography and would make it taboo (verb tabuisieren)

R4: THW only allow European firms to sell weapons in the EU

Final: THW create a film rating for movies that do not pass the Bechdel-Test

December
English Cup, Herzliya, Israel, December 1

R1: THW classify all organized crime as terrorist organizations

R2: THBT the education system should promote expectations according to the students
realistic potential, ability and social status

R3: This house would hire police personnel in proportion to societys demography

Semi: THW, as a western liberal democracy, legalize paid surrogacy

Final: This house, as China, would legalize gay marriage

Lund IV, Lund, Sweden, December 6-7

R1: THBT Facebook, Google+,and other social media platforms should remove all
content produced by extremist political parties.

R2: TH welcomes the presence of gender-neutral schools (+Infoslide)

R3: THBT is in Chinas interest to shoot down foreign military aircrafts that violate the ADIZ (+Info
slide).

R4: Assuming that the death penalty is in use, THW make all executions public.

SF: THBT the EU should materially support anti-Russian political movements in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union

Novice Final: THBT Schools should raise the expectations of children beyond what they
can realistically achieve.

Grand Final: TH supports armed vigilante groups in high crime areas.

Warsaw Open, Warsaw, Poland, December 6-8

R1: THW eject national sports teams from international competitions if their fans or
players are found to have committed racist or fascist acts during matches

R2: THBT in developed countries the minimum wage should guarantee a middle class
lifestyle

R3: THW stop all research into differences between the male and female brain

R4: THBT Pope Francis should openly endorse radical left political parties and
candidates

Semi: THW only hold gay pride parades with the consent of the local community

Final: THW immediately lift all sanctions on Iran

Centrale IV, Paris, France, December 6-7

R1: THW Allow athletes to compete in the gender category they self identify with

R2: THBT Hamid Karzai should sign the Bilateral Security Agreement

R3: This house would allow the Roma to settle in autonomous communities

R4: This house believes that developing countries should ban the entry of foreign
supermarketschains [added by me] into their markets

R5: Given that a trade off is required, THBT history education in post-conflict societies
should focus on cohesion at the cost of truth

Final: TH supports FEMEN

Sheffield IV, Sheffield, England, December 7

R1: THW aggressively fund art in public places, which depicts struggles on which there
is no consensus and of which there are continuing consequences

R2: THW cut off development aid to countries which willfully neglect to combat terrorism
within their own borders

R3: THW freeze membership of sporting federations of nations that boycott sporting
competitions (events, matches, tournaments etc.) for political reasons.

R4: THW end the prosecution of Troubles-related killings in Northern Ireland

Final: TH, as the United States, does not regret the dropping of the atomic bomb.

Moscow Open, Moscow, Russia, December 6-7

R1: THW ban the fur industry

R2: TH as Ukraine would join Russia led economic bloc rather than the EU free trade
account

R3: THW in the countries that have laws prohibiting discriminatory and hateful language
against various groups based on certain characteristics they have, grant overweight
people the same protection like other vulnerable groups

R4: THW require police to wear miniature video cameras at all times whilst on duty

R5: THBT decisions to allocate funding to scientific research programs should be taken
solely by a group of professional scientists

Semi-finals: TH, as a Russian woman, would rather live in the Soviet Union

Final: THBT Western Liberal Democracies should boycott the Russian Winter Olympics
2014 in Sochi

John Smith Memorial Mace Welsh leg, Aberystwyth, Wales, December 7

R1: THW legalise euthanasia

R2: THW provide financial incentives to individuals leading a vegetarian lifestyle

R3: THBT FIFA should reallocate the 2022 World Cup from Qatar to a country with a
superior human rights record

R4: THBT major Hollywood studios should increase the number of lead roles for female
villains substantially in their blockbuster films

Final: THBT the media should fabricate and publish positive economic stories during
prolonged periods of economic recession

Tournament of Champions, Bucharest, Romania, December 7-9

R1: This House would legalize the use of baby-boxes all around the EU

R2: THBT a world in which there is no more sexual instinct and reproduction is only in
vitro and through similar technologies is a better world

R3: This House would grant immediate EU admission to regions like Scotland or
Catalonia who choose to declare independence from countries that are already in the
EU

R4: THW eliminate any legal or ethical limitations from the field of genetic research on
improving the human body.

Final: THBT Romania should strengthen its relationship with China, even if that impacts
its relationship with the EU

BGU IV, Beer Sheva, Israel, December 13

R1: THBT Times Magazine should have chosen Miley Cyrus to be person of the year

R2: TH, as the US, would abandon the Israeli-Palestinian Cause

R3: THW wage war using only games fought via computers

R4: THBT governments should not regulate the use of any new currency

R5: In memory of Nelson Mandela: The year is 1985, THS Paul Simon in breaking the
cultural boycott of Apartheid South Africa (for the making of the future Graceland album
in collaboration with black musicians)

Final: THBT Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church will end up causing more
harm than good

Tilbury House IV, Cologne (Kln), Germany, December 13-15

R1: THW forcibly relocate indigenous peoples where their presence prevents the
extraction/utilization of valuable resources

R2: TH supports private ownership of 3D printers

R3: TH regrets the branding of Burka Avenger as a feminist icon

R4: TH, as Pope Francis, would allow women to become priests

R5: THB, in times of economic crisis, economic bodies should (strategically) withhold
information that may damage market confidence

Final: TH welcomes the rise of art, music and film that celebrates lack of economic
wealth

Streitkultur Cup, Tbingen, Germany, December 14 (translated)

R1: Do we need a third vote (Die Drittstimme)

R2: Should natural disasters and extreme weather in the future be named after
politicians that are against combatting climate change?

R3: Should the state treat all religions equally?

Final: Should Germany boycott the Sochi Olympics?

Leiden Novice Tournament, Leiden, the Netherlands, December 14

R1: THW stop streaming children in secondary schools based on intelligence

R2: THW make parents legally responsible for their children's crimes

R3: This house believes that governments should never pay ransoms

Final: THW ban all media (such as music, films and videogames) which glorify misogyny

KCL IV, London, England, December 14

R1: THBT foster children should be placed into families with similar backgrounds (race,
religion, etc)

R2: THBT politicians should not have public profiles on twitter and other social
networking sites

R3: You are an immigrant (asylum seeker?) from a non-Western country. You are offered
full and immediate citizenship of the EU and the US. The offers are the only two that you
have and are mutually exclusive. You do not know where you will live in either union.
Your native and only language is spoken in neither. Motion: THW opt for the EU

R4: TH supports soldier-run free schools

Semi: THBT the US should overturn its blanket ban on negotiating with terrorists

Final: As an atheist, THW proselytise

Jerusalem Open, Jerusalem, Israel, December 19

R1: THBT women's rights organizations should advocate for the legalization of multiple
partner marriages

R2: TH, as the Palestinian people, would support the one state solution in favor of the
two state solution

R3: THW not accept refugees in times of economic crisis

R4: THBT that the widespread prevailance of Internet porn is a net good

Final: TH, as a constitutional democracy, would remove Freedom of Religion from the
constitution

Tournament without a name (Macedonian-Greek exchange tournament), Skopje,

Macedonia, December 19-21

Round 1: THW ban international adoption

Round 2: THW organise Alternative Olympics to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in
order to protest anti-LGBT laws in Russia

Round 3: THBT Pope Francis I should openly endorse radical left political parties and
candidates

Finals: THW ban re-election of politicians that did not fulfil their promises

Birmingham IV, Birmingham, England, December 20-22

R1: THW financially compensate children who fail to achieve employable grades at
school

R2: THW establish quotas for immigrants on national sports teams

R3: THB the European Union should lower the entry requirements and fast-track
accession procedures for the Ukraine and other nations in the Caucasus

R4: THB the USA should withdraw from its defensive pact with Japan in the East China
Sea

R5: THBT lack of Intent should not be considered a legitimate defence in hate speech
trials

Semi: THBT governments should take public steps to disrupt and discredit the use of
cryptocurrencies (e.g. Bitcoin)

Final: THBT South Africans should engage in a frank and critical discussion of the life
achievements and legacy of Nelson Mandela, rather than continue to uncritically revere
him

Decemberac (beginners tournament), Belgrade, Serbia, December 21-22

(translated)

R1: THW include children with special needs into regular school classes

R2: TH, as a former communist state, would remove the monuments of the former
regime

R3: THBT holding the Olympics is not worth it for the host country

R4: THBT sanctions are a good way of implementing democracy

R5: THW not undress (with an info slide)

Semi: In todays world, THW choose a craft rather than the university education

Final: THW not read fairy tales to children

WUDC 2014, Chennai, India, December 28, 2013 - January 4, 2014

R1: THBT the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of
Islamic study) throughout the Islamic world

R2: THW allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation
to them in place of a prison sentence

R3: TH regrets the rise of a 'hookup culture' (one which accepts and encourages casual
sexual encounters focused on physical pleasure, without necessarily including emotional
bonding)

R4: THBT developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing
for elected office

R5: Infoslide: - A number of countries are currently negotiating to establish the world's
largest free trade area by comprehensively liberalising trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
This proposed agreement, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), would include
the following countries: United States, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Mexico, Chile, Canada,
Singapore, Malaysia, New Zeland, Peru and Brunei. China is NOT included in these
negotiations. Motion: THBT the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the interests of the small
and medium-sized negotiating countries.

R6: THW make the receipt of welfare payments to raise children conditional on the use
of long-term, but reversible, contraception

R7: Info slide: Generally, government agencies, responsible for regulating drugs (for
example the Food and Drug Administration, or the European Medicines Agency) rewuire
that a new drug pass two different tests before being approved for public use. These
seperate tests asses whether a drug is: First, "safe", does the drug pose an
unacceptable health risk? Second, "effective", does the drug do what it claims to do?
Motion: THBT government agencies that regulate drugs should only test whether a drug
is safe, not whether it is effective, before approving it for public use.

R8: THBT NATO should unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former
Soviet Union, excluding Russia

R9: TH regrets the commodification of indigenous cultures

EFL Semis: THBT the gay rights movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is
not a choice

EFL Final: THBT multinational companies should be liable for human rights abuses that
occur anywhere in their supply chain

ESL Quarters: THW remove all copyright protection for material deemed to be morally
objectionable

ESL Semis: THBT Pope Francis should publicly encourage Catholics to support radically
redistributive government policies

ESL Final: THW allow countries to pay other countries to settle asylum-seekers who
reach their borders

Open Partial Double Octos: THW abolish gated communities in the developing world

Open Octos: THBT Japan should shame its soldiers who participated in WWII, including
those who did not commit war crimes themselves

Open Quarters: THW auction off the long-term right to govern bankrupt cities for profit

Open Semis: THBT women should reject practices that alter the appearance of their
genitalia, such as waxing and labiaplasty

Open Final: THBT India should adopt aggressive free market policies.

2014
January

Zeit Debatte Dresden, Dresden, Germany, January 10-12 (translated)

R1: THW make graduates of state universities, who become stay-at-home parents
(Hausfrauen oder Hausmnner), retrospectively pay their study fees (normally free).

R2: THW offer immigrants who cannot claim welfare benefits in Germany a loan for
livelihood/existence costs that they would have to repay after five years

R3: THBT parents should monitor the electronic communications of their children, for
example by installing spyware, requiring their children to give them their passwords, or
reading browser histories

R4: THW provide strong financial support to families who decide to bring a foetus with
Down syndrom to term and raise it by themselves

R5: THBT attacks on military targets, in which many civilian victims can be expected, are
legitimate

Semi: THW allow people to insure themselves against fines

Final: TH, as an athlete with sight on a medal at the Olympic Games in Sotchi, would
publicly promote LGBT rights during the Games

Nottingham Trent Open, Nottingham, England, January 11-12

R1: THW require that government ministers be highly qualified and experienced experts
in their policy areas

R2: THBT the EU should lift its ban on exporting sedatives used in lethal injections to the
USA

R3: THBT the Conservative Party should form an electoral pact with the UK
Independence Party for the 2015 general election

R4: THBT hacking is a legitimate form of protest against large corporations

Semi: THBT all states should adopt the Flemish system of university admissions

Final: THBT the British education system should aim to give students from all
backgrounds a high level of familiarity with the cultural knowledge prized by white, upper
and middle class elites

London Pro-Am IV, London, England, January 18

R1: If the tech to do so were available, THW allow disabled parents to ensure their
children are born with their disabilities

R2: TH, as the Pope and the Vatican council, would liquidate all the Vatican's assets and
distribute them to charity

R3: THW create a scheme to aggressively encourage university graduates to marry and
reproduce

R4: TH regrets the 'fat pride' movement

Final:

Irish Times Debates Round 2, Ireland, January 18

Heat 1: TH condemns the actions of Edward Snowden

Heat 2: THW remove all restrictions on freedom of speech

Heat?

Paris V, French Debating Association Tournament preliminaries, Paris, January 23

- March 5

C1: THW always choose style over substance

C2: THBT bad government comes from too much government

B1: THBT the bare necessities are enough

B2: THBT we should fear Google

A1: THW stop state funding of the arts

B3: THBT privacy is an illusion

B4: THW not have children

D1: THBT work is overrated

D2: THB in free speech

A2: THW "Live as if you were to die tomorrow"

A3: THW use force to make peace

C3: THBT men have become the tools of their tools

D3: THBT parents are corrupted by children

A4: THBT science will save us

B5: THBT anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening

C4: THW emigrate

D4: THBT imagination is better than knowledge

C5: THW tell the whole truth

D5: THBT whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it is time to pause and
reflect

Rotterdam BP Toernooi, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, January 25 (translated)

R1: THW force pregnant minors to have an abortion or give their child up for adoption

R2: THW introduce trial by jury

R3: THBT Mexican state should create a list of known members of drug cartels and
outlaw everyone on it

R4: Info: ruling parties VVD and PvdA hold 79 of 150 votes in Parliament (second
chamber), but only 30 of 75 seats in the Senate (first chamber) the CDA holds only 13
seats in the current Parliament, but has 11 seats in the Senate, giving the ruling coalition
a majority if they support it. Motion: THBT CDA should vote with the ruling coalition if
proposed laws satisfy the Senate criteria of redelijkheid (reasonableness, judiciousness,
fairness) and samenhang (congruence with other laws) (addendum: instead of for other
political criteria)

Semi: THW split up banks until none are too big to fail

Final: THW only drill for gas in areas where the population has consented through a
local referendum (inspired by recent opposition to gas drilling inGroningen)

Brabants Debattoernooi, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, January 25 (translated)

R1: We should be able to fire (Rabobank) Board members that were responsible for
fraud, without a severance bonus.

R2: Bitcoins should become the official currency in the Netherlands

R3: Health insurances should be allowed to refuse medicines on the basis of their costs

R4: The availability/sales of pyrotechnics/fireworks should be limited (This

article and this one give appropriate background info)

Semi 1: Assad should win

Semi 2: Dutch athletes should boycott the Sochi Winter Olympics

Final: People in Groningen should stop complaining (probably referring to gas drilling in
the province)

Trinity IV, Dublin, Ireland, January 24-25

R1: THBT feminists should condemn the practice of monogamy

R2: THBT resource-rich developing nations should severely restrict the extraction and
sale of natural resources

R3: THBT Japanese leaders are legitimate in visiting the Yasukuni Shrine

R4: THB the NAACP should not seek a post-racial society

Quarter: THB the Irish state should pay reparations to all female citizens who lived
during the period in whichMagdalene Laundries were operational

Semi: THW teach children to question authority, even if it undermines discipline in the
classroom

Final: TH rejects the legitimacy of the state

York IV, York, England, January 25

R1: THW create drug provison centres to provide all adults with unlimited quantities of
free heroin and cocaine, exclusively for on site consumption.

R2: In a world in which the Z-gene exists, THW require that mutants be constantly
monitored by the state from birth.

R3: THBT the Labour Party should end its affiliation with trade unions.

R4: THBT schools should attempt to indoctrinate school children with the belief that they
are personally culpable for death, poverty and abject misery in the developing world.

Semi: THBT the Syrian National Coalition and the Free Syrian Army should offer to end
the Syrian Civil War and share power in a short term transitional government led by
Bashar al-Assad

Final: THBT comedians who cross the line of public offence do more harm than good

February

Warwick IV, Warwick, England, February 1

R1: THW require those claiming Job Seekers' Allowance to undertake community
service

R2: TH supports public funding of blasphemous art

R3: THW abolish academic journals and make all academic research freely available to
the public online

R4: TH supports the formation of vigilante groups in high crime areas of Mexico

Semi: Infoslide: United States Presidents issue executive orders to help officers and
agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government
itself. Executive orders have the full force of law when they take authority from a power
granted directly to the Executive by the Constitution, or are made in pursuance of certain
Acts of Congress that explicitly delegate to the President some degree of discretionary
power. For the purposes of this debate, the executive order in question can be assumed
to be constitutional. e.g. in 2012, President Obama issued an executive order
suspending the deportation of illegal immigrants who had served in the military or
graduated from college. This effectively enforced the DREAM Act, whose passage
through Congress had stalled. The Supreme Court subsequently upheld this as
constitutional Motion: THBT Barack Obama should issue an executive order suspending
all state bans on gay marriage

Final: TH, as a wealthy individual, rather than paying the full rate of tax, would avoid
taxation in order to donate to charity, according to his/her own moral preferences

Dutch Mace, Maastricht, Netherlands, February 8

R1: THW allow companies to pay higher wages to employees who agree not to have
children during their term of employment.

R2: THW only give out scholarships on the basis of academic potential.

R3: Infoslide: Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence

through colonization, use of military force, or other means. Motion: THB the West
should make use of its imperialist power.

Final: Hypothetical: A machine has been invented that, when connected to a human,
allows that human to experience the sexual experiences of their choosing. These
experiences are indistinguishable from reality. This machine is cheap enough for private
ownership and no hard to program than a microwave. In shoirt, this machine would
enable everybody to 'get it on'.Motion: THW ban such a machine.

Lancaster IV, Lancaster, England, February 8

R1: THBT schools should prioritise the teaching of modern literature over classical
literature.

R2: THBT the west should give substantial extra non-conditional aid packages to
countries that have large illegal narcotics exports.

R3: TH, as Edward Snowden, regrets publishing the NSA files.

R4: THBT celebrities should be banned from making political statements.

Final: TH, as a scientist who has developed a compound which when ingested causes a
person to become bisexual, would infect the global water supply with the compound.

John Smith Memorial Mace Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, February 8

R1: THW allow employees to sign a contract to give up their right to have children in
exchange for a higher salary

R2: THBT developing nations should no longer sell land to foreign companies

R3: THW make the weight of votes proportional to a persons expected remain lifespan

R4: TH supports the use of violent protest to topple oppressive regimes

R5: THW restrict CEOs from annually earning more than 12 times the salary of his or her
lowest-paid employee

Semi: TH, as the Catholic Church, would vote in the Pope through a referendum
amongst all Church-going Catholics when electing a new Pope, rather than amongst
Cardinals

Final: Context: The living wage in the United Kingdom is approximately 15,000 pounds
per annum.Motion: THBT the State should pay to each and every citizen 15,000 pounds
per year unconditionally

Reading No-Notes Open, Reading, England, February 9

R1: THW Prevent men from running for elected office for a period of two terms.

R2: THW Ban any and all participation in faith healing.

R3: THW Allow and enforce prenuptial agreements that punish infidelity.

R4: TH, as the Conservative party, would condemn the portrayal of Romanians and
Bulgarians in the tabloids

Final: Infoslide: A rogue dictatorship has launched a nuclear attack on an unaffiliated

nation. You are unsure as to whether the dictatorship possesses any further nuclear
weapons. Motion: This House Believes that NATO Should Launch a Retaliatory Nuclear
Strike.

Irish National Law Debates, Galway, Ireland, February 14-15

R1: THW directly elect public representatives by random lottery

R2: THW remove all restrictions on sexual activities between mutually consenting adults

R3: THW abolish trial by jury in criminal cases

R4: THBT former colonial powers should not be involved in peacekeeping and nationbuilding in their former colonies

R5: THW choose to believe in a god or gods

Semi: THBT when awarding artistic achievement, all aspects of the artist's personal lives
should be ignored

Final: THBT the use of violence to advance the cause of disenfranchised sexual
minorities and women in Russia is legitimate

Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 15

(translated)

R1: THW allow adoption agencies to guarantee to biological parents that their child will
not be adopted by a same-sex couple

R2: THW allow euthanasia for patients suffering from dementia (and therefore legally
incapable) who have signed an advance directive (request for euthanasia)Info

R3: THW provide all citizens a basic income at the poverty line without setting any
requirements

R4: THW require all schools that teach religion to discuss militant atheism at an equal
footing with all major religions.

R5: THW make the exploitation of brothels a state monopoly

Quarter: THW choose its Prime Minister through direct elections

Semi: THW liberate slaves in Mauritania with a military intervention

Novice final: THW split Belgium into separate parts

Final: THW take Dutch citizenship away from any criminal with a double nationality and
would extradite these criminals to the other country they hold citizenship of

LSE Open, London, England, February 15-16

R1: THBT Governments should not assist in the rebuilding of disaster prone areas

R2: TH regrets the existence of critic or professionally determined film awards, including
the Academy Awards, Palme D'Or, and Sight and Sound's Top 10

R3: THBT it is the West's interest for long term Brent Crude Oil prices to fall below
US$60 per barrel. Info

R4: THBT the LGBT movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choice

R5: THB European Football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from
successful to less successful domestic clubs

Open Quarter: THW criminalise its citizens from fighting in foreign conflicts

ESL Semi: THBT the states of the Western Balkans should ban positive depictions of
indicted or convicted war criminals

Open Semi: THB that majority liberal supreme courts should actively misapply
constitutions in order to advance progressive rights

ESL Final: THW financially incentivise interracial and interfaith marriage

Open Final: TH regrets Jiyas use of the Burka (info video)

Irish Times Debates Semis, Ireland, February 15-21

Semi A: THW commemorate the First World War

Semi B: THW condemn the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

Semi C: THBT the Constitution of Ireland has served the country well

Semi D: THW introduce Mandatory Organ Donation

Tornadu, Braga, Portugal, February 21-23 (translated)

R1:TH applauds the social pressure on teenage girls to initiate promiscuous sexual
activity;

R2: THW create a small network of public schools accessible only to students with
outstanding academic backgrounds

R3: When father of a fetus favours abortion and this is not carried out, THW allow him to
excuse himself from any responsibility for the child;

R4: THW reduce VAT tax on goods and services provided for by small businesses in
order to combat the black (parallel) economy

R5: THB in the primacy of serving others as opposed to seeking ones own happiness

Quarter (partial): THBT the LGBT movement should stop using the concept of gay
pride

Semi: THBT the international community has a duty to protect human rights, if necessary
by military means, even in violation of the principle of national sovereignty

Final: THBT young Portuguese should recognize the existence of a generational struggle
(with divergent and conflicting interests between generations) and prepare to win

Leiden Open, Leiden, Netherlands, February 22-23

R1: Infoslide: Slum tourism is a type of tourism that involves visiting impoverished areas
- usually through a service provided by tourism agencies. Slum tourism is now becoming
increasingly prominent in developing nations, including India, Brazil, Kenya and
Indonesia.Motion: THBT the governments of developing nations should actively
encourage slum tourism

R2: TH, as a critic, would advise the public not to consume works of music, film and art
produced by artists that you deem morally reprehensible, regardless of the artistic merit
of their work

R3: There have been successful experiments with citizens actively involved in the
rehabilitation process of ex-convicts by, for example, hosting them in their house, or
building supportive relationships with them. In these programmes, the state ensured
adequate financial and professional assistance. The participation in these programmes
by citizens and ex-convicts has always been voluntary. Motion: THW randomly select
citizens to actively assist in the rehabilitation process of ex-convicts, and make
participation mandatory for those citizens

R4: THBT the state should make funding for political parties proportionate to the number
of members from low-income brackets in those parties

R5: THW nationalise prostitution

Semi: Some academic and cultural institutions have a practice of awarding prizes that
recognise the achievements of members of minority groups. For example, Muslim
Student Achievement Award or African American Writer of the Year. Motion:THB it is
legitimate for states to deny residence or asylum to immigrants who openly contradict
their predominant values

Novice Final: Some awards in literature, theater, film, sports, etc. are granted only to
people from specific minorities (NAACP awards) Motion: TH as a nominee of such an
award would not accept it.

Final: THBT the Catholic church should make absolution for those who have committed
a crime conditional upon them handing themselves into the police.

Manchester IV, Manchester, England, February 22-23

R1: THBT US media should not report any details about school shootings beyond the
fact that they happened

R2: THBT all international peacekeeping operations in Africa should be carried out solely
by African troops.

R3: Info slide - Menstrual activism is a movement which seeks to examine social
attitudes towards menstruation through artistic performances such as wearing menstrual
blood. Motion: TH supports menstrual activism.

R4:THW ban holocaust denial

Open Quarters: Info slide: There are segregated economic zones in Riyadh where only
women are allowed to work. This means that normal rules that apply to women's daily
activity can be relaxed i.e. they enjoy greater economic rights in these
zones. Motion: TH supports the creation of women only economic zones in Saudi
Arabia

ESL Final: THW support a strict disciplinarian education system, as long as it makes
students perform better

Semi Final: THB African-American civil rights organisations should condemn capitalism

Novice Final: TH regrets the use of nationalism by colonial liberation movements (e.g.
the Indian National Congress, Sinn Fein).

Final: The technology exists to allow people to selectively erase their memories without
any physical side effects. Motion: THW allow individuals to selectively erase their own
memories

Irish Times Final, Dublin, Ireland, February 28

THBT the Irish Political System has served the People well

March
Budapest Open, Budapest, Hungary, February 28 - March 2

R1: THW prohibit religious organizations from speaking out against homosexuality

R2: THBT states should take active measures to limit the spread of American pop culture

R3: THBT it is in Russia's interest to annex the Crimea

R4: THBT the Black Rights Movement should oppose the appropriation of the
Confederate flag by black public figures. (Info slide: Kanye West recently released a
clothing line which featured the Confederate flag. The Confederate flag was the flag
used by the pro-slavery southern US states in the American Civil War. The American
Civil War was a conflict over the use of black slaves. The flag is still used by various
groups, including white supremacists in the US.)

R5: THBT developing countries should support commercial surrogacy (Info slide:
Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries a child for another person or
couple)

Semi: TH opposes the sympathetic and humanizing portrayal of Nazi soldiers in popular
media

Final: THW suspend elections in countries with very high levels of government debt

Glasgow Ancients. Glasgow, Scotland, March 1-2

R1: THW compel doctors to report suspected cases of domestic abuse to the police

R2: THBT football associations should require clubs to be majority owned by their fans

R3: THW legalise entrapment

R4: THBT the EU should give automatic membership to states that have seceded from
current member states

R5: THW not afford religious identity the same level of anti-discrimination protection as
inborn traits (such as race, gender and sexuality)

Semi: THBT that the UN Security Council should sanction companies that buy 'booty
futures' from rebel movements

Final: TH supports the rise of online communities that aggressively police ideological
purity within the feminist movement

Glasgow Womens, Glasgow, Scotland, March 3

R1: THW abolish trial by jury

R2: Info slide: At present, UK broadcasters (TV, radio) and the UK press (newspapers)
are regulated differently. Broadcasters are required to remain impartial when reporting

on political matters, especially in the lead up to elections and referenda. The press,
however, is free to be partisan, and newspapers often back candidates, advocate for
political parties and hire politicians as columnists. Motion: THW allow UK broadcasters
to be politically partisan in the reporting of current events

R3: THW allow parents to remove their children from specific classes at school (such as
sports, religious studies, sex education and science) on moral, religious or political
grounds

R4: THW never subject international treaties to popular referenda

Final: Info slide: The disposition matrix, or 'kill list', is a complex grid of suspected
terrorists to be traced and then extrajudicially targeted in drone strikes or captured and
interrogated. This list includes US citizens and foreign nationals with links to international
terrorism.Motion: TH supports Barack Obama's 'Kill List'

Marburger Geschichte Turnier (History Tournament), Marburg, Germany, March 12 (translated)

R1.: It is 5 July 1914. THW, as the German Reich, issue the Austrian-Hungarian empire
a blank check on how to deal with the conflict with Serbia

R2.: It is the end of the year 1862. THW, as Abraham Lincoln, give up on the demand to
abolish slavery, provided it would help end the Civil War

R3: It is February of the year 44 before Christ. THW, as Brutus, join the conspiracy
group of Cassius that aims to murder Caesar

R4.: It is the beginning of 1961. THW, as the USA, seek a mutual neutrality pact with
Cuba.

Semi: It is the fall of 1923. THW, as the Western allied forced, let Germany repay ful
reparations.

Final: It is 1990 shortly before German reunification. THW, as the Bundesrepublik

Deutschland, select theDDR anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen (Risen from Ruins) as
the new national anthem for a reunited Germany

Nottingham Open, Nottingham, England, March 1-2

R1: THW ban the screening and production of films depicting current or recent conflicts

R2: Info: Iraqs government offers its citizens a cash reward of around 10,000 for each
foreign militant killed from Al-Qaeda or other insurgent jihadist groups.Motion: TH
supports the Iraqi Governments policy of paying citizens rewards to kill jihadist
insurgents

R3:TH regrets the rise and dominance of social media (such as Facebook and Twitter) in
Western Liberal Democracies.

R4: Info: A charter city involves a developing country giving a long term lease on a small
area of land to a developed country. The developed country will build and govern a new
city for a pre-determined period of time.Motion: THBT developing countries should
establish Charter Cities

Semi: THBT the ICC should hire mercenaries to capture indicted individuals and put
them on trial at The Hague

Final: THBT convicted criminals should be allowed to raise their children in prison

Helsinki Mini, Helsinki, Finland, March 1

R1: THBT feminists should endorse conscripting women in the Finnish army rather than
abolishing conscription

R2: TH as Russia supports partitioning Ukraine

R3: THW ban male circumcision

Tallaight IV, Dublin, Ireland, March 1

R1: THW legalise simulated child pornography

R2: THW, when casting minority characters (e.g. racial minorities, LGBTs, people with
disabilities etc.) would only cast actors from that same minority

R3: TH, when testing life-extending treatments for terminally ill patients, would not use
control groups

R4: THBT Pakistan should not engage in peace talks with the Taliban

Final: You are a scientist working at CERN. Working alone one night, you make an
accidental breakthrough in your research that will allow humanity to travel through time.
You are alone in the lab and the odds of someone else making the same accidental
breakthrough are non-existent. Motion: THW destroy its research

UL Open, Limerick, Ireland, March 7-9

R1: THW legalise all drugs

R2: THW ban all political parties

R3: THB that in times of war, the state should conscript a military by means of a draft
lottery

R4: THW abolish the welfare state

R5: THW open all borders

Semi: TH regrets the demise of the Soviet Union

Final: THB in the virtue of a disproportionate response

Vienna IV, Vienna, Austria, March 7-9

R1: THBT NGOs/charities should not accept donations from organizations that contradict
their aims

R2: In situations where it's not possible to achieve both aims and the decision lies with
the doctor, THBT doctors should prioritize prolonging life over the quality of that life

R3: THBT that Vienna should devote Ottakring to immigrants from Eastern Europe (i.e.:
An Eastern European 'Chinatown') Context: Ottakring is a neighbourhood with a high
percentage of immigrants, particularly from former Yugoslavia.

R4: THBT the US and the EU should support a Russian annexation of Crimea in
exchange for an otherwise independent Ukraine

R5: Info: the Thirst Games is a reality tv show in which contestants compete against
each other and battle to the death. The games continue until only one contestant
remains alive and that person wins fame, glory and riches. Motion: Assuming
participants have consented freely and in full knowledge of the risks and possible
consequences, THW allow its citizens to participate in the Thirst Games

R6: TH supports nations marketing themselves as destinations for good time tourism
(for the purpose of this debate, good time tourism refers to every form of tourism that
satisfies human desires and is generally forbidden in the West (prostitution, drugs)

Quarter: Given a machine that can predict a person's life 95% accurately, THW not use it

Semi: THBT media aimed at children should reject the "happily ever after" model and
show a more realistic picture

Final: THBT no state, in any situation, has the right to demand, encourage or promote its
citizen to fight or die for their country

Leeds Open, Leeds, England, March 8-9

R1: THW legally require the consent of artists for the resale and use of their art

R2: TH supports The RMT's decision to strike (in protest at ticket office closures)

R3: THBT the US and EU should apply economic sanctions to Russia unless there is a
full withdrawal of troops from territorial Ukraine.

R4: THW replace all means-tested benefits with a Universal Basic Income

R5: THW abolish Oxford and Cambridge Universities

Semi:

Final:

Mainzer Debtanten Cup, Mainz, Germany, March 8 (translated)

R1: Should religious education at school be abolished?

R2: Should we introduce mandatory quotas for media products from Europe in film, tv
and radio?

R3: Should men be allowed to protest their legal duty to pay child support in writing if
their partners decide against getting their written permission for abortion?

Final: Should the West cut all economic ties with Russia as long as it occupies Crimea?

Pre-Pristina Open, Pristina, Kosovo, March 9

R1: THW ban advertising targeted at children

R2: THW assassinate North Korean nuclear scientists

Final: TH, as a high profile Kosovar football player, would choose to play for a national
team fully recognised by FIFA instead of Kosovo

Paris V, French Debating Association Tournament semis, Paris, France, March 11

- March 17

Semi 1: THBT the relationship between Britain and France is indeed a "Dear
Conjunction"

Semi 2: THBT "Action is Eloquence" (Coriolanus)

Bucharest Cup, Bucharest, Romania, March 15-16

R1: THBT criminal defendants should only be allowed to use a state-funded attorney

R2: THW not grant lifetime achievement awards to artists when their morality is
significantly put into question

R3: THW phase out fractional reserve banking

R4: TH opposes the popular trend which encourages people to be themselves despite
the opinions of others

Semi: THW support a vigilante terrorist organisation combatting violence against women
in African and the Middle East

Final: TH supports compulsory fully privatised healthcare for people living above the
poverty line

Reedhoven Cup, Bonn, Germany, March 15-16 (translated)

R1: Should the state provide drug checking options in all areas with higher than average
drug use?

R2: Should all people be required to take a vaccination against human gene mutation (of
the X-men variety) after birth?

R3: Should professional sports clubs be prohibited to seek national and international
transfers of minors that are still in youth programs?

R4: Should closed prisons be abolished for all crimes in juvenile justice system?

Semi: Should there be an unconditional basic income?

Final: Should killing and feeding (Verfttern) zoo animals for population control and
consolidation of genetic diversity be banned?

UCL IV, London, England, March 15

R1: TH regrets the creation of shows like 'teen mom' and '16 and pregnant'

R2: TH supports Israels targeted assassinations of prominent members of Hamas

R3: THW suspend trade unions and labour protection laws at times of economic crisis

R4: THW require all isolated communities to have a rumspringa

Semi: TH welcomes the rise of anarcho-populism

Final: On the condition that gangs fulfil basic social needs (such as basic healthcare,
education and sanitation), THW cease to combat the gangs and their trade in favelas

Royal Holloway Open, London, England, March 16

This tournament allowed first props to pick their motions. The results:

R1: TH, as the North of England, would violently secede from the UK.

R1: THW allow people to ascertain their lifespan via the 'Bethesda' device.

R1: In a Battlestar Galactica-themed scenario (where humanity is drifting in space),

THW ban abortion.

R1: TH supports feminist vigilante groups in India.

R1: THBT when secession referenda are called, the nation that is being seceded from
should get a chance to vote the smaller country out

R1: THW create a market in internal organs

R1: THBT all erroneous information used in debates should be penalised by judges

R1: TH, as a wizard, would create a horcrux

R1: THW force countries to invest in a global space program

R2: THW require all businesses to be owned and run as cooperatives

R2: THW ban the production, sale, and use of Pok Balls

R2: THW enter the Matrix

R2: TH supports unmanned aerial vehicles in warfare

R2: THW introduce a UK constitution giving courts more power.

R2: THBT parents should advise daughters against heavy drinking to avoid sexual
assault.

R2: THW eliminate copyright and patenting

R2: TH, as Germany, would ban all emission vehicles by 2020

R2: THW disproportionately teach colonialism in schools

R3: TH regrets the rise of drinking initiations in universities

R3: TH supports the marriage of Ron and Hermione

R3: THW allow "Just following orders" as a defence

R3: THW ban advertising

R3: THW forcibly plug everyone into Nozick's experience machine

R3: TH does not regret internet piracy

R3: It is 2017. This house is the Out campaign. THW spread hyperbolised information
and lies about the EU in order to win the referendum

R3: THBT colonialism caused more good than harm

R3: THW force men and women to take equal maternity and paternity leave

R4: TH, as Marcus Brutus, would participate in the conspiracy to kill Caesar

R4: TH prefers 'an eye for an eye' in modern society

R4: TH welcomes the advent of emerging genetic enhancements on the human body

R4: THBT feminists should oppose global capitalism

R4: It is 1951, during the Korean War. TH, as the US, would aggressively nuke China

R4: THW tie minimum wage increases to increases in the income of the 1%

R4: THW institute a lottery system whereby Olympic ticket purchasers may be drafted in
as athletes

R4: In a world with superheroes, THW institute a superhero register

R4: There is a zombie outbreak where 1% of the world is infected. They are all kept in a
pen at great expense. We have a vaccination, and the other 99% are vaccinated - they
will not be zombified, but the 1% are still dangerous, and there is no cure. Motion: THW
kill the 1%

Final: TH prefers the abolition of pornography to the nationalisation of pornography.

Arandjelovac Open, Arandjelovac, Serbia, March 21-23

R1: In countries where prostitution is legal, THBT national health systems should cover
services of sex workers for the disabled.

R2: THBT feminists should not campaign against polygamy in the Islamic world.

R3: THBT countries like Switzerland, that were neutral in WW II should pay financial
reparations to states occupied by the Nazis.

R4: THW criminalise the public denial of evolution.

R5: THBT the Western World should not portray The Great Explorers (e.g. Christoph
Columbus, Vasco da Gama) as heroes.

Semi: THBT the US should covertly manipulate election results in South and Central
America, in order to prevent the emergence of left wing governments.

Final: THB in right to bear arms

DCU Open, Dublin, Ireland, March 21-22

R1: This House Would Ban All Political Donations

R2: This House Would Establish Brothels on Military Bases

R3: This House Believes That it is Legitimate for Nations to Rewrite History Books in
their Favour After a Time of War

R4: That This House, as Barack Obama, would use inception to plant socially
progressive ideas in Vladimir Putin's dreams

R5: This House Believes That liberal states with sexually conservative communities
should subsidise hymenoplasty

Semi:Info slide - Disgruntled with NSA spying on US citizens, two senators from
opposing parties have introduced a bill banning companies in California from providing
essential utility services to the agency including cutting off its computer-cooling water
supply.Motion: THW Support the Bill

Final: TH Welcomes the advent of extreme genetic advancements for humans

Exeter Open, Exeter, England, March 22

R1: THW bring back the Assisted Places Scheme (info)

R2: THBT the feminist movement should actively participate in the production,
distribution and consumption of pornography

R3: TH regrets the rise of atheism as promoted by Richard Dawkins (in, for
example, The God Delusion in which he argues that tolerance of religion damages
society and individuals)

R4: Info: You are the leader of a large group of hackers, who can accurately determine
the personal information of people who post online. This includes, but is not limited to,
their name, home address and place of work. As this information is obtained through
means of questionable legality, it would be inadmissible in court and reporting it would
likely lead to the prosecution of you and your group. Motion: THW aggressively harass
those who post online anonymous abuse

Final: There is a city called Omelas where all the citizens live perfectly fulfilled and happy
lives. Buildings are beautiful, crops are plentiful, there is no disease, no crime, and no
sorrow of any kind. On the day they reach adulthood, every citizen is taken into the
citadel, to a room in the basement. There, in the deepest dungeon, they find a child,
malnourished and sick, chained against the wall, in the utmost misery a human being
can endure. They know that if the child were comforted, if it were allowed to enjoy a
solitary moment of happiness, that the beauty of the city above would crumble, and
disease, crime and want would become a part of the peoples lives. For that reason, the
child will never be allowed to leave by the city. Every citizen in Omelas knows it is there,
and they have all agreed to live with it. Occasionally, a citizen, man or woman, young or
old, will walk through the gate on the edge of the city. They will venture into the desert
that surrounds the city for as far as can be seen, walk over the horizon, and never be
seen or heard from again.They are known only as The Ones who Walk Away from
Omelas. Motion: THW walk away.

Liverpool IV, Liverpool, England, March 22

R1: THBT schools should actively seek to instill a strong sense of patriotism

R2: THBT Western states should maintain travel bans on Modi in the event of his
ascension to Prime Minister

R3: THW impose a quota ensuring that more than half of the London Metropolitan Police
Service, across all ranks, is composed of people from ethnic minorities

R4: THW compel doctors to facilitate the deaths of consenting and competent patients.

Pro Am Final: THBT Judges should take into account the socioeconomic circumstances
of defendants

Open Final: You are a Western Liberal democracy in a four-year long brutal and bloody
war of attrition against an imperialistic dictatorship. Every Christmas, there is a football
match between the two sides and a ceasefire. Attending the match are high ranking
political and military persons of both sides, the killing of which would benefit greatly the
other side. Motion: THW violate the ceasefire and kill the leaders.

NK Beleidsdebatteren (Dutch Policy Debate Championships), Eindhoven, the

Netherlands, March 22 (translated)

R1: Secondary schools should have a mandatory course in etiquette

R2: The Netherlands should give everyone over 14 the right to vote

R3: Dutch mayors should be elected

R4: Only people with a teaching degree should teach at universities in the Netherlands

Semi 1: We should stop giving development aid.

Semi 2: Polygamie should be legalised in the Netherlands

Final: Growing and selling cannabis should be made legal in the Netherlands

Southampton Open, Southampton, England, March 23

R1: THW offer drug and alcohol addicts substantial cash payments in return for agreeing
to undergo sterilisation

R2: THBT major news-media organisations should not interview people with views
outside the consensus of the scientific community

R3: THBT men should take no active role in the womens liberation movement

R4: TH, as a developing state, would ignore all international patent and copyright
treaties

Final: A person's self-image is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite
resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective
investigation by others (height, weight, hair colour, biological sex, race etc.), but also
items that have been learned by that person about himself or herself, either from
personal experiences or by internalizing the judgments of others (gender, sexual
orientation, ethnicity etc.) Motion: TH regrets the concept of self-image

Open de Blem, Lisbon, Portugal, March 27-28 (translated)

R1

Zeit Debatte Wien, Vienna, Austria, March 28-30 (translated)

R1: Should media be banned from speculative or evaluative (judgmental) reporting

during court cases?

R2: Should war memorials for fallen soldiers also offer equal recognition to soldiers from
the other side?

R3: Should it be a duty to report recognised injustices committed by fellow citizens

(Sollen es eine Pflicht geben, erkanntes Unrecht seiner Mitbrger zur Anzeige zu
bringen?)

R4: Should Fracking be stimulated?

R5: (inkl. Factsheet) Should Austria counteract itsDeclaration of Neutrality?

Semi: Should state marriage be open for all relations between people?

Final: Should we accept the incorporation of Crimea into Russia?

National Maidens, Dublin, Ireland, March 28-29

R1: THW ban commercial surrogacy

R2: THW abandon the search for extraterrestrial life

R3: THW welcome a political union of Latin American states based on the ideals of the
Bolivarian revolution

R4: THBT artists accrue no additional responsibilities/duties by virtue of becoming

famous

R4: THW make ratification of peace agreements conditional on approval by a popular

vote of women affected by the conflict

Semi: TH is a police officer operating in a democracy with a functional judicial system.

THW use extra-legal methods in the investigation and apprehension of serious criminals

Final: In Margaret Atwood's novel Oryx and Crake there is a pill, which: (a) Protects the
user against all sexually transmitted diseases (b) Provides unlimited libido and sexual
prowess, along with a general sense of energy and well being (c) Acts as a 100%
effective male and female birth control pill. All of the effects are irreversible and there are
no other side effects. THW take the pill.

Copenhagen Mini Open, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 29

R1: THW ban unpaid internships

R2: THW establish and monitor centres for animal prostitution

R3: THW heavily increase taxes on meat

Final: Given that a trade-off is required, THBT history education in post-conflict societies
should focus on reconciliation at the cost of truth

Cardiff Open, Cardiff, Wales, March 29

R1: THW prioritise the funding of grassroots over elite sports

R2: THBT large Eurozone states should openly oppose Britain's attempts to renegotiate
its duties and relationship with the EU

R3: TH supports the televisation of trials

R4: THW make development aid contingent on recipient countries maintaining

substantial redistributive taxes

Final: THW make failure to render reasonable assistance to a person in distress a

criminal offence

Heriott Watt Open, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 29

R1: THBT the death of newspapers and print news media would be good for journalism

R2: Info: "Hookup apps are smartphone (Android, iPhone, etc.) programs which match
people to others seeking casual sex, and put them in contact. The two most popular
apps are Tinder which sees ten million matches per day, and Grindr (which is designed
for men meeting men), which has over a four million users, one million using it
daily" Motion: TH regrets hookup apps

R3: Info: Most votes in parliaments are 'whipped votes': in these cases MPs might be
expelled from their party or denied promotion if they vote against the party. Occasionally
a party will have a 'free vote' and MPs can vote as they like. Examples in the UK include
the ban on fox hunting with dogs, votes on abortion, and the legalisation of same-sex
marriage. Labour had a whipped vote in favour of same-sex marriage, whereas the
Conservatives had a free vote. Motion: TH regrets free votes

R4: Info: Of thirty-one University of Cambridge Colleges, there are three which are
women-only: Murray Edwards, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish. 1,100 out of 17 000
students in women-only colleges (6%). In the university as a whole, the ratio of women
to men is roughly 50:50. Motion: This house, as the University of Cambridge, would
abolish women-only colleges

Final: Info: Final info slide: The Conservative Party is the main centre-right party in the
UK. The Conservative Party is wildly unpopular in Scotland with just one seat in
Westminster Parliament, despite winning many seats in England. Polls of Scottish voters
see them expressing economic and social views generally in line with the majority of UK
voters. It has been proposed that the Conservative Party in Scotland split with UK
Conservative Party. The new party would have an independent policy
platform. Motion: In the event of a 'no' vote in the independence referendum, THBT the
Scottish Conservative Party should split from the UK Conservative Party

Paris V, French Debating Association Tournament final, Paris, France, March 31

Final: THBT "All's well that ends well"

April
Aberystwyth Open, Aberystwyth, Wales, 5 April

R1: Info: Scientology is a set of beliefs founded in the 1950s by Science Fiction writer L.
Ron Hubbard The church of Scientology has gathered controversy for its practice of
auditing, a process which requires large sums of money to advance through the levels of
the church, as well as a belief that psychiatry should be abolished The US currently
recognises Scientology as a religion, whilst European nations such as France have

characterised the movement as a cult. On the 2011 UK census, over 8000 people
registered themselves as scientologists Recognising a religion grants legal protection
from discrimination and considerable tax breaks and financial benefits Motion: THW
officially recognise Scientology as a religion

R2: TH regrets the popularisation and commercialisation of counter-cultural or

oppositional sub-genres of music (e.g Gangsta Rap or Punk music)

R3: Info: For the purposes of this debate, the definition of strong AI is A computer or
robot with the intellectual and emotional intelligence, communication skills and
consciousness equal to, at least, the level of a human Asimov's three laws of robotics
are: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being
to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except
where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot may not injure its own
kind and defend its own kind unless it is interfering with the first or second rule This is a
suggestion, based on systems proposed in the past. Feel free to use other moral
frameworks, provided this is made clear in the first minute of the PM's
speechMotion: Upon the creation of strong AI, THW hardwire AI units with an
unassailable and unalterable moral code

R4: Info: Conversion therapy is a range of treatments that aim to reduce Same-Sex
Attraction and increase Opposite Sex Attraction. Such treatments have been criticized
for being pseudo-scientific, but proponents maintain that the treatments are successful,
coining the term Ex-Gay In all western liberal democracies,Motion: This House Would
ban gay conversion therapy

Final: In a world where the technology exists, This House Would erase all the memories
of individuals who have committed serious crimes and replace them with a fabricated set
of memories, instead of sending them to prison

Magdeburg Novice Tournament, Magdeburg, Germany, 5 April

R1:

Northumbria Open, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 5 April

R1: THW hold football clubs criminally liable for the actions of their fans

R2: THBT developing countries should create constitutionally guaranteed minimum

standards of living

R3: THW establish vocational schools and aggressively stream academically

underperforming children into them.

R4: TH regrets the centralisation of organised religion.

Final: THBT the government should nationalise all land and buildings.

NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships), Utrecht, the Netherlands, 5-6

April (translated)

R1: THBT landowners should become the automatic owners of everything on and in the
ground they own

R2: THBT all schools in the Westbank become integrated schools (mixing up children of
different backgrounds to enhance integration and understanding)

R3: THW ban research into the genetic origins of homosexuality

R4: THW offer NATO membership to all former Soviet Union states

R5: TH, as the parent of a child diagnosed with ADHD would conceal the diagnosis from
the child and its school

Semi: THW legally define rape as sex without explicit consent

Novice final: THW ban women older than 40 from having children

Final: THBT no mayor should have participated in the protest marches against
Wilders statements

Berlin IV, Berlin, Germany, 11-13 April

R1: THS the No Platform practice towards far-right and fascist public figures in
advance of the EU elections.

R2: THBT history curricula should feature the same proportion of male and female
historical figures.

R3: THW allow assisted suicide for terminally ill children with the consent of their
parents.

R4: THBT Western states should substantially support the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation in its efforts in the developing world to promote birth control that is
undetectable by men.

R5: THW make voting mandatory.

Semi: THW abolish the prison system.

Final: THBT the EU should force member states to adopt socially progressive legislation
(e. g. same-sex marriage, abortion rights, ethnic and religious minority rights).

Estonian Open, Tallinn, Estonia, 11-13 April

R1: THW create a separate athletics league for athletes that choose to take performance
enhancing substances.

R2: THW impose quotas that ensure at least half of a companys board of directors is
composed of women.

R3: THBT the gay rights movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a
choice.

R4: THW allow individuals to enter into pre-nuptial agreements where infidelity is
punishable by prison sentences.

R5: THS the creation and use of Autonomous Killing Robots. Info: Autonomous Killing
Robots are a form of military technology which when activated, can identify and engage
targets* without further human intervention. *targets include humans and light armoured
vehicles

Open Semi Final: THBT the EU should offer membership to Middle Eastern and North
African states that achieve successful democratic transition.

Novice final: THW give the public the power, via referendum, to pardon whistleblowers.

Open Final: In a parallel universe, there is a planet X which resembles Earth as it existed
in the early days of humanity. Their human population face a choice of implementing one
of two political systems. Motion: TH, as the human population of planet X, would choose
communism over capitalism.

Kent IV, Kent, England, 12 April

Round 1: This House Regrets the rise of televised talent shows

Round 2: THBT national central banks should set limits on government spending

Round 3: THW ban the orange march in the UK

Round 4: THBT developing democracies with a history of ethnic tensions should have
ethnic quotas in government

Final: THBT black civil rights groups should condemn contemporary hip hop

HSE Open, Moscow, Russia, 12-13 April

R1-R5

Semi: THW ban presidential pardon

Final: TH, as LGBT community, would out closeted politicians who are gays and publicly
express homophobic views

Aberdeen Open, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19 April

R1: THW legalize the sale, production and consumption of drugs

R2: THW expand baby hatches in China

R3: THW partially link development aid to developing countries commitment to female
equality

R4: TH welcomes the downfall of global capitalism

Final: THBT the states should pay reparations to ethnic minorities

Paris Open, Paris, France, 25-26 April

R1: THBT it is immoral to donate to animal welfare charities while there are charities
which aim to alleviate human suffering still in need.

R2: THW guarantee military veterans jobs for life (through civilian state sector
employment or/and state subsidy of private sector employment).

R3: Info: The Diamond Club is a dating website which aims to pair male millionaires with
physically attractive females. Male members pay upwards of 100,000 to join the site,
while female members are ranked out of 100 for their physical attractiveness and do not
pay a fee to join. No other qualities, such as skills or interests, are taken into account
when ranking female members. The site is for linking of dates, and not for
prostitution.Motion: THBT feminists should not oppose dating sites which seek to
romantically link rich men and physically attractive women.

R4: THBT western nations should require companies seeking to sell products within their
borders to abide by national workers rights legislation, regardless of where the goods
were manufactured and at all stages of the production process.

R5: THW determine income tax based on the relative privilege of an individuals
upbringing.(Privilege includes such things as private education, parental wealth,
childhood home)

Open Semi: THW, as NATO, send troops to protect the Ukrainian border (not including
the Crimea).

ESL Final: THW offer citizenship to illegal immigrants in exchange for meaningful
information on their traffickers and illegal employers.

Open Final: THS the unlimited use of war-time propaganda which aims to dehumanise
the enemy.

VUAS Debate tournament, Valmiera, Lithuania, 26-27 April

R1: THW require elected politicians and their families to use only services provided by
the state

R2: THW grant the Roma the right to settle in self governing autonomous communities

R3: THBT states should grant unconditional asylum to all Syrians

R4: TH, as Latvia, would ban Legion Day parades

R5: THW would classify crimes directed against sub-cultures as hate crimes

Semi: In countries where gay marriage is legal THW abolish tax exemptions and cease
funding of religious organisations that refuse to conduct same sex marriage or ban
homosexuals from their services

Final: Given the consent of Ukraine's government, THBT the West should assist in
maintaining peace and territorial integrity in Eastern Ukraine

Hull Open, Hull, England, 26 April

R1: THW require all advertising to be gender neutral.

R2: A Computer Operated Police (or C.O.P) Machine is a non-autonomous humanoid

domestic drone currently being developed by the State to carry out operations deemed
to be too dangerous for human officers. They are remote operated and fully
armed.Motion: TH supports the deployment, throughout the Police Force, of C.O.P.s.

R3: 'Scientific rationalism': The practice or principle of basing opinions and actions on
reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional
response.Motion: THW aggressively promote scientific rationalism in schools.

R4: THW, as the West, invade Syria with the objectives to depose the Assad regime and
oversee a transition to democracy.

Final: THW decriminalise the intentional and negligent transmission of HIV.

North-East German Regional Championships, Magdeburg, Germany, 26-27 April

(translated)

R1: THW ban commercial expeditions to the top of the Mount Everest

R2: THW award state funding for the arts through lottery

R3: Info: Given that it is technically possible to alter peoples subjective experience of
time so that short periods of time feel considerably longer (e.g. one day feels like a
year) Motion: THW apply the technology as an alternative to regular imprisonment

R4: THW falsify history in post-war societies in order to ensure peace

Semi: THW replace the state pension with a state disability insurance

Final: THW require companies to make the salaries of all their employees publicly
available

West German Regional Championships, Mnster, Germany, 26-27 May (translated)

R1: THW ban beauty pageants for minors

R2: THW ban political contributions.

R3: TH, as a woman, would make targeted use of her feminine charms

R4: THBT all borders should be opened at once

Semi: THW replace the Bundestag by permanent delegated voting

Final: THW require companies to make the salaries of all their employees publicly
available

South German Regional Championships, Stuttgart, Germany, 26-27 May

(translated)

R1: THBT liberal democratic states should add citizens duties as well as citizens rights in
their constitutions

R2: THW rewrite sexist, racist or otherwise discriminating passages in opera libretti

R3: THW allow parents to decide to let their severally mentally handicapped children be
operated or treated with hormones so that they will not enter physical puberty

R4: THW ban money from Saudi Arabia to promote Islam in the EU, as long as other
religions are banned from that country.

Semi: THW require popular sports that generate high profits to share a portion of their
gains with marginal/fringe sports

Final: THW require companies to make the salaries of all their employees publicly
available

May
Copenhagen Open, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-3 May

R1: THW legalise the sale and purchase of human organs

R2: THW allocate public housing and use financial incentives (e.g. rent subsidies) to
maintain a minimum quota of ethnic groups in all areas of the country

R3: THW ban the use of photoshop in magazines and advertising

R4: THBT the USA should withdraw from NATO

R5: THW lower income tax and impose higher wealth taxes (e.g. on inheritance,
property and other assets) instead

Final: Info slide: Tell me yourself I challenge you; lets assume that you were called
upon to build the edifice of human destiny so that men would finally be happy and would
find perfect peace and tranquility. If you knew that, in order to attain this, you would have
to torture just one single creature, lets say the little girl who beat her chest so
desperately in the outhouse, and that on her unavenged tears you could build that
edifice, would you agree to do it? Tell me and dont lie!Motion: THW build Dostoevsky's
edifice

Zeit Debatte Mainz, Mainz, Germany, 2-4 May (translated)

R1: Should universities stop giving out honours or titles for which no scientific labour or
standards were met (e.g. honourary doctors title)?

R2: Should Spartengewerkschaften (craft unions) be abolished? Spartengewerkschaften

abgeschafft werden?

R3: Should providing arms to the citizens of another state be outlawed under
international law?

R4: Should landowners be the owners of all natural resources (Bodenschtze) in their
ground?

R5: Should media be banned from publishing information about the sexual preferences
or orientations of public figures without their consent?

Semi: It is mandatory in Germany to reserve one percent of your public building budget
for art projects.Motion: Should we stop the mandatory art requirement for public building
projects?

Final: Should politicians be liable for policy decisions with their private assets (mutatis
mutandis)?

IDEA League of Young Voters European Cup, Strassbourg, France, 9-11 May

R1: THW substantially lower labour regulations for young people in areas with high
youth unemployment.

R2: THBT internet piracy has done more good than harm.

R3: THBT the European Union should guarantee membership to regions of member
states that secede from their parent state.

R4: TH supports hydraulic fracturing.

R5: THW implement tradable quotas for asylum seekers within the European Union.

Semi: TH supports Athletic Bilbao's cantera policy.

Final: THW create a common history curricula for the entire European Union.

Frishlingscup, Tbingen, Germany, 10 May (translated)

R1: Should grades be abolished?

R2: Should E-sports be recognised, promoted and valued as equals to other sports?

R3: Should news media be banned from reporting on threats of terrorist attacks?

Final: Should kindergartens actively combat gender roles?

Kalliope Debattoernooi, Groningen, the Netherlands, 10-11 May (translated)

R1: THW put high taxes on unhealthy products

R2: THW ban TV shows that objectify women

R3: THBT regions should always be able to call a referendum for independence

R4: THB in a state that only provides the most basic services

R5: TH, as the EU, would force its member states to rcognise gay marriages

Final: THW give highly advanced artificial intelligence the same rights as humans

French Language World Championships Debating, Paris, France, May 12-16

THW prohibit works of art that undermine/go against morality

THW ban commercials

THW introduce a capability vote

THW prohibit sex changes

THW ban pornography

THW impose a DNA database

THW prohibit all motor vehicles

THW grant legal personality to animals

THW ban online dating sites

THW make participating in sports activities mandatory

THW permit the state discretionary eavesdropping on its citizens

THW put a cap on the salaries of top athletes

THW make the payment of family allowances conditional on school attendance

THW resist the supremacy of English by any means available

Helsinki Open, Helsinki, Finland, May 16-18

R1: THBT parents should monitor the electronic communications of their children, for
example by installing spyware, requiring their children to give them their passwords, or
reading browser histories

R2: THW take away essential service givers' (such as policemen, firemen and doctors)
right to strike

R3: Info Slide: Brendan Eich was appointed in April 2014 as CEO of the Mozilla
Corporation, creator of the web browser Firefox. After his appointment, news emerged
that he had made a $1000 donation in 2008 to support Proposition 8, a referendum that
sought to establish only marriage between a man and a woman is recognised in
California. This resulted in a wide spread campaign calling to remove Eich from office,
eventually resulting in his resignation 10 days after taking office.Motion: TH regrets the
campaign to remove Brendan Eich from office

R4: Info Slide: A retroactive law is a law criminalizing a particular act, such that people
who committed the act even before it was criminalized can still be prosecuted under this
law. Motion: THW allow the parliament to pass retroactive laws with a 2/3 majority

R5: THBT developing countries should ban aid organizations from religious proselytizing

Semi-Final: THBT The death of newspapers and news print media would be a net good

Final: THBT the education system should stream children according to their abilities from
a young age

Neckarwiesen Cup, Heiderlberg, Germany, May 17

R1: Should we introduce diversity quota, rather than womens quota?

R2: (inkl.Factsheet) Should we reserve prostheses and implants for people with physical
deficiencies?

R3: Should companies have to justify the labour conditions of their suppliers in their
yearly financial reports?

Final: Should the European Court of Justice be given the power to annul national laws
that violate European values upon request of the European Parliament?

Trivium Debattoernooi, Nijmegen, Netherlands, May 17 (Netherlands)

R1: THW allow family members of drug addicts to force the addicts to go into rehab

R2: THW rather invest in nuclear energy than in green (renewable) energy

R3: THBT criminal law should not take retribution into account as a criteria for
punishment

R4: THBT the west should put heavy sanctions on Russia until Putin abdicates and
democratic elections are held

Semi:

Novice Final:

Final: TH, as the Catholic Church, would use elections to select its next pope

TechOpen, Haifa, Israel, May 30-31

R1: THW implement a full ban on burqas

R2: Info: In recent years, Hungary has severely limited freedom of speech and freedom
of the press, has silenced opposition groups, and condoned widespread discrimination
of the LGBT community and the Roma minority. Motion: TH, as the European Union,
would suspend Hungary's EU-membership if they do not reform within a set period of
time.

R3: Info: Hamsterdams are non-residential areas in which drug users and dealers are
legally allowed to buy, sell, and use drugs. Any drug related activity outside such

Hamsterdams remains illegal. Motion: THW create Hamsterdams in cities with a high
level of drug use

R4: Info: Virtual child pornography is a very realistic appearing computer generated
depiction of a minor engaging in sexual acts. In the USA, Germany, and Australia
(among others) virtual child pornography is banned. Motion: THW allow virtual child
pornography

Semi: Info: In Star Trek, the Prime Directive prohibits space travels missions personnel
from interfering with the internal development of alien civilizations. It was designed
primarily for encounters with alien civilizations deemed to be less advanced. In the
future, when human kind develops space travel capabilities, Motion: THW Implement
the Prime Directive

Final: TH, as the Palestinian people, would launch a Third Intifada

Tilbury House Novice, Cologne, Germany, May 31

R1: This house would ban religious schools.

R2: This house believes France and Britain should support a permanent common EU
seat in the UN Security Council in exchange for their seats.

R3: Assuming it is technologically possible, this house would require individuals in liberal
democracies to reveal their actual identity when communicating on the internet

R4: This house supports an unconditional basic income

Final: This house believes a healthy democracy needs term limits for heads of
government

Riga Debate Academy, Riga, Latvia, May 30-June 1

R1 This house would fund cosmetic plastic surgery.

R2 This House Believes that juries should only include individuals that are from the
same socio-economic class as the defendant

R3 This house believes that international sporting events, such as the Olympics or
Football World Cup, should not be held in countries with poor human rights records.

R4 This house applauds the rise of pop songs by female artists that glorify assertive
female sexuality

Final:

Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships),

Berlin, Germany, June 6-9 (translated)

R1: THW abolish Gesinnungsstrafrecht (additional attitude/mindset penalties for crimes

commited, e.g. hate crimes)

R2: THW give citizens the right to change their identities without giving justification

R3: THBT Putins conduct of the Crimea crisis was in Russias strategic interest

R4: TH is a citizen of a western liberal democracy that rejects discrimination on the basis
of religion, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity. TH would boycott works from artists
(painters, musicians, movie directors, etc.) that personally hold discriminatory views,
even when you like their art

R5: TH regrets the increasing classification of human behaviour as illnesses

R6: THW, as part of awareness campaigns about rape and sexual violence, inform
women of potentially risky behaviour (like alcohol consumption or choice of clothing)

R7: TH, as the European Union, would introduce defence mechanisms agains anti-EU
parties

Quarter:: THBT liberal democracies should not treat disclosure of information to the
public as treason.

Semi:: THW temporarily recolonise former colonies that have developed into failed
states

DaF (German as a Second Language) Final: THBT it is time for Germany to take more
on miiltary responsibility in the world

Final: THBT current days political correctness does more harm than good

Bristol Open, Bristol, England, June 7

R1: Info: A mens rights movement contests claims that men have greater power,
privilege or advantage than women and focuses on what it considers to be issues of
male disadvantage, discrimination and oppression. Motion: THW publicly designate
men's rights movements as hate groups and monitor them accordingly

R2: Info: Quantum Computing is a theorised technology which promises perfectly

secure communication, and the ability to break through any current encryption standard
with ease. Furthermore, quantum computing can solve optimisation problems with
incredible ease and speed, aiding in fields such as drug discovery, logistics, healthcare
etc...It is incredibly expensive to research (and eventually use) due to the extremely lowtemperature environments required.Motion: THW act now to prevent quantum
computing becoming a reality

R3: Info: Syria currently does not recognise Israel diplomatically and has no peace
arrangement with Israel. The two countries remain technically at war. Dr. Kamal al-

Labwani, one of the most prominent members of the Syrian opposition movement,
appealed in April 2014 for collaboration with Israel to topple the Assad regime, claiming
that the Syrian uprising created a historic opportunity for peace between the
nations."Motion: TH, as Israel and the USA, would extend heavy military and economic
aid to (only) Syrian rebel groups who publicly endorse immediate peace with Israel

R4: Info: You are Ed Milliband, newly elected as PM after a general election. A
referendum on UK membership of the EU was held on the same day as the election.
The referendum result was a 65 - 35 majority in favour of leaving the EU. In the UK,
referenda are not legally binding, and can be ignored. Motion: THW, as Ed Milliband,
ignore the referendum result, and remain in the EU

Final: Info: In 2013, Kanye West released the album Yeezus. In order to promote the
album and an associated clothing line, West used the Confederate flag on t-shirts, bags
and other promotional merchandise.Motion: TH supports Kanye Wests use of the
Confederate flag

Monroe Cup, London, England, June 13

THW criminalise the purchase of sex

THBT seats in the UK Parliament should be based on competitive, merit-based,

examinations rather than elections

THBT The Palestinian people should abandon claims to independent statehood and
publicly demand the merger of Palestine and Israel into a single democratic state

THW remove the exemption for religious organisations from anti-discrimination

legislation (such as the Equalities Act 2010)

THBT the United States Government should pay reparations to the descendants of
former slaves

Newcastle Mixed Doubles Open, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, June 14

R1: THW ban all procedures to alter one's racial appearance.

R2: THW require all licenses for ethically controversial scientific experiments to be
approved by a majority of a randomly selected group of citizens

R3: THW legalise commercial surrogacy.

R4: THBT sex education in schools should teach techniques for pure sexual gratification
(including but not limited to: anal sex, oral sex, mutual gratifcation, and masturbation).

R5: THW provide disproportionate financial incentives to make life choices which directly
conflict with traditional gender roles.

Semi: THW require that religious organisations and leaders remain politically neutral.

Final: THW privatise the distribution of welfare.

Jena Frauenturnier (Womens tournament), Jena, Germany, June 14-15

(translated)

R1: THW abolish all limitations on freedom of speech

R2: THW ignore the snake and not eat from the fruit

R3: TH welcomes double nationalities.

R4: TH condemns the progressive marketisation of our health care system

Final: THW boycott the football World Cup in Brasil

Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament), Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 14

(translated)

R1a: Paternity leave should be equal to maternity leave

R1b: Students should get their basic study grant back.

R2a: Large banks should be split into smaller ones

R2b: We should prosecute homegrown Jihadis

R3a: More financial support for students is preferable over travel subsidies

R3b: The state should get a monopoly on prostitution

R4a: We should get a European army

R4b: The Netherlands should impose a maximum wage

R5a: We should add the P of paedophilia to the LGBT movement

R5b: Women older than forty should not have children

Semi 1: The Dutch people should select the coach of the national football team

Semi: A (very) high tax on inheritance would be just

Final: Greenpeace should be banned

Durham Open, Durham, England, June 21-22 (open motions)

THW have scientists make environmental policies, not politicians

THBT humanism should disassociate from atheism

THW nationalise porn

TH, as the US government, would create a separate Kurdish state

THW only show films that pass the Bechdel test

THW give equal coverage to mens and womens sport

THBT the Mexican government should support vigilante groups

THW remove the 9th clause from the Japanese constitution

THW require all photoshopped images to be labelled

THW reallocate names randomly

THW allow simulated child pornography

THW reduce US cultural domination

THW decrease womens income tax

THW aggressively hire ex-soldiers as teachers

THBT Palestinians should accept demilitarisation in exchange for US recognition as a

state

THW ban private schools

THW continue to drill the Arctic

THW give house arrest for non-violent offenders

THW not have set up the ICTY after the dissolution of Yugoslavia

THBT Greece should immediately default and leave the Euro

THW get councils to put out tenders for all NHS services in a local area

THB liberal and progressive groups should stop saying Check your privilege

THW prevent guilty nations of human rights violations from hosting sporting events

THW abolish government funding of art

THW send female diplomats to gender inequality countries

THBT Mossad should covertly assassinate Syrian rebel leaders

TH regrets the commercialisation of indigenous cultures

THBT LGBT should split into its constituent parts

THW teach sex positions explicitly for pleasure in sex education lessons

THBT the US should assassinate the five Taliban prisoners released in return for Bowe
Bergdahl so that the US will never negotiate with terrorists

Semi 1: THW abolish Oxbridge

Semi 2: THB that the UN should ban impartial small arms embargos

Final: THB that the Iraqi government should issue oil dividends to its citizens

Heart of Europe BP, Olomouc, Czech Republic, July 7-10

R1: THW allow the use of nootropics for academic and professional purposes

R2: Given the rise of the Islamic State, THW support military intervention in Syria and
Iraq

R3: THBT newly industrialized countries should not host international sporting events

R4: TH supports the implementation of Liquid Democracy via digital voting

R5: Info: You find yourself in a secret weapons facility deep underground after aliens
have invaded the Earth. As far as you know, you are the last human being alive.
Intelligence gathered from monitors around the facility would suggest that the entirety of
the alien race is now inhabiting the Earth. In the facility you find a button. If pressed, it
will activate a doomsday device that will end all life on Earth, including the alien
race. Motion: THW push the button (to end all life on earth)

Final: THW give up on climate change prevention and would instead focus on climate
change adaptation

BBU Open, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, July 11-13

R1: This house would ban schools from catering to a specific religion (such as Catholic
schools, Hebrew schools or Muslim schools)

R2: This house believes that Brazilian footballers should have boycotted the entire 2014
World Cup.

R3: THW allow inmates to pay for substantially better prison conditions.

R4: THW revoke the citizenship of Western citizens who travel to the Middle East to join
Jihadi groups.

R5: THBT western European states should adopt the eastern European ban on all
Communist symbols.

Semi: Assuming the technology to do so safely and easily exist, THW force everyone to
undergo periodical sex changes.

Final: You are a scientist. You have discovered absolute conclusive proof that God does
not exist. This house would destroy the information.

Methusalem Cup, Bonn, Germany, July 11-12 (translated)

R1: Should the Catholic Church make its members to elect the new pope?

R2: Should debaters who win their first ZEIT DEBATTE stop participating in these
tournaments as speakers?

R3: Should wearing national symbols like flags, colours, make up, costumes and sports
shirts be banned during international sport events?

Final: Should journalists be banned from participating actively (as speakers or writers) in
political or scientific events?

Bulgaria Open, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 18-20

R1. This House believes men should have the right to refuse paternal financial
obligations towards pregnancies they did not consent to.

R2. This House believes individuals have the right to be forgotten.

R3. This House would abandon the use of economic sanctions as a tool for achieving
political aims

R4. This House discredits portrayal of Disney princesses

R5. This House would allow 3rd World countries to choose to be reinstated as a colony.

Semis: This House would allow drug addicts to file class action suits against their state,
for their condition.

Novice Final: Infoslide: you have the ability to know when and how people are going to
die. THW not tell anyone

Final: This House would disband the Vatican as a state.

Earlsfort Open, Dublin, Ireland, July 19-20

R1: THW Prosecute The Parents/Guardians of Obese Children For Neglect

R2: THB States Should Ensure That Their Police Forces are Roughly Proportionally
Representative of the Diversity of Race & Religion of the Local Population

R3: THB The European Union Should Immediately And Aggressively Accelerate The
Accession of Ukraine

R4: THW Allow Formula 1 Teams to Race a Third Car, Provided at Least 1 of the Drivers
is Female

R5: THB Religious Institutions Should Not be Entitled to Any Exemption From AntiDiscrimination Laws

Semi: THB one should not be entitled to seek removal of any links to any data
irrespective of their being inadequate, irrelevant or excessive

Final: THB the state should provide no further services beyond those of basic law and
order

HeidelBM, Heidelberg, Germany, July 19 (translated)

R1: Should parents votes carry more weight in elections?

R2: Should cultural institutes be self-sufficient?

R3: Should combat sports/martial arts be forbidden?

Final: Should development aid only be given in the form of knowledge transfer?

Boddencup, Greifswald, Germany, July 24-27 (translated)

R1: THBT, western democracies should send military ground forces against the
organisation ISlamic State (formerly ISIS)

R2: THW not invest in research and development that has the delay of the aging
process as its sole purpose.

R3: Info: Soylent is a synthetic, very cheap, powdered dietary supplement. Dissolved in
water, it contains all the essential nutrients for the human body, so that it provides a
complete diet. Motion: THW welcome the worldwide introduction of soylent or similar
mixtures as a nutritional standard or staple food.

R4: Info: We are back in ancient history. You are a young, highly charismatic person.
Because of a number of insignficant coincidences, a large number of people believes
you are the daughter or son of a god and can work miracles. Motion: THBT you should
use the beliefs of your fellow human beings to promote and establish socially
progressive norms in society.

R5: Info: Hungary has recently limited the freedom of expression and press and
repressed the opposition, as well as minorities like the Roma and LGBT people.Motion:
THW temporarily suspend Hungarys EU membership

Semi: THW impose extra (penalty) taxes on products that cannot be proven to have
been produced under fair-trade conditions.

Final: THBT the United Nations as an idea have failed by now (auf mittelbare Zeit)

NCH International Relations Open, London, England, July 27

R1: THB the EU should allow freedom of movement within its borders to Syrian refugees

R2: THB the EU and other western powers should join the US embargo against Cuba
until it transitions to a multi party democracy

R3: THBT it is legitimate for Israel to unilaterally strike Iranian nuclear facilities if current
talks fail

R4: THW replace the ICC with regional courts to prosecute crimes against humanity

Final: THBT NATO should militarily intervene to assist the Ukrainian government in
suppressing the separatist rebels in the eastern province

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Espaol (CMUDE), Mexico City,

Mexico, July 26 - August 4 (translated)

R1: THBT people have a moral duty to stop chanting words like puto or maricn
(faggot) at sporting events

R2: THBT we should prohibit public hospitals to proscribe alternative treatments (like
homeopathic treatments, accupuncture or Bach flower remedies)

R3:

R4: THW ban the use of circus animals

R5: THW ban the sales of complex financial products

R6: THW penalise a person who knows they have HIV and has sexual contacts with
others without informing them

R7:

R8: THBT smokers should cover the costs of their medical treatments

R9: THBT the Mexican government (and others in military situations) should take steps
to prevent people travelling in life-threatening ways like "La Bestia"

Octos: TH, if presented with a choice between holding the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar
or not holding the World Cup at all that year, would choose not to hold the World Cup in
2022.

Quarter: THW eliminate the minimum wage

Semi: esta casa dejara en manos de los ciudadanos, a travs del voto directo en
referendos

Spanish as a Second Language Final: THW eliminate migration barriers

Final: THB it is just that citizens create their own armed groups when the state fails to
protect them from organised crime

Bielefeld Religion debate tournament, Bielefeld, Germany, August 2 (translated)

R1: THBT, without religion, there are basically no values

R2: THW follow the prophet (m/f)

R3: Info: A drug exists that allows you to know whether there is a god and, if so, what
his/her will is.Motion: THW not take the drug.

R4: Info: infant baptism is a common and acceptable practice in a number of churches,
including the German evangelical church, where it is seen as a gift to the unknowing
child, regardless of the subjective and personal nature of the decision to believe in god.
(Full treatise) Motion: TH, as the Evangelical Church in Germany, would not baptise
children.

R5: Info: You are a convinced atheist wishing to participate in society. You live in a state
in which society is religiously conservative. Atheism is socially regarded as a strange to
absurd belief. Atheists are commonly excluded from society. Religious freedom is
guaranteed by the state, however. There are no state sanctions against persons with
alternative beliefs. Motion: THW in this religiously conservative society actively engage
in religious activities and events (attend worshop ceremonies, share blessings, say
prayers).

Final: THW not offer theology at state universities

Imperial IV, London, England, August 2-3

R1: THBT developing countries should never hold major international sporting events

R2: THR the rise of internet piracy

R3: THW require quotas of female and minority candidates for judicial appointments

R4: THW Ban any public commemoration of the centenary of WW1

R5: THR the rise of hookup apps

Semi: THBT Elizabeth Warren should aggressively challenge Hilary Clinton for the
presidency

Final: Info Slide: The Chilcot Inquiry is the British Inquiry set up into the Iraq war. Under
US pressure, the British Government has refused to release communications between
Tony Blair & George W Bush in the run up to the invasion of Iraq. They have reached a
compromise where the Chiclot Inquiry can see the communications and publish 'jists'
and quotes from the conversations. They will not be able to publish what George Bush
said. Motion: THBT The British Government should publish the communications in their
entirety

Rijeka Open, Rijeka, Croatia, August 9-12

R1: THBT the media should show the full horrors of war

R2: TH supports Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" album cover

R3: THW take away the right to host the 2018 World Cup from Russia

R4: THW enforce affirmative action of the poor, rather than minorities

R5: TH, as the USA, would withdraw all of its financial and military aid from Israel

Semi: THW prosecute women whose lifestyle severely endangers their future childs
quality of life

Final: TH regrets the rise of consumerism

Westminster IV, London, England, August 9-10

R1: THBT state health care providers should offer and fund faith-based treatment
options.

R2: THW allow the homeless to seize long-term unoccupied properties.

R3: TH supports the recasting of male action heroes and superheroes as female.

R4: TH believes that populist parties (such as UKIP, theTea Party Movement and the 5
Star movement) are good for democracy.

R5: TH would implement the death penalty for crimes against humanity.

Final: TH as an Israeli would refuse to join the Israel Defence Force.

Ljubljana IV, Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 15-17

R1: THBT countries with booming populations should allocate every adult a single,
tradable permit to have a child.

R2: THW launch a ground invasion to fight the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq

R3: THBT states should seek to prioritise reducing income inequality over GDP growth

R4: THBT states should pay reparations to minorities, who are citizens, that the state
has previously oppressed

R5: THBT the EU member states should sanction any state that ignores ECJ rulings.

Semi: TH belives that militaries are justified in directing their troops to use the Hannibal
procedure

Final: TH regrets the increased mechanization of manual labor

Split Open, Split, Croatia, August 15-17

R1-final

Zagreb EUDC, Zagreb, Croatia, August 18-24

R1: THW pay additional benefits to families on welfare according to their child's
performance in school

R2: TH supports two-party political systems over multi-party political systems

R3: THW ban international aid charities from using sensational, graphic, or overlyemotional images of suffering in fundraising and advertising campaigns

R4: THBT EU member states should nationalise all their oil and gas resources in order
to surrender total ownership and control of them to an EU-run energy agency

R5: THBT states of the former Yugoslavia should not commemorate the events of the
Yugoslav Wars

R6: Info: Blind voting means voters indicate a series of preferences for policies rather
than directly selecting a party. These preferences are then matched to the policies of
political parties the voter is taken to have voted for the party that most closely matches
their preferences. Motion: THW introduce blind voting

R7: THW require of police departments that the ethnic composition of their arrests match
the ethnic composition of the population in their jurisdiction

R8: THBT micro-finance organisations (including, but not limited to: NGOs, charities and
development banks) should offer micro-finance loans in developing nations exclusively
to women

R9: THBT states should hold binding national referendums on major peace agreements

ESL tie-break debate: THW make membership in a labour union compulsory for every
worker

ESL Quarter: THW require companies to place images of animal suffering on all
products or food whose production harmed or killed animals

Open Quarter: THBT supreme/constitutional courts should not have the power to strike
down legislation

ESL Semi: THBT leaders of minority religions in Europe should strongly encourage their
congregations to refrain from public displays of their faith

Open Semi: THBT the United States of America should invade, and forcibly partition Iraq

ESL Final: THW, assuming it was technically feasible, remove the ability of soldiers to
feel fear

Open Final: THBT the feminist movement should oppose military interventions that claim
to further womens rights

Debate Motions 2012-2013

2012
September
Red Sea Open

Eilat, Israel, September 2-6

R1 This house, as Germany, would immediately cease all reparations to the State of
Israel

R2

R3 THBT decisions on the legalisation, banning, or limiting of substances, including,

but not limited to narcotics, tobacco & alcohol should be left to panels of experts rather
than to elected representatives

R4 THW require any journalist working for a print,TV or radio news organization to
have a government.-issued license

R5 THW force anyone suspected of being a 'stolen child' [under the Argentinian
military junta 1976-1983] to undergo DNA testing to establish whether they are indeed
stolen children and then make the results public

R6 THW require all isolated religious communities (eg. Hasidic Jews, Jehova's
Witnesses) to give all 18-year-olds a 'Rumspringa' [Amish tradition of sending off 18-y.olds to live in outside world for 1 year, after which they may chose to return or not]

Semi THBT all Government Policy Should Follow the Strict Logic of Maximizing Total
Happiness

Final THBT the State of Israel should immediately and publicly end all attempts to
capture or kill Nazi war criminals

THW incentivize employers to hire non-college graduates

Roosevelt Academy Open (RA Open), Middelburg, the Netherlands, September 2122

R1: THW abolish referenda

R2: THW not allow immigrants with illiberal values, such as homophobia, to settle in the
country

R3: THW vote for Obama

R4: THBT western countries should criminalize depictions of the Prophet Muhammed

R5: THBT sport's governing bodies, such as IOC and FIFA, should allow performance
enhancing pharmaceuticals

Semi: THB the EU should not pay rural subsidies

Final: THW not use prison to punish non-violent offenders

DDG Masters Cup 2012, Eisenach, Germany, September 29-30

from German)

(translated

R1: THB in the right of bodily integrity of children

R2: THW out homosexual football players (or forcibly out those it knows about)

R3: THW abolish the Beamtenstatus (i.e. a body of exceptions to the laws governing all
citizens of the state granted to some categories of civil servants)

R4: TH chooses immortality

Semi: TH declares the war on drugs a failure

Final: THBT it is (fully) sufficient to combat the symptoms

October
Open de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, October 5-7 (translated from Portuguese)

R1: THW prohibit the grievance of religious beliefs

R2: THW defend that universities give preference to disadvantaged students

R3: THBT illegal downloading is not criminal

R4: THW allow private companies to resort to openly discriminatory hiring practices

Semi: THW recognise the independence of Catalunia

Final: THB in revolution as a solution to the countrys problems

Edinburgh Cup, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 6-7

R1: THBT the State should pay for university education

R2: THW abolish all hate crime laws and instead prosecute according to criminal law

R3: THS eco-terrorism

R4: THBT the identity of the artist should be obscured from those who buy and display
the art (approximation)

R5: THW financially incentivize drug and alcohol addicts not to have children

Semi: THBT in the event of a Syrian border attack on Turkey, NATO should come to the
aid of Turkey

Final: TH welcomes the demise of religion

Alternative Open, Glasgow, Scotland, October 13

R1: THW ban memory erasing technology (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

R2: THBT it is legitimate for Replicants to destroy any and all means of replicant
production (Bladerunner)

R3: THW establish an independent 'prawn' state (District 9)

R4: something about clones being happier if they didn't know they were clones. (Never
Let Me Go)

Final: THW give the 4-5-6 the 10% of children from the bottom of the league tables (Or,
THW implement PLEB) (Torchwood: Children of the Earth)

UCL Presidents Cup, London, England, October 13

R1: THBT adults who are not on the organ donor list should not be eligible to receive
organ transplants

R2: THBT players who are found to have racially abused their fellow competitors should
be banned for life

R3: THW ban the depiction of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)

R4: THW prefer US Presidential candidates to be selected exclusively by party elites

Final: THBT the LGBT Movement Should Not Out Homosexual Politicians That Publicly
Profess Homophobic Views

Dutch Debate Masters, Nyenrode, Breukelen, Netherlands, October 20 (translated

from Dutch)

R1: THW abolish ethical checks on social science experiments

R2: THBT Turkey should intervene militarily in Syria

R3: THW set a maximum amount to be spent on health care per QUALY (Quality
Adjusted Life Year)

Final: THBT the judges in Supreme Court should be elected directly by the American
people

Gutenberg Cup, Mainz, Germany, October 20-21 (translated from German)

R1: Should Robin be allowed to drive the Batmobil too?

R2: Does Snowhite need only one Dwarf?

R3: Do we need a womens quota in prison?

Semi: Do we need an ECO-label for organs?

Final: Should the Dnertier be placed under environmental protection?

SOAS IV, London, England, October 20-21

R1: TH regrets the criminalisation of squatting.

R2: THW allow high-ranked army officials, when in agreement, to reverse decisions
made by democratic governments regarding military missions.

R3: THW fund research into the existence of a violent gene.

R4: THB that LGBTQI activism in countries with strong anti-gay policies does more harm
than good.

R5: THW abolish all term-limits on the service of elected heads of state.

Open Quarter: THB it is legitimate for states to deny residence or asylum to immigrants
who openly contradict their predominant values.

Open Semi: You are the British government. You have full guarantee that SAS (special
air service) can enter the prison which currently holds the Pussy Riot Girls in Russia and
you can remove them safely. THW enter Russia and remove the Pussy Riot Girls from
their cells.

ESL Semi: THW not allow members of the royal family to serve in active combat.

ESL Final: THB that European States should end all funding for the arts until everyone
lives above the national poverty level.

Open Final: THB the state should actively prosecute sexist and misogynist remarks..

Bogwall (SSDC Novices), Durham, England, October 20

R1: THW legalise polygamy

R2: THW financially incentivise voting

R3: THBT the West should impose sanctions on Israel until it disbands its nuclear
programme and relinquishes control of all nuclear weapons

R4: THW ban protests at any event connected to a military funeral

Semi: TH supports Scottish independence

Final: THW out closeted LGBT public figures

Namda Novices, Manchester, England, October 27

R1: THW, ban national football teams who fans use racist or homophobic chants, from
international competition

R2: THW require local councils to provide sufficient plots for gypsies in spite of local
opposition.

R3: THW allow law enforcement agencies to monitor the phones, emails, internet activity
and text messages of anyone who has been convicted of a crime linked to organised
crime (as opposed to a hypothetical status quo where permission is granted on a case
by case basis, where a judge must approve it based on evidence that the person is
currently committing a crime)

R4: THW force clinically obese children to attend residential weight loss and education
camps during the summer holidays

Semi: THBT western nations should launch pre-emptive air strikes against Iranian
nuclear facilities

Final: THBT in order for full gender equality to be achieved, all images designed to even
slightly sexually attract or arouse the viewer must be banned

UCD Novice IV, Dublin, Ireland, October 25

R1: THBT the right to bear arms is the right to be free

R2: THBT the world would be a better place if nobody believed in God

R3: THW ban private healthcare and replace it with a comprehensive public system

Semi: THB corrupt, benevolent and capable dictatorship is preferable to corrupt and
inept democracy

Final: Context Slide:

- It is the near future

- There is no discernable technological difference from today
- It has been discovered that 0.1% of the worlds population (60 million people) have developed
the ability to read the thoughts of those in their immediate proximity. These people are called
psychics
- Psychics can control their ability and choose not to read minds.
- A drug has been developed which suppresses their ability to ever read thoughts. However this
drug also causes severe depression.
Motion:
THW Require the Public Registration of All Psychics and the Suppression of their Abilities with
Drugs

UCD Vice-Presidents Cup, Dublin, Ireland, October 27-28

R1: THW allow people in developing countries to sell themselves into slavery

R2: THW require artists to obtain permission from the subject/muse of a work of art prior
to its release

R3: THW give the ECB a veto over all national budgets within the Eurozone

R4: As a Parent, THIW Raise its Child Gender Neutral

R5: THBT it is not the role of a Government to reduce the relative poverty of its citizens

Semi: THBT the state should, were possible, teach children in their vernacular language

Final: THBT the UCI should establish a truth and reconciliation commission to deal with
doping in cycling

Imperial Open, London, England, October 27

R1: THBT the West should support a power-sharing deal between the Afghan
government and the Taliban

R2: THBT Latin American countries should use private military contractors to police high
crime areas

R3: THBT the feminist movement should renounce the title of "Feminism"

R4: THBT in order to be eligible for public funding, art must be subject to a double-blind
test, in which it is judged anonymously by an art critic, and by members of the public
against the work of a 5-year-old

November
UCU Open, Utrecht, Netherlands, November 2-3

R1: THW Remove All UEFA's Limits on Football Club Spending (which includes transfer
and salaries).

R2: THBT the European Union should guarantee membership to regions of member
states that secede from their parent state.

R3: THW fund hymen reconstruction.

R4: TH Regrets the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.

R5: THBT MGM Film Studios should cast a woman as the next James Bond.

Semi: THBT Japanese Leaders are justified in honouring the Yasukuni War Shrines.

Final: You are a Liberal leaning journalist covering the White House, you have received
exclusive and indisputable evidence that during his college years Barack Obama had an
active gay sexual life, THW Publish the Story.

Newcastle IV, Newcastle, England, November 2

R1: THBT the media should not report on a terrorist attack immediately after the event

R2: THW introduce irreversible laws to be programmed into robots

R3: THW take charitable status away from religious institutions that do not teach
comprehensive sexual education

R4: THBT it is legitimate for nations to destabilise the governments that are complicit in
the production of hardcore narcotics

Final: THBT state education should purposely undermine the normal gender roles

Durham IV, Durham, England, November 3-4

R1: THW ban male circumcision for Under 18s, except for medical reasons.

R2: TH wants the USA to lead a Coalition of the Willing to intervene militarily in Syria.

R3: THBT developed countries should not retaliate to protectionist measures by

developing countries.

R4: THW publicly shame persons found guilty of committing hate speech.

R5: THBT Britain should seek issue based coalitions rather than a further integration into
the EU.

Semi: "Context: A pill has been developed which, if taken during pregnancy will ensure
the birth of straight children. At no point can it be determined if the child would otherwise
have been straight or gay.

Motion: This House would allow prospective mothers to take the pill."

Novice Final: This House would ban extremist political parties.

Final: This House would support the partition of nation-states along their ethnic lines.

Welsh Novices, Aberystwyth, Wales, November 3

R1: THW not allow anybody under the age of 18 to leave school without first having
passed all of their exams

R2: THW institute gender and racial quotas in all government cabinets

R3: THW only intervene in arab uprisings if guaranteed preferential economic

agreements in return

R4: THW Make it a criminal offence to know of a crime and not report it

Final: THBT pieces of major social legislation, notably gay marriage, should be passed
only by referendum

Oxford IV, Oxford, England, November 9-10

R1: THBT Google, YouTube, & social media websites should remove content which it
deems to insult religions

R2: THB the ANC should nationalize all mines

R3: THBT Western governments should buy the freedom of slaves

R4: THBT the Greek military should suspend democratic government until economic
recovery

R5: THBT companies should not take public stance in gay right issues

Quarter: THBT Emily's list should fund pro-choice male candidates

ESL Semi: THB governments should actively discourage consumerist lifestyles

Semi: THBT States should forcibly reverse the transmigration policies of their former
dictators

ESL Final: THW give extra votes to youths over the age of 18

Final: THB in the right to bear arms

Vienna Freshers, Vienna, Austria, November 10-11

R1: THW ban smoking entirely

R2: THBT there should be obligatory equal parental leave for women and men

R3: THW prosecute violent fouls as criminal assault

R4: THBT testing on animals is immoral

Final: THBT state funded space programs are a waste of tax payers' money

UK Debate Challenge, York, England, November 9-11

R1: THW abolish all political parties

R2: THW allow workers to sell employment rights back to their employers

R3: THBT the right to decide the timing and manner of one's death is a fundamental
component of liberty

R4: THBT the Myanmar NLD should actively support a pro-democracy campaign of civil
disobedience

R5: THW remove immunity from prosecution from holders of high political office

Semi: THBT the works of hip hop legends such as Tupac Shakur, the Wu Tang Clan and
JayZ should be taught in schools

Final: THBT the capitalist system is incompatible with a just society

ESCP Debating Open, Paris, France, November 10

R1: THBT states in the developing world should invest in sex tourism

R2: THW allow all doping in professional sports

Final: THW choose immortality over the opportunity to have children

Open de Debates da Sociedade de Debates da Universidade de Coimbra (SDUC),

Coimbra, Portugal, November 10-11

R1: TH supports lifting the celibacy of the Catholic Church

R2: THW ban the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, from adopting children

R3: THW require all Portuguese to spend 25 per month on local products

R4: THBT all children should have location chips

Semi: THBT Wikipedia should be put on the UNESCO World Heritage list

Final: TH defends that austerity is the solution to the (economic) crisis

Brno Open, Brno, Slovakia, November 10-11

R1: THW adopt life sentences without parole.

R2: THW not read fairytales which contain gender stereotypes to children.

R3: THW grant tax cuts to large foreign investors.

R4: THW cancel permanent membership and veto power in the UN Security Council.

Semi: THBT all regionally concentrated ethnic minorities should be granted territorial
autonomy.

Final: THBT the European Union should open its borders for immigrants from third world
countries.

Cambridge IV, Cambridge, England, November 17-18

R1: The state should pay a living wage to stay at home parents

R2: Infoslide: There are strong allegations that the Rwandan government of Paul
Kagame is funding anti-govenment rebel fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The rebels are ethnically Tutsi and have caused mass violence in the DRC. Several
countries have decided to freeze budgetary assistance to Rwanda. Others have chosen
not to, claiming that aid has been used effectively to develop Rwanda.Motion: THB all
donor countries should freeze aid to Rwanda

R3: THW hold the senior executives of major banks and rating agencies criminally liable
for the actions of their companies that led to the Global Financial Crisis

R4: THBT democratic reform is more important than economic growth for China

R5: THBT prosecutors should never offer reduced sentences in exchange for testifying
against others

Quarters: TH regrets the rise of 24 hour news culture

Semi: THBT all companies should be at least 75% owned by their workforce, in equal
shares

ESL Final: THBT that Japan should not abandon nuclear power

Final: THBT Egypt should provide a military security guarantee against the invasion of
Gaza

Iasi BP Open, Iasi, Romania, November 18-19 (translated)

R1: THW not make state health care available to smokers

R2: TH regrets the influence of computer games on the next generation

R3: THW ban pornography

R4: THBT the European Union should open its borders to all immigrants

Final: THW give all animals capable of respecting all citizen obligations equal rights to
humans

John Smith Memorial Mace, Irish Leg, Round 1, November 20-December 8

Heat 1, 2, 3: THW create a permanent seat for the Travelling Community in the Dil.

Heat 4, 5, 6: THW create a constituency for the Irish abroad.

Heat 7, 8, 9: THW allow Asylum Seekers to work.

Heat 10, 11, 12: THW compel parents to take equal paternity and maternity leave.

Heat 13, 14, 15: THW require the unemployed to participate in community work to be
eligible for social welfare.

Heat 16, 17, 18: THW re-introduce the punishment of banishment for serious crimes.

Heat 19, 20, 21: THW grant the police the ability to stop and search without reasonable
suspicion in designated areas and times.

Heat 22, 23, 24: THB the US Federal Government should continue to enforce the
national prohibition on drugs in states which legalise the personal use of cannabis.

IDAS tournament, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 23-25

R1: THBT access to the internet is a human right

R2: THW penalise politicians who break pre-election pledges

R3: THB that online activism is counterproductive

R4: TH regrets the rapid expansion of online education

R5: TH supports censorship of pornography on the internet

R6: THBT in the era of the Internet we should adopt a global hate speech law

Semi: THBT hacktivism is a legitimate tool of protest against multinational corporations

Final: THBT an unregulated Internet does more harm than good

John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg, London, England, November 24-25

R1: THW Abolish National School Curriculums

R2: THBT in Times of High Unemployment, Governments Should Remove all Minimum
Standard Regulations in the Labour Market

R3: THB India should not allow Tesco or Walmart into their national market

R4: THW Punish Parents when Their Children Bully Others at School

R5: TH Regrets the Rise of the Career Politician

Semi: THBT, where resources are scare, minority campaign groups should fund minority
art, literature and films rather than funding lobbying for legislative change

Final: THB that the Press Cannot be Trusted to Regulate Itself :

Cicero Debattoernooi, Tilburg, Netherlands, November 24 (translated)

R1: THW force universities to create stricter entrance requirements, even if this would
lead to fewer students

R2: THW ban the publication of any photographic and film material that portrays crime
suspects

R3: TH, being a teenager, would not open a Facebook account

R4: THW force schools to offer students intensive interaction with different worldviews

R5: THW allow the Supreme Court to reject laws if they contradict the constitution (this is
not SQ in the Netherlands)

Semi: THW grant the ECB the right to limit member countrys sovereign debt

Final: THW subsidise genetical modification on humans

Zeit Debatte Tbingen, Tbingen, Germany, November 23-24 (translated)

R1: Should prisoners temporarily lose their right to vote?

R2: Should punishment for use of doping be subject to a statute of limitation?

R3: Should people who are in a relationship with an enemy of the constitution
(Verfassungsfeinden) be considered enemies of the constitution too?

R4: Should people have the right to erase/block the autocomplete for their names in
search engines?

R5: Should James Bond retire?

Semi: Should citizens be forced to borrow money to the state in times of crisis? (Should
it become mandatory for citizens)

Final: Should corporate sponsorship of dangerous (life-threatening) sports and stunts?

Lund Debate Challenge, Lund, Sweden, November 23-24

R1: THW decriminalize incest between consenting adults

R2: THB enterprises and charities are more effective for development than official
development assistance (ODAs)

R3: THW collect DNA of every newborn child in order to prevent and solve future crimes

Semi: THW refuse American statehood to Puerto Rico

Final: THW forbid universities from accepting donations earmarked for the pseudosciences

Mnster Ironman, Mnster, Germany, November 30 - December 1 (translated)

R1: THBT separate sports competitions for women harm the feminist cause

R2: THW set up Christian mission schools in Pakistan

R3: THW ban transport of persons and goods by beaming

R4: THW not want a German Europe

Final: THW set up brothels in military bases abroad

BGU IV, Beer Sheva, Israel, November 30 - December 1

R1: TH supports a preference for mothers in custody trials

R2: THW grant high ranking army officers the right to veto government decisions
regarding security

R3: THW abolish intellectual property rights over music

R4: THW abolish mandatory retirement age

R5: TH prefers a strong dictatorship to a weak democracy

Final:THBT Marx would have approved of the internet

Cork IV, Cork, Ireland, November 30 - December 1

R1: THW require prospective parents to obtain parenting licences prior to having
children

R2:

R3: THW require all news media to graphically depict under-reported armed conflicts

R4: THBT the EU should suspend the membership rights of countries if they elect
extremist parties to government (for example, Greece's Golden Dawn or the UK's British
National Party)

R5: THB artists should not set out to sympathetically portray characters who hold
morally repugnant world views

Semi: Context slide: (abbr.) Blind voting means voters indicating a series of preferences
of policies, these preferences are only later matched to respective parties. Motion: THW
introduce blind voting in national elections

Novice final: THW ban all medical procedures intended to change an individual's racial
appearance

Final: THB the ICC should open an investigation on war crimes in Palestine

IDEA Debate@Europe final event, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 28 December 1

R1 THBT the European Union should ban art, including literature or film, that directly
insults any religion

R2 THBT the EU should oblige its member states to include positive references to LGBT
individuals and issues in their high school textbooks

R3 THBT the European Union should guarantee membership to regions of existing EU

member states, such as Catalonia or Scotland, that secede

R4 THB that Europe should weaken its austerity measures to guarantee its citizens
greater social support

Final THW ban far-right parties from competing in elections in European countries

Moscow Open, Moscow, Russia, November 30 - December 2

R1: THBT citizens have no moral obligation to obey laws which they personally believe
may be unjust

R2: TH supports direct elections of governors in Russia

R3: THW only allow pornography produced and directed by Women

R4: THBT consumer electronics firms should not be allowed to patent technologies
which are not essential to the working of their product

R5: TH, as Germany, would leave the EU

Semi: THW remove all special legal privileges from religious organisations

Final: THBT Russia should immediately withdraw all support from the Assad regime

December
Nikolausturnier, Mnster, Germany, December 1 - 2 (translated)

R1: THW force insurance companies to have equal insurance premiums for men and
women

R2: THW give the members of every political party the right to determine the voting
behaviour of their deputies

R3: THW offer Maria its own bed

Final: THW make all the proceeds that a professors earns with their books and other
academic work available to their universities

Kings College IV, London, England, December 1

R1: THBT Bert and Ernie should get married

R2: TH regrets the 2001 Afghanistan invasion

R3: (infoslide explaining that in 10 years it will be possible to send a manned mission to
Mars but they won't be able to return alive) THBT NASA should fund suicide missions to
Mars

R4: THBT Governments should not assist in the rebuilding of disaster prone areas

Final: THBT feminist christians should leave the Church of England

Irish Times Debates, Second Round, Ireland, December 4-8

Heat 1: TH welcomes the governments proposed fat tax

Heat 2: TH regrets the demise of the Green Party

Heat 3: THB Enda deserved his place on the cover of TIME

Heat 4: THW abolish the minimum wage

Heat 5: THB the diaspora should bThe Gathering

Heat 6: THW not negotiate with Hamas

Heat 7: THB it can no longer support the Barclays Premier League

Heat 8: THB feminism has run its course in Ireland

Bristol IV, Bristol, England, December 7-8

R1: THS state-provision of cosmetic surgery and surgical enhancements

R2: THBT South Korea should provide unconditional humanitarian aid and assistance to
North Korea

R3: THW allow victims of miscarriages of justice to sue expert witnesses for
incompetence

R4: THW subsidise feminist pornography

R5: THW fabricate evidence in order to create the impression that historical national
heroes had been gay

Semi: THS the creation of a Black Players' Union in the English Premier League

Final: TH regrets the popular veneration of Che Guevara

Lancaster IV, Lancaster, England, December 8

R1: THBT the expansion in the proportion of the population attending university has
done more harm than good

R2: THW punish poachers of endangered species in the same way as murderers

R3: THBT developing countries should ban non citizens from purchasing real estate

R4: THBT MGM studios should cast a woman as the next Bond

R5: (Info Slide) THBT the United States Should fund Madrassas in Pakistan

Semi: THBT the Mexican government should offer immunity for economic crimes to drug
cartels in exchange for not targeting the police, military or civilians

Final: THS the reappropriation of the word 'nigger

Tilbury House IV, Cologne, Germany, December 7-9

R1: THW only release prisoners if they are rehabilitated

R2: THBT slacktivism has harmed activism more than it has benefited it

R3: TH supports a technocratic government in times of dire financial crisis

R4: THW ban all lobbyist activity

R5: THBT matchmaking is a better system than dating

Semi: THW allow parents to sell their babies

Final: THBT a society in which charity and donations are prevalent is preferable to a
society with a state run welfare system

Baden-Wrttemberg, Heidelberg, Germany, December 8 (translated)

R1: Should people who have lived a healthy life be given preferential access to donated
organs?

R2: Should we establish worker participation (unternehmerische Mitbestimmung) in

corporations in all of Europe?

R3: Should public television give all sexual variations (sexuellen Spielarten)
proportionally equal representation?

Final: Should the UN make the knowledge of how to build an atomic weapon available
upon request?

SSE Riga & LMT IV, Riga, Latvia, December 8

R1: THW ban sports, where the main purpose is to inflict pain (e.g. boxing, martial arts)

R2: THBT the state should fund the identity change, including changing their legal name
and physical appearance, of infamous prisoners upon their release

R3: THBT Western countries should offer to immediately cancel all debts owed by any
authoritarian country upon its transition to democracy

R4: THBT the gay rights movement should campaign for the abolition of marriage, rather
than marriage equality

R5: THW ban all political polls before any election

SF: THW make the use of conscripts in active combat a war crime

F: THBT from kindergarten onwards all education should be gender neutral

The English Cup, Herzliya, Israel, December 9

R1: THW ban homeschooling

R2: TH, which is the US, would stop the use of armed military drones in pakistan

R3: THW offer financial incentives for bringing in elusive criminals

Semi: THW require all companies to publish salaries to the entire public

Final: THW obligate newly formed states that were formed through violent resistance to
pay reparations for harms and casualties which were caused by their struggle

Centrale Open, Paris, France, December 14-15

R1: THBT all criminal trials should be decided by a jury verdict

R2: THW allow employers to offer a contract to their female employees giving up their
right to become pregnant.

R3: This House believes that governments should end all direct international aid, and
donate money to Non Governmental Organizations (e.g. Oxfam, Mdicins Sans
Frontirs) instead

R4 (info slide): Bylines are blurbs at the start of articles that specify the name and
position of the author. For instance: Boris Johnson, Mayor of London.Motion:THW
remove bylines from individual newspaper articles

R5 (info slide): In a hypothetical situation, the 75% tax rate of Hollande has worked to
give the French government more money . It is so big, the French have paid off the
deficit and can spend it instead on tackling the issue of the Banlieues: socioeconomically deprived largely migrant communities on the outskirts of
Paris.Motion: THW rather spend the money on subsidised housing and living costs for
migrants in the centre of Paris than investment in the Banlieues

Semi: TH, as a draftee, would dodge the draft

Final (info slide):The Twin Towers were a recognizable part of the famous New York
skyline. On the 11th of September on 2001 they were destroyed by a terrorist attack. In
2011 the New York City Office commissioned the building of the Freedom Tower on
Ground Zero. Motion: THW have instead rebuilt the world trade centre to original
specifications, but one floor higher

IDEA European Cup, London, England, December 15

R1: THBT all professional football clubs should be majority owned by their supporters

R2: THW ban children from participating in religious activities

R3: THBT emerging democracies should ban the election of close family members of
current or previous office-holders

Final (info slide approximation): the Greek left wing party Syriza has promised to
renegotiate the current bailout, and turn back a number of austerity measures, such as
lowering of pension and welfare benefits.Motion: As a Greek voter, THW vote for Syriza

Birmingham IV, Birmingham, England, December 14-15

R1: THBT the state should subsidise news media outlets

R2: THBT the government of the DRC should hire private military companies to defeat
rebels in North and South Kivu

R3: TH supports citizen-initiated referendums*

R4: THBT the Japanese government should renounce pacifism and rearm

R5: TH supports the legalisation of the production, sale, purchase and consumption of
All recreational drugs

Semi-Final: THW alter World Trade Organisation rules to allow poor countries to erect
protectionist barriers against rich countries

Final: THW, as the UK, give up its nuclear arsenal

World Universities Debating Championships, Berlin, Germany, December 27January 4

R1: THW create public housing for the poor in wealthy areas

R2: THBT Japan should acquire nuclear weapons

R3: THW only imprison individuals who pose a direct and continuing threat to society

R4: THBT International development institutions (such as the World Bank) should not
finance natural resource extraction projects in corrupt states

R5: THBT self described progressive males of dominant ethnicities are morally obliged
to refrain from taking positions of responsibility where there is a qualified alternative
candidate from a historically disadvantaged group who would otherwise receive the post

R6: THW legally permit soldiers to refuse to participate in military actions or missions on
the basis of conscience

R7: THBT European Union nations should forgive Greeces sovereign debt

R8: THBT countries with booming populations should allocate every adult a single
tradable permit to have a child

R9: THW ban political parties and require all candidates for national public office to seek
election as independents

EFL Quarters: THBT publicly funded universities should be required to reduce enrolment
in degree programs within their university that have statistically poor employment
outcomes

EFL Semis: THBT policies that may have significant environmental consequences
should be subject to a veto by a 'supreme court' of scientific experts

EFL Final: TH welcomes the decline of the USA as the sole global super power.

ESL Quarters: THBT publicly funded universities should be required to reduce enrolment
in degree programs within their university that have statistically poor employment
outcomes (same as EFL Quarters)

ESL Semis: THBT the feminist movement should actively promote norms of stable
monogamous relationships

ESL Final: THBT representative democracies with large numbers of foreigners living in
their territory (on a temporary or permanent basis) should create specific seats to
represent them in parliament.

Open Partial Double Octos: THBT universities should never prohibit research or teaching
on the grounds of sexist, racist or otherwise discriminatory implications

Open Octos: THBT the US should cut off military aid to Egypt

Open Quarters: THW ban all advertising of consumer goods and services

Open Semis: TBHT the WTO should never allow nations to place export restrictions on
food, rare-earth metals, and other non-oil commodities

Open Final: THW not allow religious communities to expel members on the basis of
views or actions that contradict doctrinal teachings

2013
January
Zeit Debatte Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, January 12-13 (translated)

R1: Do we need to abolish public broadcasting?

R2: Should doping be allowed in professional sport (Leistungssport)?

R3: Should throw our principles away (over board)?

R4: Do we need schocking pictures of the slaughter and processing of meat and
sausage products?

R5: To hell with extortionate rent prices: do we need housing socialism?

Semi: Should we give up on climate protection?

Final: Should large infrastructural projects be subject to democratic control?

Nottingham Trent IV, Nottingham, England, January 12

R1: THBT all components of the welfare state should be means tested

R2: THBT feminists should support the death penalty for crimes of severe sexual assault
in countries with extreme gender inequality

R3: (Info Slide) THW ban the practice and use of all alternative therapies

R4 TH, as the USA, no longer supports the right to bear arms

Semi: THW not teach vocational subjects at universities

Final: THW compel HIV infected people to disclose their HIV status to their sexual
partners

Regents IV, London, England, January 13

R1: THB the west should not recruit doctors from the developing world

R2: THB student unions should not campaign on geo-political issues

R3: THW ban religious based rehabilitation programs, regardless of how effective they
may be

R4: THW hold a referendum on the death penalty.

Final: TH regrets the existence of mankind

Kingsmill Moore Invitational, Trinity, Dublin, Ireland, January 24

R1: THBT social disgust is a sufficient justification for censoring art

R2: THW federalise the European Union

R3: THBT the state should never negotiate with hostage takers

Final:

French Debating Association Tournament, first leg, France, January 24-February

28

Pool A1: THW rather die before they get old.

Pool D1: THBT books are obsolete

Pool D2: THBT it is better to learn than to be taught

Pool B1: THBT we should not let our schooling interfere with our education

Pool A2: THBT we are clever enough to engineer our doom but not to prevent it.

Pool C1: THBT Art is the highest achievement of humanity.

Pool D3: THBT true friends stab you in the front.

Pool B2: THBT technology is killing our work ethic

Pool C2: THBT change is not progress

Pool D4: THBT peace depends on fear

Pool B3: THBT we should strive for immortality

Pool A3: THBT limitation nurtures creativity

Pool C3: THBT life is nasty, brutish and short

Pool A4: THBT peace is only an illusion

Pool B4: THW sooner befriend an evil genius than a dull hero

Pool C4: THBT uncle Sam is not a member of the family

Pool D5: THBT banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than armies

Trinity IV, Dublin, Ireland, January 25-26

R1: THW not prosecute victims of domestic violence for crimes committed as a result of
their abuse

R2: THBT the marketing strategies of Western NGOs have hindered the development of
the global South

R3: THW ban the teaching of Romeo and Juliet in schools

R4: THB the campaign for marriage equality is a waste of the gay community's
resources

R5: THW hold Islam accountable for the actions of Islamists

Quarter: THBT allowing women on front lines is a victory for feminism

Semi and ESL Final: TH as an Israeli Arab would boycott Israeli elections

Final: THW restrict media coverage of school shootings

Rotterdam BP toernooi, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, January 26 (translated)

R1: TH, being the US, would oblige the Amish to send their children to public high
schools

R2: THW ban meat consumption

R3: THW ban cosmetic/plastic surgery aimed to change racial features

R4: THW introduce corporal punishment

Semi: THW abolish the UN Security Council

Final: THW make abortion mandatory in cases of severe medical conditions that lead to
short and painful lives

Beginner Tournament Mainz (DCJG), Mainz, Germany, January 26 (translated)

R1: Should the government leader at federal and state level be directly elected?

R2: Should employees of energy and transport companies be banned from striking?

R3: Should Bilbo stay home?

Final: Should we create a public newspaper?

York IV, York, England, January 26

R1: THBT student societies and newspapers should have a 'no platform' policy for
extremist political figures

R2: TH, as Tottenham Hotspur, would ban fans found chanting 'Yid Army'

R3: THBT parents, where concerned, should install spyware to monitor their children's
online activity and communications

R4: THW ban religious proselytising and faith-based rehabilitation programmes in

prisons

Semi: THBT states should place constitutional limits on regressive taxation policies

Final: TH regrets the societal acceptance of promiscuity

John Smith Memorial Mace, Irish Leg, Round 2, January 28-February 7

Heat 1: THW criminalise doping in sport

Heat 2: THW ban any technology that can delete or alter a person's memory

Heat 3: A pill exists that ensures "moral behaviour", THW ban the morality pill.

Heat 4: THB that abortion referendums should be open to women voters only

Heat 5: THB countries should cease trying to prevent climate change and focus
resources on preparing for its consequences.

Heat 6: THB social media companies have a duty to prevent far-right or hate groups
from using their platforms.

Heat 7: TH supports a Palestinian right of return.

Heat 8: THBT former colonial powers should never intervene militarily or economically in
favour of one side in a civil war or rebellion in a former colony.

February
Inner Temple IV, London, England, February 1-2

R1: THW abolish trial by jury

R2: THBT, when and where gay marriage is legal, religious institutions should be
compelled to conduct gay wedding ceremonies

R3: THBT all policy on drugs, alcohol, tobacco and other controlled substances should
be made by expert scientific panels and not elected officials

R4: THBT the Arab Spring has been bad for Egypt

R5: THW punish illegal tax avoidance (evasion) by the deprivation of citizenship

Semi: THBT it is impossible to be a pro-life feminist

FInal: TH regrets that Lance Armstrong got caught

Irish Times Semi-Finals, Ireland, February 1-5

Semi A: THW introduce graduate tax

Semi B: THW ban tobacco

Semi C: THB freedom of speech should never be curtailed

Warwick IV, Warwick, England, February 2

R1: THW stop all efforts to cease the international drug trade and put all funding into
education and rehab

R2 TH, as a progressive, would oppose the awarding of hosting rights for major
international sporting competitions to 'Unprogressive' countries
R3 THBT Advocates for Trans* people should not campaign within the feminist
movement
R4 THBT opposition movements in countries with repressive regimes should never use
violent tactics

Semi: TH (As the EU) would make development aid conditional upon developing
countries using it for renewable energy generation

Final?

Sciences Po Open, Le Havre, France, February 8-9

R1: THW return all national treasures to their countries of origin, provided they sincerely
commit to preserve and display them.

R2: THW end the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

R3: THBT, in the event of an immediate and unprovoked Israeli strike against Iran's
nuclear facilities, the USA should make a credible pledge to support Israel in any
resulting conflict.

R4: THW set maximum rents for residential property in the city of Paris.

R5: THW legalise polygamy

Semi: THBT Pakistan should end all cooperation with Americas War on Terror.

Final: THBT Socrates should not have drunk the hemlock

sterreichischen Debattier Meisterschaft (Austrian Debate Championships),

Salzburg, Austria, February 8-10 (translated)

R1: Should we intervene in Mali?

R2: Should the water supply be nationalised all over Europe?

R3: Should Incest be allowed?

R4: Should the possibility to revoke a PhD degree be under a statute of limitation?

R5: Should we, who are technically capable of it, seek contact with extraterrestrials?

Semi: Should we ban the import of goods that were not produced under the social and
ecological standards of the EU?

Final: Should we buy armed drones?

The Galway Open - Irish National Law Debates, Galway, Ireland, February 15-16

R1: TH supports the legislation (legalisation?) of sex work

R2: THBT every member of the NRA is morally culpable for the level of gun crime in the
US

R3: THBT the government should access private electronic communications to predict
and tackle crime

R4: THBT artists from privileged groups should not depict characters from
underprivileged groups in their work

R5: THBT the UN should recruit a standing army

Semi: a pill exists to prevent you falling in love, THW take that pill

Final: THW abolish private property

IDEA-DTU, Utrecht, the Netherlands, February 16 (translated)

R1: THW ban the production and consumption of tobacco in the European Union

R2: THW make lying by politicians punishable by law

R3: TH hopes the United Kingdom will leave the European Union

R4: THW not pursue income redistribution beyond poverty reduction

(armoedebestrijding, i.e. combatting poverty)

Semi: THW make the punishment for drunk driving equal to manslaughter, even if the
driver caused no accident

Final: THW set a public ultimatum: if the next pope does not implement radical reforms,
the Roman Catholic church will be disbanded

Edinburgh IV, Edingburgh, Scotland, February 16

R1: THW withdraw all state benefits including healthcare from the voluntarily
unemployed

R2: THBT Student Unions should not take an explicit policy on abortion

R3: THB that independent states in the developing world should be allowed to
unilaterally opt to become overseas territories of their former colonial powers.

R4: THW ban all individuals who have advocated or used violence in order to further a
political cause in a liberal democratic state, from standing for future elections

Final: Context (roughly): During WWI, Wilfred Owen was serving as a British sniper on
the frontlines. While on duty his focus falls upon a German soldier showering in the
German frontline trench. The German is naked, unarmed and poses no immediate threat
to anyone on the British lines but is a legal target. Motion: THW Not Shoot the Naked
Soldier

LSE Open, London, England, February 16-17

R1: THBT Western Liberal Democracies should institute bans on their citizens visiting
illiberal states whose economies depends on tourism

R2: THW require prospective owners or large shareholders of sport clubs / teams to gain
majority support from season ticket holders or other representatives of the fan base to
complete their acquisition

R3: THW make conscription a war crime

R4: THW require close relatives of the homeless to pay their welfare costs to the extent
that they can afford to do so

R5: THW allocate state funding for the arts exclusively to new and original work, and
never to reproductions of great works or other old plays, opera, music, films or art

Quarter: THBT the International Criminal Court should focus on indicting and prosecuting
larger numbers of middle-to-low ranking suspects for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, or genocide, rather than smaller numbers of high ranking suspects

Semi: This House believes that the civil and criminal legal system has no business
considering or regulating behaviour that exclusively occurs in online virtual worlds such
as Second Life

ESL Final: This House would allow pro-life organisations to offer to pay women
considering abortions to carry the baby to term (assuming adequate child support
services exist)

Final: This House would support policies of ever increasing political union i.e.
progressive political integration aimed at the distant goal of federal unification amongst
members of the League of Arab States

John Smith Memorial Mace, Irish Leg, Quarterfinals, February 19-February 25

Quarter 1: THW ban the use of artificial human augmentation, either by surgical or
genetic therapy.

Quarter 2: THB that people who attend mass are morally responsible for the actions of
the Catholic Church

Quarter 3: THW allow prisoners to choose death over life sentence

Quarter 4: THW ban domestic drones

Irish Times Final, Belfast, Northern-Ireland, February 22

THW emigrate

Manchester IV, Manchester, England, February 23-24

R1: THBT single parents sent to prison should be able to raise their children in prison.

R2: TH, as Israel, would grant exemptions from compulsory military service to all and
only those citizens that give up their right to vote.

R3: TH approves of the New York Post's decision to publish the subway photograph
'Doomed'.

R4: TH approves of the USA's policy of extra-judicial killing of terrorists.

R5: THBT at least 50% of the Legislature (Parliament) should be appointed by a socially
representative random draw from the general population.

Quarter: THBT states should disband their armed forces and use PMCs as and when
necessary

Semi: THBT the unemployed, living in areas of high unemployment and low private
investment, should relocate to areas where their employment is more likely in order to
keep their benefits.

Final: THBT David Cameron was wrong to offer the British electorate a referendum on
EU membership.

Polish Parliamentary Debating Championships, Warsaw, Poland, February 22-24

(translated)

R1: THW officially register Pastafarianism as a religion in Poland.

R2: THW introduce tax cuts for qualified foreigners who want to settle in Poland.

R3: THW supplement Polish Constitution with the civil right of access to the Internet.

R4: THW ban advertising that invoke polishness as a value

Semi: THBT Poland should join the Eurozone as soon as possible

Final: THBT political parties should be subject to anti-monopoly laws

UL Open, Limerick, Ireland, March 1-2

R1: THW allow parents of children with Klver-Bucy syndrome to sterilise those children

R2: THW make access to museums art exhibitions concerts etc. attractions free for
people earning less than a certain wage

R3: THW prohibit films about historical or political events,or those of a biographical
nature, unless produced as documentaries

R4: THB former colonial powers should maintain a presence in former colonies,in the
interest of benefiting those colonies

R5: THB emphasis on the depiction of the "normal" female body is no more
empowerment than equal emphasis on the "perfect" female body

Semi:

Final:

Budapest Open, Budapest, Hungary, March 1-3

Show debate: TH regrets the turn away from socialism

R1: THW create separate state schools for those who are LGBTQ

R2: THBT former colonial powers should never intervene militarily in their former
colonies

R3: THBT in order to continue to eat meat individuals should personally slaughter a
major meat animal

R4:THW abolish all term limitations for elected officials in high offices

Semi: THW require all isolated religious communities to give all 18-year-olds
a Rumspringa

Final: THBT an EU institution should block websites in EU member states that use
negative racial/ethnic/religious stereotypes

Glasgow Ancients, Glasgow, Scotland, March 1-2

R1: TH, as the academic and debating communities of the UK, would not invite George
Galloway to our public debates

R2: THW ban unpaid internships

R3: THW would ban the use of unarmed domestic surveillance drones

R4: THW assassinate Iranian and North Korean nuclear scientists

R5: THBT governments have no legal or moral obligation to respond with proportionate
force to armed attacks on their citizens

Semi: THB the ICC should not issue warrants for suspects during ongoing conflicts

Final: TH regrets the centralisation of organised religion

Nottingham Open, Nottingham, England, March 2-3

R1: THW give more votes to those who live in areas with high levels of political apathy
and low voter turnout

R2: THW would allow parents to microchip their children without the child's consent

R3: THW allow individuals to contract out of all basic employment provisions in their
contracts (such as health & safety, unfair dismissal etc) in return for compensation.

R4: THW allow individuals to sue religious organisations for compensation for the
harmful effects of choices made as a result of adherence to religious doctrine

R5: THW require the creators of artistic works which depict negative stereotypes of
disenfranchised groups to give a portion of their profits to those groups

Semi (Info slide): THW Prosecute Irish politicians of the era for failing to take action over
the abuses of the Magdalene Laundries.

Final: In a possible near future world, a computer chip has been developed which can
painlessly be implanted in the brain, preventing all sexual desire. At the same time,
technology has advanced to the point where completely asexual human reproduction is
possible. THW prefer that world to this one.

John Smith Memorial Mace, Ireland semi finals, Dublin, Ireland, March 5 and
March 6

Semi 1: TH regrets the rise of globalisation

Semi 2: THBT individualism has failed us

French Debating Association Semi Finals, Paris, France, March 7 and March 14

Semi 1: THBT youth is wasted on the young

Semi 2: THBT you can't plan the future by the past

Vienna IV, Vienna, Austria, March 8-10

R1: THBT juries should only include individuals that are from the same socio-economic
class as the defendant

R2: TH, in hindsight, would still have fought the 2003 war in Iraq

R3: THW, as an atheist, join an atheist church (definition: an atheist church is a

congregation of non-religious people, who engage in singing, lectures and other
activities. It also promotes the Manifesto for Atheists, which lists atheist virtues)

R4: THBT school children in the UK should be taught that their country engaged in war
crimes

R5: TH, as the heir to any European throne, would refuse to become a monarch

R6: THBT women are morally justified in lying about their past experiences, abilities and
future family plans at a job interview or application

Semi: You are an emigrant from a poor and collapsing unnamed country. You are offered
full and immediate citizenship from the United States and the European Union. The
offers are the only two options you have and are mutually exclusive. You do not know
where you will live in either Union. Your native and only language is not spoken in
either. Motion: THW emigrate to the European Union.

Final: THW hold a referendum among all churchgoing Catholics to elect the new Pope
rather than having Cardinals elect him

Leeds Open, Leeds, England, March 9-10

R1: THW require internet users to disclose their identities

R2: On the 10th Anniversary, TH does not regret the decision to invade Iraq.

R3: TH, as the board of Zenit St. Petersburg, would preference players with Slavic
ethnicity, in order to respect the wishes of the fans

R4: THBT Conservative MPs should not have been given a free vote on the Marriage
(same sex couples) Bill

R5: THW require individuals to donate 75% of their annual income above 1 million to
charity

Novice Final: THW sentence repeat offenders to life imprisonment

Semi: In post-conflict societies, THBT that justice is better served by TRCs (Truth and
Reconciliation Committees) than by prosecution of perpetrators of attrocities other than
the leaders

Final: TH regrets the acceptance of Atheism in the form promoted by Richard Dawkins in
The God Delusion

Southampton Open, Southampton, England, March 9

R1: THW put a high minimum price on meat.

R2: THBT schools should teach sex positive sex education (ie techniques for sexual
gratification) in secondary schools.

R3: TH regrets the rise of Marxism in Latin America

R4: THW make the next James Bond gay

Final: THBT Israel should give East Jerusalem to the Palestinians

UCL IV, London, England, March 16

R1: THW legalise the private sale of organs

R2: TH, as a feminist parent, would deliberately undermine its child's gender.

R3: TH welcomes the creation of strong forms of artificial intelligence

R4: THB that it is morally permissible to target civilians in times of war

Semi: THBT American politicians should not use the language of American
Exceptionalism

Final: TH Regrets the rise of Reality Television

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Grand Final, Dublin, Ireland, March 16

THW not have children

Czech and Slovak Championships, Bratislava, Slovakia, March 16-17 (translated)

R1: THW reinstitute the Czecho-Slovak federation.

R2: THW send top teachers to weakest schools.

R3: THW constitutionally cap the government deficit at 3% of GDP.

R4: THW ban pornography.

Semi: THW let Iran develop nuclear weapons.

Final: THW enable directly elected heads of state to, at their own initiative, dismiss
government cabinets or their individual members.

VUAS Debate Tournament, Valmiera, Latvia, March 16-17

R1: THW make the Internet a public good

R2: THW prohibit underaged from entering religious organizations

R3: THW ban professors/teachers from communicating with students/schoolchildren in

social networks

R4: THW allow the use of negative competitor image in advertisement

R5: THW include debating into school curriculum

Semi final: THW allow to participate in general election only those people with IQ above
a certain level

Final: THBT the government should be blamed for slow economic growth

Bucharest Universities Debating Cup, Bucharest, Romania, March 16-17

(translated)

R1: THBT the Romanian state should cut all ties to all churches

R2: THW abolish the institution of the criminal record

R3: In a run-off for the Romanian Presidency, HW rather vote for Gigi
Becali than Corneliu Vadim Tudor (Romanian extremist politicians)

R4: THW fight for the reunification of Romania with the Republic of Moldova

R5: Given easily accessible technology to choose the sex of a future child, THW give
financial stimulants to parents that choose to have girls

Novice final: THW ban the popular vote in talent shows:

Semi: THW pardon Bashar al-Assad for all his crimes in exchange for him stepping
down from power

Final: THBT in times of economic recession, European states, don't spend enough

Berlin-Brandenburgischen-Meisterschaften (Championships), Berlin, Germany,

March 16 (translated)

R1: Should corporations be forced, in case of layoffs, to always lay off those workers
with the best chances on the labour market?

R2: Should the prosecution and defence in criminal cases no longer be able to make
deals?

R3: Should a word, that one group feels is discriminating, no longer be used by that
same group either?

R4: Should secret services produce pictures of despots that change their reputation and
distribute those in the countries of these despots?

Final: Should a state be excluded from the EU when its politics go against the basic
values of the EU?

Royal Holloway Open, London, England, March 17

Open motions picked by one of the teams in each debate round:

R1: THW ban teenagers from using Facebook

R1: THW choose immortality over fertility

R1: THBT Simba should not go back

R1: THBT Bilbo should have killed Gollum when he had the chance

R1: THBT all politicians should be celibate

R1: THW ban advertising

R1: THBT charity is immoral

R1: THW kill its best friend when s/he is about to become a zombie

R2: THW build a second Deathstar

R2: THBT children under 18 with close relatives who are victims of FGM should not be
allowed to travel outside the EU

R2: THW ban Google Glasses

R2: THW discourage people with genetic diseases from having children and prioritise
them in terms of adoption

R2: THW replace juries with panels of philosophers who will decide cases purely on
utilitarian grounds

R2: THW not give aliens the vote (aliens live alongside humans 1 year from now)

R2: THB feminists should oppose capitalism

R2: THBT the feminist movement should oppose the banning of the burqa

R3: THBT the Pope Francis should make an ex-cathedra statement to the effect that all
Catholics must support socialism

R3: THW give the Roma a homeland

R3: THW build a deathstar

R3: As an omipotent, omniscient god, THW smite people who commit serious crimes
and who we know will feel no remorse

R3: THW bring back public corporal punishment for smaller crimes

R3: THW make higher education free

R3: THW abolish the speaker tab

R3: THW fully replace agriculture and fishing with stem cell production to produce food

R4: THW require priests to report confessions that lead to criminal convictions

R4: You are an Israeli nuclear submarine commander. You learn that Israel has been
wiped out by an iranian nuclear strike. THW return Fire

R4: THW link Job Seekers Allowance to previous income

R4: THW not become a superhero

R4: THW encourage replacing human body parts with advanced robotic counterparts

R4: THW build 500,000 social homes in the London Greenbelt

R4: THW wipe the memories of those convicted very serious crimes and replace them
with more positive memories

R4: THW require universities to increase funding for classics and deprioritise funding for
popular culture choices

Final: In world that has eradicated racism, THW prefer that people were/were not able to
recognise differences in physical appearance

Feminism and Gender Tournament, Israel, March 21 (translated)

R1: THW ban marriage.

R2: TH, which is a woman, would not make any cosmetic changes to her appearance,
including but not limited to makeup, shaving, and plastic surgeries .

R3: THW ban all presentations of the 10th commandment in all Israeli School systems.

Final: TH, which is a female debater, would participate in next year's Glasgow Ancients.

Leiden Open, Leiden, Netherlands, March 22-23

R1: THW criminalize gang membership.

R2: THBT adoption agencies should seek to place children in families with a similar
culture to that of their biological parents.

R3: THW require re-ratification of all international treaties, including the EU, by popular
referenda every decade.

R4: THBT the international community should treat espionage as a justification for
military retaliation.

R5: THBT the news media should also represent the criminals point of view when
reporting on criminal convictions.

Semi and Novice Final: THBT the LGBT rights movement should abandon the born this
way campaign. (Info: Some people believe that they were born LGBT, some LGBT
people believe that it is a choice that they made. Currently, the LGBT movement uses
being Born this way as a way of legitimising equal rights.)

Final: In times of war, THBT relatives of civilians killed by the military occupation, should
be able to sue the soldiers responsible for their relatives death in civilian court.

Zeit Debatte Marburg, Marburg, Germany, March 22-24 (translated)

R1: THW allow the use of bounty hunters

R2: THBT Cuba should prioritise the implementation of capitalism over the
implementation of democracy

R3: THW not give out separate art prizes (like the Oscars) for men and women

R4: THBT patriotism is a virtue

R5: THB in a human right to suicide

Semi: THW abolish all limits on the heights of buildings

Final: THW abolish all anonymity for sperm donation

Irish National Maidens, Limerick, Ireland, March 22-24

THB the pope should be elected by all members of the Catholic Church

THW introduce ethnic and gender quotas for film and television programs

THW not grant amnesty to people who commit atrocities in conflicts

THW allow soldiers to volunteer for experimental genetic and physical modifications

THW prosecute the perpetrators of domestic violence without the victim's consent

Semi: THW die for a cause

Final: THBT celebrating housewives impedes the feminist movement

Zalgiris Cup, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 22-24

R1: THW give only temporary marriage lines

R2: THW require all isolated religious communities (eg. Hasidic Jews, Jehova's
Witnesses) to give all 18-year-olds a 'Rumspringa' [Amish tradition of sending off 18-y.olds to live in outside world for 1 year, after which they may chose to return or not]

R3: THBT South Korea should have nuclear weapon

R4: THW make companies pay taxes equal to their influence on the environment

R5: THW allow police to provoke citizens for committing crimes

Semi: THW give citizens negative votes on general elections

Final: THBT organized religion causes more harm than good

Exeter Open, Exeter, England, March 23

R1: THBT Western liberal democracies should ban unpaid internships

R2: TH supports the decision to stop British development aid to India

R3: THBT states should never protect dying languages

R4: THBT the use of violence can be legitimate in political protest

Final: TH supports the creation of a feminist political party

Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) IV, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 23-24

R1: THW require all social networks that offer services to minors to offer parents full
unlimited access to their children's accounts

R2: THBT the entire European Union should adopt the ban on communist symbols

R3: THBT Lithuania should recognise Polish as an official language in municipalities with
significant populations of ethnic Poles

R4: TH, which is China, would cease all political and economic support to North Korea

R5: THW force employers to allow their employees to work from home whenever
physically possible

Semifinal: THW allow the deliberate targeting of civilians in war, where it would
significantly reduce casualties in the long term

Final: TH, as Cyprus, would ask Russia for its bailout

Estonian BP Championships, Tallinn, Estonia, March 23-24 (translated)

R1: THW arm Syrian rebels

R2: THBT the state should support home ownership

R3: THBT the International Olympic Committee should ban all athletes who express
hostile views towards racial, ethnic or sexual minorities from participating

R4: THW stop funding all space programs

R5: THBT parents have a moral obligation not to consume alcohol

Semi: THBT that extraordinary taxation of saving deposits in times of crisis is justified

Final: THBT people should only be allowed to work in state or local government
agencies for a maximum of 5 years

French Debating Association, Final, Paris, France, March 25

This House Still Believes in "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"

Kent IV, Kent, England, March 30

R1: THBT all corporations should become workers' co-operatives.

R2: THW require the consent of the subjects before publishing photographs of
celebrities

R3: THBT feminists should support free markets in the developing world/

R4: Infoslide: TH is a juror in trial of leader of large community of first and second gen
immigrants. Leader is accused of ABH. TH is certain beyond any reasonable doubt that
the community leader is guilty of the crime.TH is also sure beyond reasonable doubt that
a guilty verdict would cause riots in the defendant's community.Motion: THW vote to
acquit and attempt to persuade other jurors to do the same

Semi:

Final:

Heriot Watt Open, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 30

Round 1: THBT the salaries and the continuation of employment of teachers should be
dependent on the academic performance of their students

Round 2: THBT: The international community should support a one-state solution to the
Israel-Palestine conflict

Round 3: THW: Ban Political Opinion Polls

Round 4: Infoslide: From 1918, the labour partys constitution declared that the Labour
party would strive: to secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their
industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis
of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange and the
best attainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service
(clause 4, part 4)Clause 4 as a whole was the symbol of the Labour Partys commitment
to public ownership and the Partys principled opposition to market capitalism. Clause 4
was abolished under the leadership of Tony Blair at a special party conference in Easter
1995. Motion: THBT the Labour party should not have revoked Clause 4

Final: THBT the Democratic Party should give up their attempts to regulate firearms and
openly seek the complete abolition of firearms (approximate wording)

St Petersburg Debating Open, Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 29-31

R1: THBT parents of underaged children should not drink alcohol

R2: THW set up brothels in military bases

R3: THW Make US military aid to Israel dependent on Israel accepting the two-state
solution

R4: THW force state officials to keep all their financial assets in domestic banks

R5: THBT police officers should pose as children on social networking sites to entrap
paedophiles

Semi: THW ban all individuals who have advocated or used violence in order to further a
political cause in emerging democratic states, from standing for future elections

Final: THBT the state has no responsibility in protecting intellectual property rights

DCU Open, Dublin, Ireland, April 5-6

R1: THW allow individuals to opt out of employment provisions relating to health and
safety in return for increased pay

R2: THW allow sex offenders to choose to undergo castration in return for a
considerably shorter sentence

R3: THW ban serving military generals from talking to the media

R4: THBT children in the West Bank should be educated in integrated schools
(integrated school is one where students sit in the same classroom and share all
facilities irrespective of background (including religion, culture or ethnicity))

R5: THBT in reducing its budget deficit, Ireland should prioritise cutting welfare to an
absolute minimum rather than increasing taxes and cutting services

Semi: TH,as the US Republican Party,would end the use of primaries to select their
presidential nominee

Final: TH supports Belfast City Council's decision to restrict the flying of the Union Jack
outside Belfast City Hall

Paris Open, Paris, France, April 6-7

R1: TH, as commissioner Gordon, would never use the bat signal.

R2: TH, as the French Parliament, would not have recognised the Armenian Genocide

R3: THW choose a comprehensive education system where the only selection process
is geographical location and NOT intelligence, ability or talent

R4: TH welcomes the anglicization of the French language

Semi and ESL final: It is 1945. THW create a Jewish state in Western Europe instead of
the Middle East

Final: Given the technology, THW, as a genius, use this technology to reduce its
intelligence to become normal

Transatlantic Debating Championships, Paris, France, April 10-11

Semi 1: THBT French millionaires should escape to England

Semi 2: THB America has no culture

Semi 3: THB France should be more German

Final: THB Germany should let Europe die

Estonian Open, Tartu, Estonia, April 12-13

R1: THW provide the disabled access to sex workers as part of national health care

R2: THW pay mercenaries to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

R3: THBT governments should actively discourage consumerist lifestyles

R4: TH regrets the EU Troikas reliance on mainly austerity measures as a solution for at
risk Eurozone economies.

R5: THW make failure to render reasonable assistance to a person in distress a criminal
offence.

Semi: THBT feminist organisations should not use nudity as a tactic for pursuing their
aims

Final: TH Regrets the strong social norms in favour of lifelong monogamy.

HSE Open, Moscow, Russia, April 13-14

R1: THW legally bind children to take care of their parents once the parents reach old
age.

R2: This house would erect a memorial statue for President Ronald Reagan in the red
Square.

R3: TH, as a feminist, would marry a closeted homosexual in order to help him keep his
sexual identity secret.

R4: THW, as Russia, offer all Western European millionaires a low tax asylum and full
Citizenship in the Russian federation.

R5: THW abolish NATO

Semi: THBT the state should never ever fund the arts or cultural activities.

Final. You are a member of the Pussy Riots. You are presented with a fail safe plan to
runaway from prison and start a relatively comfortable life in the west. THW stay in
prison.

Potsdam Puls Punk, Potsdam, Germany, April 12-14 (translated)

R1:Should we teach beggars profitable street arts?

R2: Should HIV-infected people be forced to take a pill that would kill them within three
days?

R3: Should the state give up on shrinking villages?

R4:Should sexual acts with robots be banned, as soon as these are physically
comparable to human beings?

R5: Should people with more children be allowed to enter retirement earlier?

Semi: Should scientific writings be freely available?

Should the internet be closed on Sundays?

UTAD Debate changing Europe round, Vila Real, Portugal, April 17

R1: THW give a higher child subsidies to couples composed by persons from different
Member States of the EU.

R2: THBT the Common Agricultural Policy harmed the national agricultures.

Coimbra Debate changing Europe round, Coimbra, Portugal, April 17

R1: THW give a higher child subsidies to couples composed by persons from different
Member States of the EU.

R2: THW make mandatory that all European treaties would be submitted to a
referendum under only one electoral cycle.

Nordic Debating Championships, Helsinki, Finland, April 19-21

R1: THW criminalise adultery

R2: THW have a standing policy of conducting air strikes on government buildings of
states which are implicated in the massacre of their own citizens

R3: THW set up an online voting system for citizens to directly choose the distribution of
a specified portion of the national budget

R4:THW offer terminally ill patients the option of a cash grant if they forgo treatment and
consent to early euthanasia

R5: THW make development aid conditional on recipient states adopting a one-child
policy

Semi: THW ban the publication of images of terrorist atrocities

Final: THW impose a tax on men to reduce the gender pay gap

John Smith Memorial Mace International Final, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 20

This House Would Make the Use of Unmanned Military Attack Vehicles a War Crime

Dutch National Championships, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 20 (translated)

R1: THW ban all beauty pageants

R2: THW abolish all exceptions to the military draft on the basis of religion, sexual
orientation or gender in democratic countries that have a compulsory military draft

R3: THW abolish the statute of limitations for serious crimes

R4: THW use military force to destroy North Koreas nuclear facilities

R5: Infoslide: Greek state debts accumulate to 350 billion Euros at the moment, this is
unmanageable/harmful for the economy, European economic norms deem debts at
about half this amount as manageable/healthy. Rich Greeks own a total of 600 billion
Euros. Motion: THW bring the Greek debt back to healthy European standards by a
one-off wealth taxation of Greeks rich.

Quarter: Infoslide: Older employees are considered too expensive during economic
crises, their salary is set by a combination of collective labour agreements between
employer unions and labour unions through the setting of both sector minimum wages
and sector increases in wages. Motion: THBT Dutch labour unions should agree to a
structural decrease in pay for older employees

Semi: Infoslide: Criminals are (sometimes) offered a second chance after serving their
sentence. They are given a new identity, old records are wiped and they are sometimes
offered plastic surgery. Motion: THW offer all citizens, upon request, a second chance

Final: After a military intervention to bring down a dictator, THW put a new dictator in
place who is the best possible candidate

Hull Open, Hull, England, April 20

R1: THW ban industrial action in time of economicrecession

R2: THW ban all media (such as music, films and video games) which glorify misogyny

R3: THW end the use of armed drones in counter-terrorism operations

R4: THBT in emerging democracies with a history offemale oppression, women should
be granted two votes

Final: THBT western governments should cease all diplomatic,economic and military ties
with the Bahrain government and support the opposition movement

German Regional Championships South, Austria and Switzerland, Ingolstadt,

Germany, April 20-21

R1: Should exile be reinstated as a form of punishment?

R2: Should we abolish all family (welfare) benefits in exchange for a one-off children
premium of 100.000 Euros?

R3: Should all Members of Parliament be selected, not through elections, but through a
lottery from among all citizens?

Semi: Should journalists hand the Offshore-Leaksdata to the competent authorities?

Final: Should same-sex couples receive full adoption rights?

German Regional Championships North-East, Jena, Germany, April 20-21

R1: Should we allow the police to use racial profiling?

R2: Should we put a limit to the time parties can be in parliament?

R3: Should selfishness be proscribed?

R4: It is 1952. Should the Bundersrepublik Deutschland agree to the Stalin-Note?

Semi: Should the country grant bravery medals to drone soldiers?

Final: Should same-sex couples receive full adoption rights?

German Regional Championships West, Iserlohn, Germany, April 20-21

R1: Should we abolish the balancing of federal budgets (Lnderfinanzausgleich)?

R2: Should the candidate for Chancellor of a party be elected by all party members?

R3: Do we need the meatfree Monday?

R4: Should Germany disarm completely?

Semi: Should the special status of churches under labour law be abolished?

Final: Should same-sex couples receive full adoption rights?

SdDUP Debate changing Europe round 1, Porto, Portugal, April 23

TH aplaudes that the representatives of the Member States on the European Council
and on European Parliament adopt as criteria for decisions what is best for the citizens
of their own countries and not what is best for the European citizens.

TH (as the EU) would offer visas for residence to all immigrants and their families that
have proven to have found means of subsistence.

Jacobs Open, Bremen, Germany, April 26-28

R1: THW remove all "sin taxes"

R2: TH, as US President, would grant Chinese Christian refugees asylum

R3: THBT Governments should fund and public display of art which viscerally portrays
the suffering of victims created by state policies/actions (eg war, failure to go to war,
poverty at home and abroad)

R4: THW only allow election campaigns to be funded by a fixed budget provided by the
state

R5: TH, as the gay community, regrets the rise of Grindr in western liberal democracies

Semi: In the event of a terrorist attack by radical Islamists, THW fabricate evidence
(which wouldn't be found out to be untrue) that the attack was committed by someone
from the dominant (religious/ethnic) group in that society

Final: TH, as 2 atheist parents, raising their child in a homogeneous religious rural
community (e.g. in Texas) would raise their child to be religious

Open de Minho, Guimares, Portugal, April 26-28

R?: THW exhibit the Ten Commandments in all public schools of the EU.

R?: THW aplaude that the Member States of the EU would participate in the Olympics
under only one flag.

Split Open, Split, Croatia, April 26-28

R1: In cases of politically motivated terrorist attacks, THW ban the press from disclosing
any information regarding the name, background or the political motivation of the
attackers

R2: You are a single woman in her twenties. Sleeping with your boss would probably
significantly advance your career. THW do it.

R3: THW force elected politicians and their families to use only public health and
education services.

R4: THBT any form of conscription is a war crime

R5: THB Croatia should stop all special treatment of the Catholic religion.

Final: Assuming the existence of the Biblical God, THW never praise him

Cambridge Invitational, Cambridge, England, April 28

R1: THW prosecute (in western courts) anyone who buys people out of slavery in the
developing world

R2: THB that the Church of England should not allow the singing of Jerusalem in its
services

R3: THW require that all marginal increases in funding for healthcare technology be
spent on whatever NICE believes most cost effectively maximises Quality Adjusted Life
Years.

Final: THW create: 1) an obligation on western powers to militarily intervene in conflicts

where chemical weapons are being used (regardless of UN approval), and 2) a right if
major humanitarian organisations to sue governments for failure to fulfil this obligation

Kyiv Open, Kiev, Ukraine, May 4-5

R1: THBT racial profiling is a legitimate tool in fighting crime

R2: THW prohibit the military from embedding journalists

R3: THBT all state funding of the art should be allocated to artists through a random and
equal lottery

R4: THW introduce a statute of limitation on murder

R5: THB the US should unilaterally intervene in Syria

Semi: THBT police force should have quotas of proportional representation of races

Final: THW forgive the group of young people who blew up a monument of Stalin in
Ukraine.

Oxford Womens Open, Oxford, England, May 10-11

R1: THW ban religious preachers in the public sphere

R2: THBT the USA should give South Korea independent control of a nuclear arsenal

R3: TH, as a professional female athlete, would not pose in a sexualised manner for
magazines and commercials

R4: In areas where hostage taking is a tactic, THW require soldiers to kill squad mates
who are about to be captured

R5: THW subsidise art that glorifies the working class

Semi:

Final:

Denny Crane, Belgrade, Serbia, May 10-12 (translated)

R1 : THW require all politicians who are running for election to do a test of general
knowledge whose results would then be made public

R2 : THW require from companies to share their annual profit to all employees

R3 : THW abolish gender categories for the awards in culture

R4 : THW not punish offenders for non-violent crimes with prison sentence

R5 : Humanity has found an alien species of an unknown level of technological

development. Motion: THW not make first contact with an alien

Semi: THBT on October 5th blood should have been spilled

Final: THW censor art that desecrates religious symbols

Zeit Debatte Aachen, Aachen, Germany, May 10-12 (translated)

R1: THW make organ donations after death mandatory

R2: THW not export any weapons out of the EU

R3: THW replace the three-tiered education system with one common high school
(with infoslide)

R4: THW check all Doctorate theses of living persons for plagiarism

R5: THW welcome a UK exit out of the EU

Semi: THW ban alternative medicine

Final: THW not have introduced a common European currency

Stockholm IV, Stockholm, Sweden, May 10-12

R1: THW completely abolish all subsidies and preferential treatment to the farming
industry in the EU

R2: You are a poor 19-year old woman living in a former Soviet state. You have little
education, no obvious career prospects, and few opportunities for economic
advancement in your own country. THW register as a mail order bride

R3: TH, which is the EU, would sue any individual who speaks untrue of or defames the
European Union

R4: TH as Israel would immediately intervene in Syria

R5: THBT billionaires have a moral obligation to donate their money to the US
government instead of charities

Semi: You are Arnold Schwarzenegger, You are presented a script in which you are
asked to portray a SS Nazi Officer who is presented in a positive humane light. THW
take on the role

Final: THBT the EU should adopt the formation of a constitutional anti-theistic atheist
society as one of its declared goals (Infoslides: The current stated goal of the european
union, as stipulated in the treaty of rome, is an "ever closer union" Anti-theistic atheism
society is a society that while still allowing religions to exist,more than just being secular
actively seeks to eliminate religion from state institutions, laws and actively promotes
atheism to the general public

Kalliope Debattoernooi, Groningen, Netherlands, May 11-12 (translated)

R1: THW make membership of a political party mandatory

R2: TH celebrates (approves of) the existence of religion

R3: THW pay male teachers in primary school more than female teachers

R4: TH regrets the founding of the state of Israel

R5: THW ban media from publishing graphic depictions of terrorist attacks

Semi: THW ban private companies from choosing political positions and promoting them

Final: THW make fathers responsible for children, in financial and other terms, only if
they have given explicit permission for their birth

Belgrade Open, Belgrade, Serbia, May 17-19

R1: THBT Djokar Tsarnev, the Boston Marathon bomber, should be given the death
penalty

R2: THW take the children of Roma who live traditional lifestyles into state care

R3: THW reverse austerity measures in Europe

R4: THW allow voters to dismiss their government during its term through citizen
initiated referenda

R5: THBT EU should offer Middle Eastern and North African states membership in
exchange for successful democratic transformation

Semi: Additive manufacturing or 3D printing is the process of making a threedimensional solid object of almost any shape from a downloadable design. Currently,
they can be used to create shoes, electronic devises, guns and even houses. In future,
their uses are likely to grow. Motion: THW ban the sale of 3D printers to households

Final: THW replace the national sport teams of Ex-Yugoslavian republics with new
unified teams

Brder Grimm Cup, Marburg, Germany, May 19-20 (translated)

R1: Should self-incriminating reports for tax evasion no longer lead to amnesty/ower
punishment?

R2: Should Members of Parliaments be allowed to have family members as employees?

R3: Should works of art no longer be restored?

R4: Should genetic testing right after birth be made mandatory?

Semi: Should Telecommunications providers be required by law to ensure net neutrality?

Final: Should there be a quota for young people in top political offices?

History Tournament, Marburg, Germany, May 27 (translated)

R1: TH is Martin Luther. THW not publish the Theses

R2: During WWII: THBT the Western Allies should under no circumstances cooperate
with Stalin

R3: In the middle of the 19th century: THW stop export of food products from Ireland
until the Great Famine ends

Final: TH is Gandhi. THW declare war on the English occupation

Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft, Munchen, Germany, May 30 - June 2

R1: Should bullfighting be forbidden?

R2: Should teams be excluded from sports matches when one of their team members
has taken doping?

R3: Seed companies seek out strong-yielding plants and sterilise the seeds. The plants
cannot produce fertile seeds and the companies protect their license
rights. Motion: Should plant sterilisation be banned?

R4: Assume the technical possibility of a manned flight to Mars, without the possibility to
survive there on a long-term basis, or to return: Should we send a manned spacecraft to
Mars?

R5: Germany has about 1.3 million so-called Austocker: employees whose work salaries
lie below the poverty level and who therefore receive additional unemployment benefits
from the state (Kombilohn)Motion: Should we abolish adding to wages until the income
reaches the poverty line?

R6: After a civil war, should the ethnic groups involved be separated, even through
forced resettlement?

Octofinal: Should commuter allowances be abolished?

Quarterfinal: Servicemen and women are equal before the law in the Armed Forces. In
practice, women are not used on the frontline (as special commandos for
example). Motion: should women be employed in the frontline?

Semi final: Should prisoners on hungerstrike be forcefed?

Final: When the Bundestag votes on matters of conscience, the members can vote
without party discipline. Should the People decide on matters of conscience instead of
the Parliament?

Riga Debate Academy, Riga, Latvia, May 31-June 2

R1: THW remove the right to vote upon retirement

R2: THBT the targeting of religious sites is a legitimate tool of war

R3: THW make fines relative to wealth

R4: TH, as a Russian-speaking Latvian, would not vote for a Russian party in Latvian
elections.

Final: THW require couples that intend to enter into official partnerships to be informed of
their partners full genetic profile and other health issues

Bristol Open, Bristol, England, June 8

R1: THW prosecute attempted murder and murder as the same crime

R2: THBT the disappearance of marriage from society will be more beneficial for LGBT
individuals than their inclusion in it

R3: THBT the USA should fund Private Military Companies (PMCs) to fight the war on
drugs in Mexico

R4: TH regrets the use of extreme tactics by feminist groups in countries with poor
equalities records (like Femen, Pussy Riot and their supporters)

Final: Where a suitable job is available in an individual's country of origin, THW require
anyone wishing to emigrate to first repay the state the cost of any government services
they have received to that point.

GDPPC Open, Budapest, Hungary, June 21-23

R1: THBT tech companies should never share user information with governments.

R2: In fighting prostitution, THW criminalize only the demand.

R3: THBT Stark Industries should have open-sourced the Iron man suit.

R4: THBT IMF should pay reparations to Greece.

R5: THBT The New York Post shouldn't have published the photo (edit: showing a man
about to be overrun by a metro and die)

Semi: THW restart the Esperanto project.

Final: THBT offenders with drug dependency should be sent into treatment rather than to
prison.

Berlin IV, Berlin, Germany, June 21-23

R1: THW forbid the Supreme Court to annul legislation.

R2: THW ban fortune-telling for profit.

R3: As an emerging nation, THW allow the manufacture and sale of generic drugs even
in cases where patents or international treaties are infringed.

R4: THW give security services total and unrestricted access to citizens data on social
media and webmail services.

Semi: THW introduce an immediate democracy. (Information slide: Immediate

democracy is a method in which citizens can change their vote at any time. The number
of MPs given to each party is allocated on a daily basis and represents the current
support percentage of the population. In this system there are no elections, but the
number of MPs from each party can change every day.)

Final: THW support popular uprisings against dictators even in cases they are lead by
Islamist extremist.

Elbe Open, Magdeburg, Germany, June 22-23 (translated)

R1: THW grant patients the full right to inspect records of their own treatment from
psychotherapists

R2: THB the continuing European Central Bank Policy of low interest rate focus is wrong

R3: TH does not want a society in which people are immortal

R4: THW force theatres that are funded by public money to allow the public to determine
its programming

Semi: THW remove the 5% election threshold for Islamic parties in all parliamentary
elections

Final: THW promote pornography that challenges gender cliches

Essex IV, Essex, England, June 29

R1: TH supports the use of child labour in the developing world.

R2: THBT Beyonce is good for feminism.

R3: THBT community vigilante groups have been a force for good in the fight against
gangs and gang crime in Mexico.

R4: TH regrets the rise and dominance of Facebook (and other social media sites like
Twitter) in Western liberal democracies

Final: THBT the African Union should refuse to cooperate with the ICC and instead
pursue their own means of justice.

Vienna Mini, Vienna, Austria, June 28-29

R1: THW privatise healthcare

R2: THBT that Australia should replace its current flag with the aboriginal one

R3: THW eliminate standardised testing for university admission

R4: THBT Pixar's next animated motion picture should have a same-sex couple as
protagonists

Final: As Quadriga, THW not have retracted Putin's award (info)

ULU Westminster IV, England, July 6-7

R1: THBT Greece should ban the Golden Dawn party.

R2: THW force universities to make all their lectures available for free online

R3: TH regrets the rise of mega-rich football clubs (such as Chelsea, Manchester City,
PSG, Monaco, Anzhi M. etc)

R4: THBT Barack Hussein Obama should call off the prosecution of NSA whistleblower
Edward Snowden

R5: THW give extra votes to young adults

Final: THW offer EU membership to Middle Eastern and North African states that
achieve successful democratic transition

English Open, Israel, July 7

R1: THW ban international adoption

R2: Info Slide - State capitalism is an economic model in which companies are privately
owned and compete in a free market of consumers, yet the state often intervenes by
investing heavily in favored firms, forcing managerial changes, and making other
decisions aimed at stabilizing and strengthening the economy. Famous state-capitalist
nations include Singapore, China and Russia. Motion: TH supports state capitalism over
liberal capitalism.

R3: Info Slide - The US is currently involved in major nation building projects in
Afghanistian, including funding and support of democratic institutions, empowerment of
local leaders and investment in education. Motion: THBT The US should continue its
nation building efforts after it has left Afghanistan militarily.

R4: Info slide - In recent decades, many educational institutions have instructed their
teachers that bullying is a result of low self-esteem and other personal
problems.Motion: THBT educators should abandon the "pitiful bully" approach

Final: THBT citizens should be more worried about Google and Facebook's access to
their data, than the governments' access

Mix Team (pro-am tournament), Belgrade, Serbia, July 7-8 (translated)

R1 : THW introduce special schools for LGBTQI.

R2: THB that overthrowing Mohamed Morsi was a mistake.

R3: THW legally permit soldiers to refuse to participate in military actions or missions on
the basis of conscience

R4: THW introduce inheritance tax of 100%

Semi: THW provide parents access to their children profiles on social networks

Final: THW privatise all education

Imperial No Notes Open, London, England, July 13

R1: THBT in areas where there is a high level of drug-related crime, that laws
surrounding the sale and use of drugs should not be enforced.

R2: TH, as a parent in a western liberal democracy, would teach its child to respect
authority.

R3: THBT comedians should not use racist, sexist, or homophobic language, even for
the purposes of satire.

R4: TH, as Prometheus, would snub mankind

Final: as a promising young graduate, you are offered two jobs. One with a charity that
you would enjoy working for ("First Teach"), with reasonable pay. The other with a large
multinational firm (DelcentureMG) that provides higher pay, and better long term career
prospects. Motion: THW sell out to the man.

Frischlingscup, Tbingen, Germany, July 13 (translated)

R1: Do we need mandatory voting?

R2: Should modes of energy production that significantly alter the Umweltnieschen
(surrounding/environment?) be banned?

R3: Should there no longer be a possibility of early release in case of life sentences?

Final: Should we decide to categorically deny foreign missions for our army?

Earlsfort Open, Dublin, Ireland, July 20

R1: THW require all welfare recipients to take drug tests, and if they fail, cut off all
monetary benefits and replace with non-monetary benefits such as food/clothing
vouchers

R2: THBT post-conflict societies should set a history curriculum that emphasises the
wrongs done by their own community during that conflict

R3: THBT juries should be of the same demographic as the accused and victim in each
case

R4: THBT the overthrow of Egypt's President, Mohammed Morsi, is a setback to the
goals of the Arab Spring

R5: THW hold companies to a higher ethical standard than the law imposes on them

Semi: Presuming the technology existed to alter people's sexual orientation, THW make
that technology available on the national health service

Final: TH, as President Obama, would grant a presidential pardon to Edward Snowden

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Espaol (CMUDE or Worlds in

Spanish), Madrid, Spain, July 24-30 (translated)

R1: THW punish parents for the crimes their minor children commit

R2: THW give the death penalty to government officials that engage in acts of corruption

R3: TH regrets welfare policies promoted by Eurozone countries currently immersed in a

debt crisis

R4: THW pay poor people to not have children

R5: THW prohibit in financial settlements lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies

R6: THW allow organ donation only to those individuals who are donors

R7: THW help/support snitches (informants, informers)

R8: THBT developing countries should nationalise companies that extract their national
resources

R9: TH supports media censorship during times of political crisis

Quarter: TH regrets that Brazil is the host of the football World Cup 2014

Semi: TH would eliminate the Catholic Church on a global level (the Churchs global
governing level?)

Final: TH repents of the Spanish colonisation of Latin America

Patras Open, Patras, Greece, July 26-29

R1: THW ban the Golden Dawn

R2: THBT the state should not give religious institutions any financial benefits

R3: THBT the United Kingdom should abolish its monarchy

R4: TH regrets Disney's continuation of the Star Wars film saga

R5: THW abolish national sports teams

Semi: THBT the City of Thessaloniki should name one of its major avenues after Kemal
Atatrk

Final: TH as Socrates would not have drunk the hemlock

Bodden Cup, Greifswald, Germany, July 27-28 (translated)

R1: THW grant prisoners their right to vote back as soon as they are released

R2: THW support separatist movements in the EU

R3: THW employ asylum seekers as porters in train stations

R4: TH, which is Brazil, regrets its bid for hosting the 2014 World Cup

R5: THW abolish the separation period (Trennungsfristen) for marriages - (i.e. create
quick ends to marriage?)

Semi: THW limit the amount for new leases to a maximum of 10% above the local rent
index

Final: TH welcomes medical progress that enables women to have children after the
menopause

Heart of Europe British Parliamentary Debate track, Olomouc, Czech Republic,

July 29-August 1

R1: THW legalize prostitution.

R2: THBT immigration from developing countries should be made illegal.

R3: THBT abortions are morally justifiable.

R4: THW not cooperate with international financial institutions.

R5: THBT national states should not support minority cultures to the detriment of the
majority culture.

Final: THBT free sharing of copyrighted information should be tolerated.

SOAS Open, London, England, August 3

R1: THBT the LGBT movement should oppose gay bars that ban entrance to straight
customers

R2: THBT the government should subsidise private home ownership

R3: THBT in the event of Scotland voting for independence in 2014, the governmental
authorities of the North of England should petition the Scottish government for
membership of the new Scottish state

R4: THBT the Church of England should not take official stances on social, political and
economic issues not directly related to items of doctrine

Final: THBT the Norwegian Nobel Prize commitee should retrospectively remove
Barrack Obama's peace prize

SOAS invitational, London, England, August 4

R1: THBT new democracies should prevent revolutionary leaders from standing for
elected office

R2: THBT increased female participation in violent sports (such as boxing) is good for
women

R3: THBT the WTO should allow developing countries to impose tariffs on developed
countries

R4: THBT the USA should pay $1 trillion in war reparations to North Korea

Final: THW give the public the power, via referendum, to pardon whistleblowers.

DAPDI, Rotterdam, Netherlands, August 8-9

R1: THW legalise assisted suicide for any reason.

R2: THBT politicians have a right to a private life.

R3: THW require corporations which operate in both the developed and developing
worlds to apply the same labour rights to both.

R4: TH, as a woman, would sleep her way to the top.

R5: THW invade North Korea.

Semi: This House believes that the media, including but not limited to journalists and
photographers, have a duty to portray racist public figures in a negative light.

Final: This House, given the technology, would allow medical procedures which endow
human beings with superpowers

Manchester EUDC, Manchester, England, August 18-23

R1:THW ban video games in which the player engages in brutal and immoral violence in
a realistic setting

R2: THW require international development aid budgets to be approved by popular

referenda

R3: TH, as the Muslim Brotherhood, would sincerely offer to cease resistance,
participate in elections and respect a liberal constitution

R4: THW permit government agencies to conduct automated surveillance without court
authorisation

R5: THBT Israel should allow members of the Jewish diaspora to vote in elections

R6: TH applauds the rise of songs by female pop artists that glorify assertive female
sexuality. For example: Nothing on, I strut around; I do it big, I shut it down; I wonder if
youll be able to handle me; Rita Ora R.I.P

R7: THBT it is in Chinas strategic interest to cease all non-humanitarian assistance to

North-Korea until it verifiably ends its nuclear programme

R8: THBT Barack Obama should not have granted legal immunity to officials who
ordered the use of torture

R9: THW provide welfare in the form of basic goods and services rather than cash
payments

ESL Quarter: THBT men should consistently call out and correct chauvinistic claims by
colleagues and co-workers

Open Quarter: THBT African countries should adopt English as the principle language of
instruction

ESL Semi: THBT environmental agencies should start a campaign of sabotage and
destruction against major pollution companies

Open Semi: TH regrets that Western Media demonised Islamist Terrorists rather than
portraying them as criminals with legitimate grievances

ESL Final: THBT the state should not fund any works of art or performances that the
average citizen would not recognize as having artistic merit

Open Final: THW give more votes to citizens according to their performance on a current
affairs test

Debate Motions 2011-2012

2011

September
Red Sea Open, Israel, September 4-7

R1: THW ban the payment of ransoms

R2: THW force elected politicians and their families to use only public health and
education services

R3: THW mandate the use of condoms in porn

R4: THW prosecute violent fouls in sports as criminal assault

R5: Actually, THW rather see one innocent man go to jail than a 100 guilty men walk free

R6: THBT natural resources should belong to the world and not to any individual country

Semis: THBT a universal minimum standard of education is a prerequisite for democracy

Finals: THBT consent is not a source of moral legitimacy

World Russian Language BP Championships, Kyrgyzystan, September

17-20
EU-China Youth Debate Tournament, Beijing, September 23-28

R1: THBT EU membership should not be determined on the basis of geographic criteria

R2: THBT media company owners have the right to influence the nature of news

R3: THBT China should abolish the Gaokao in favour of allowing universities to
establish their own (admission) criteria

R4: THBT during riots it is legitimate for governments to deny access to social networks

QF: THBT a Chinese Marshall Plan should be initiated to save the Euro

SF: THW demand international corporations operating in China to uphold the same
environmental standards required in their home country

F: THBT Mandarin should be taught as the primary second language in all EU schools

October
Dutch Pro-Am Tournament, AUC Amsterdam, October 1

1. THW make parents pass a test before having children

2. THW halt all development aid to countries that punish homosexuality

3. THW allow the police full and unrestricted access to Facebook and other social media

4. THW ban corporate sponsorship of academic research

FINAL. THW allow convicted criminals the choice between their sentence and the same
number of years of weekly corporal punishment

Kiev Open, Ukraine, October 1-2

(theme of peace and non-violence)

R1 THBT there should be no limit on self-defence against violent crimes

R2 THW ban parades and demonstrations that could incite a violent response

R3 THBT the UN should offer large bounties for the capture of pirates and the
destruction of pirate ships

R4 THW ban all religions from actively seeking conversions

R5 THBT America and the EU should cease all financial, political and military aid to both
Israel and the Palestinian Authority until they reach a peace deal

Semi THW ban political parties that propagate racism and xenophobia

Final THBT even in an oppressive state, citizens should not turn to violence as a means
of opposition

Edinburgh Cup, Scotland, October 8-9

R1 THW ban nuclear energy

R2 THW abolish the British Monarchy

R3 THB the UN should immediately recognise and independent state of Palestine

R4 THW cease all austerity measures in favour of a massive increase in government

spending

Semi: THW start a marxist revolution

Final: THB the world is a safer place since the collapse of the USSR

Masters, the Netherlands, October 15 (translated)

R1: THW give Parliament the right to determine the moment a monarch steps down

R2: THW deny Greece the Euro (or: THW kick Greece out of the Eurozone)

R2: THW remove the right to religious freedom from the constitution

Final: THW help countries with the death penalty to implement it humanely

UCL Presidents Cup, England, October 15

SOAS IV, England, October 22-23

R1 THW give harsher punishments to those who commit crimes during riots

R2 THW have minimum quotas for different ethnic groups living in public housing estates

R3 THBT serving military generals should be prohibited from talking to the Media

R4 THBT the Indian Government Should Ban marriage between Members of the Same
Caste

R5 THW create a free market for the sale of babies

Quarter THBT Mexico Should Legalise the Sale, Production and Transit of all Drugs

ESL semi THW allow constituents to recall their elected representatives

Semi THW end all subsidies for small farms

ESL final THBT the countries of former Yugoslavia should create a common history
curriculum and textbooks

Final TH regrets the extra judicial killing of Colonel Gaddafi

Irish Times Debates First Round

(30th October - November 12)

Heat 1 THW cut all foreign aid in times of recession

Heat 2 TH is Disgusted by 'Toddlers and Tiaras' and other Child Beauty Pagants

Heat 3 THB it's High Time the Monarchy was Abolished

Heat 4 THB Manchester City and Teams of their Ilk are Ruining Football

Heat 5 THW give Extra Leaving Cert Points for Extra Curricular Activities

Heat 6 THW use Military Force to Remove Kim Jong Il from Power Immediately

Heat 7 THB that Barack Obama's Presidency has been a Success

Heat 8 THW Abolish the Minimum Wage

Heat 9 THB it's Abhorrent for Western Countries to Employ Doctors from the Third
World

Heat 10 THW Introduce Mandatory Paternity Leave

Heat 11 THB Norris was/is the Right Choice for President of Ireland

Heat 12 THB Wireless Internet Access Should be a Right not a Privilege

Heat 13 THW Force People to take a Mandatory Civics Test before Voting in National
Elections/Referendas

Heat 14 THB the IOC Should Ban Drug Cheats for Life

Heat 15 TH Regrets the Demise of the Green Party

Heat 16 THW Remove all Catholic Control of Public Education by the End of the
School Year

UCD Novice Cup, Ireland, October 27

UCD VP, Ireland, October 28-29

R1 THW outsource the capture of elusive criminals to bounty-hunters.

R2 THBT Ireland should create constituencies, elected by people who emigrate from
Ireland

R3 THW grant aboriginal peoples copyrights over depictions of their culture.

R4 THW allow the families of dead people to sue for libel on their behalf

R5 THBT it is legitimate for politicians to lie to the electorate about their real views.

Semi : THW grant minors the right to euthanasia regardless of parental consent.

Final: Regardless of the relative efficiency of various economic systems, THBT

meritocracy is a just way of allocating resources.

NAMDA Novice, England, October 29

R1: THW Only Imprison Criminals Who Threaten the Safety of Citizens.

R2: THW End Fiscal Austerity and Increase Government Security on Education, Health
and Infrastructure.

R3: THBT Israel was Right to Negotiate the Release of Gilad Shilat.

R4: THW Ban the Production and Consumption of Meat.

R5: THW Allow Doctors to Lie to Patients in Order to Use the Placebo Effect (not sure of
wording)

Final: THW Ban Porn

Bath IV, England, October 29

Imperial College Open, England, October 29

R1: THBT the media should not report the declared motivations of protesters who use
violence

R2: THBT emerging democracies should limit their presidents to a single term in office

R3: THW not contact, trade or otherwise engaging with uncontacted Yanomami
communities in the Amazon forest

R4: THW disband the BBC

Final: The House does not regret the invasion of Iraq.

November

UCU Open, the Netherlands, November 4-5

R1 THBT the USA should stop its military support of Taiwan

R2 THBT the state has a duty to provide free, unlimited and uncensored access to the
Internet at every home

R3 THW legalise all forms of hatespeech

R4 THW still pronounce a verdict for civil cases which have been settled out of court

R5 THBT each country has a duty to limit population growth

Semi You are the commander of an Israeli submarine in the Persian Gulf. It is the day
after Israel was annihilated in a surprise Iranian nuclear attack: THW not use Israel's
second strike capabilities

Final THW halt all state-sponsored efforts to integrate immigrants into society

Newcastle IV, England, November 4

Durham IV, England, November 5-6

R1 THB the police should not create perp walks.

R2 THW teach boys those aspects of subjects which are thought to be most interesting
to them, such as military history.

R3 THW require all newspapers to be constituted as cooperatives, owned and run by

journalists.

R4 Insofar as it is cost effective, THBT authorities should routinely gather and access as
much information, including private and personal information, that may conceivably be
useful in solving or preventing crime, as possible.

R5 THW punish NHS workers who do not blow the whistle on malpractice, corruption or
negligence, of which they know, as if they had carried out the act themselves.

Main Break Semi Finals This house would not prosecute people living below the
poverty line for purely acquisitive crime.

Novice Final This house believes it is illegitimate for governments to prevent any
peaceful protest in public space.

Main Break Final This house believes that the media should not use the phrase 'big
society' uncritically.

Mostar Pro-Am Training Tournament, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

November 5-6
John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 (November 8 - December 5)

Heat 1 THW positively discriminate for women in the armed forces

Heat 2 THW introduce a salary cap for European footballers

Heat 3 THB The state should financially support newspapers

Heat 4 THW only hire disabled actors to play disabled characters

Heat 5 THW abolish JobBridge

Heat 6 THW set a cap on pay for all chief executives and other high level employees of
chartities.

Heat 7 THW abolish geographical constituencies and hold only national elections

Heat 8 THW allow people to sell their organs.

Heat 9 THW give social welfare in the form of vouchers.

Heat 10 THW abolish all laws prohibiting cruelty to animals

Heat 11 THW allow parents to remove their children from sex education classes.

Heat 12 THBT news outlets should not have shown images of Gaddafis corpse

Heat 13 THW dismantle power sharing in the North and elect the Stormont Assembly by
PR STV

Heat 14 THW ban the use, in schools, of literature that reinforces traditional gender
roles.

Heat 15 THW Not outsource the running of hospitals to private companies.

Heat 16 THW allow police to temporarily suspend social networking sites in the interest
of restoring law and order

Heat 17 THW publicly fund research into paranormal phenomena

Heat 18 THW Occupy Dame Street

Heat 19 THW impose a moratorium on home foreclosures

Heat 20 THW prohibit the release of previously unpublished artistic works, after the
death of the creator, author or musician

Heat 21 TH regrets the popularity of the Twilight series

Heat 22 THW Would Reintroduce Hard Labour in Prisons

Heat 23 THW not lie to its children about Santa Claus

Heat 24 THB that it is in the interests of womens equality to campaign against maternity
leave.

Heat 25 THW require internet subscribers to opt in in order to be able to view

pornorgraphic websites

Heat 26 That military officers should be allowed to publicly criticise the government

Heat 27 This House would allow the defendants that belong to a minority group to
choose to be judged by a jury composed exclusively of other members of their same
minority group.

Heat 28 THW (assuming the technology existed) implant irremovable tracking chips in its
citizens

Heat 29 THBT Trade Unions do more harm than good for workers

Heat 30 THBT destruction of private property is a legitimate tool for environmental

campaigners

Heat 31 THW End All State Funding For The Arts

Heat 32 THW Allow People To Sell Their Organs

Oxford IV, England, November 11-12

R1 THBT sexual education classes in schools should teach techniques or pure sexual
gratification (including but not limited to ...list follows)

R2 THBT in developing countries aid organisations should be banned from religious

proselytyzing

R3 THW suspend trade unions and labour protection laws in times of economic crisis

R4 THBT Israel should Materially Support Arab Pro-Democratic Movements

R5 THW place a special tax on successful artists in order to fund new and developing
artists

Quarter THBT international law should allow states which accept refugees to sue the
states they come from for compensation.

ESL Semi THBT the LBGT movement should not support Gay Pride marches

Semi THW establish brothels on military bases

ESL Final THBT the leaders of big world corporations should be democratically chosen
by national elections

Final THW establish geographical zones in which the sale, possession, and use of drugs
is legal

Yorkshire Novice Cup, England, November 12

Bogwall, Scotland, November 18-19

Round 1: This house would ban under 18's from appearing on reality TV shows

Round 2: This house would ban all space exploration for the foreseeable future

Round 3: This house would globally create a tax on financial transactions

Round 4: This house would apply all libel law to content produced on social networking
sites

Final: This house would euthanise all people on their 80th brithday

Cambridge IV, England, November 18-19

R1: THW allow family members to forcibly commit proven alcoholics and drug addicts to
rehabilitation clinics

R2: THBT all research organizations should institute codes of conduct that forbid the
creation of strong Artificial Intelligence (Info slide: A Weak Artificial Intelligence is only capable of solving
narrowly defined problems. A Strong AI is capable of all the same kinds of intellectual tasks as human beings. A Strong AI
would be able to reason, plan, learn, adapt, and communicate in natural language. Researchers at major universities have
made significant progress towards the creation of Strong AI.)

R3: THW provide financial assistance to inner city communities to prevent gentrification

R4: THBT China should make extracting a full apology for Japans war crimes a top
strategic priority

R5: THBT feminism should not campaign against polygamy in poor countries

QF: THW consider the use of conscripts a war crime

ESL SF: THW take the children of the Amish into care

SF: TH regrets the rise of a distinct African American culture

ESL F: THB that it is morally legitimate for Occupy Movement to use violence to
undermine capitalist institutions

F: THW break Googles search monopoly

IDAS, Slovenia, November 25-27

IDAS Training

Showdebate: THW make voting a use it or lose it right

Debate 1 THBT state has an obligation to fund the arts

Debate 2 THBT all countries education systems should focus on the teaching of English

Debate 3 THW allow abortion only in the case of both parents consent

Debate 4 THBT the European experiment has failed

Debate 5 THBT media in liberal Western democracies is not independent and free

Debate 6 THW give every citizen a positive and a negative vote in elections

Debate 7 TH supports the implementation of a global Robin Hood tax

Debate 8 TH regrets the undemocratic election of Italys and Greeces president

Debate 9 THBT the EU should make Serbian membership conditional upon Serbias
acceptance of gay rights

Debate 10 THBT newly democratised Arab countries should not allow religious parties to
participate in elections

IDAS Tournament

R1: This House believes that the media should show the full horror of war

R2: This House approves of "hacktivism" against misbehaving corporations.

R3: THW give transnational EU citizenship to Roma.

R4: THBT there will be no peace in the Middle East without an independent Palestine.

R5: THBT war criminals should be put on trial in their home countries.

R6: THBT states should guarantee legally enforceable socio-economic rights.

Quarter:THBT Greece should go bankrupt

Semi: THBT companies should be held liable in their home countries for environmental
damage in other countries

Final: THBT the feminist movement should seek a ban on pornography

Irish Times Round 2, Ireland, November 25 - November 30

Heat 1 - "THW Remove all State Funding from RTE"

Heat 2 - "THB if Josef Mengele had Discovered a Cure for Cancer, it'd be morally
Acceptable to use it"

Heat 3 "THW Remove Equal State Suffrage in the United States Senate"

Heat 4 "TH Supports 'The Right to be Forgotten' (in relation to internet privacy)"

Heat 5 "THB Enda Kenny's first 9 months as Taoiseach have been a success"

Heat 6 "THW Allow Organised Fight Clubs"

Heat 7 "THW Introduce Sex-Affirmative Action for Corporate Executives"

Heat 8 "THW Abolish Libel"

Cicero Debattoernooi, the Netherlands, November 26 (translated)

R1: THBT American political parties should hold their primaries nation-wide on one day

R2: THBT immigration is a good solution to counter an aging population

R3: THW nationalise the banking sector

R4: (In 2050 scientists have localised the gen that causes paedophilic tendencies. The
gen can be surgically removed/turned off without major impact) THW require everyone
with the gen to undergo surgery, even if they have never been convicted of a crime

R5: THW ban all advertising

Semi: THBT large-scale land redistribution are a legitimate way to combat poverty in the
third world

Final: THW require the ICC to prosecute Netanyahu

ESU England Mace, England, November 26-27

Round 1: THW allow gifted students to skip years in primary and secondary school

Round 2: THBT all countries should abandon the fight against climate change and
should just seek to adapt to its consequences

Round 3: (Pre-released motion) THBT all US primary elections should be held on the
same day

Round 4: THB the EU should centrally govern all vital aspects of the economies of
heavily indebted eurozone nations

Round 5: THBT single parents in prison should be provided with special treatment to
allow them to raise their young children from behind bars

Semi-Final: THBT Pakistan should cease all assistance to the United States in the fight
against the Taliban

Grand Final: THW criminalise all forms of racist speech and behaviour, even where it
falls short of directly inciting racial hatred or violence

Zeit Debatte Karlsruhe, Germany, November 26-27 (translated)

R1: Should appeal procedures (Einspruchsmglichkeiten) against construction projects

for renewable energy be cancelled?

R2: Should the inclusion of disabled children in German schools be stopped?

R3: Should the NPD be banned?

R4 (1st in-between round): : Should human rights be cancelled for those persons who
violate human rights?

R5 (2nd in-between round): Should news be censored when it could shake the
confidence in the public finances of a Eurozone member?

Semi: Should the West support the uprising in Syria militarily?

Final: Do we need a United States of Europe?

Moscow Open, Russia, November 26-27

R1: THW ban the smacking of children

R2: THBT one party's maximum share in the parliament should be limited to 50% + 1
place

R3: THBT eurozone countries that are in danger of default should be forced to give up
control over taxation and budget spending in addition to receiving a bail-out.

R4: THBT legislators should not take the will of the people into consideration, when the
reason behind it is religious

R5: THBT countries should use political leverage to influence judicial proceedings
involving their citizens in other countries.

Semi-final: THBT Russia along with the EU & US should implement a complete trade
ban with Iran

Final: THBT society would be better if the primary duty of companies were to their
workers and not to their shareholders

December
Cork IV, Ireland, December 2-3

R1: THBT all bail-out packages should be approved by a popular referendum in the
recipient party

R2: THBT the Arab League should impose an oil embargo on the EU until the EU
member states lift their ban on the Islamic Veil

R3: THBT it would be better if Sinn Fein took their seats (in the UK parliament)

R4: THBT Virginia Tech should remember Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter, along with his
victims in its memorials and launch 33 balloons

R5: THW allow defendants in criminal trials to ask the judge to be acquitted on the
grounds that the law they broke was unjust, and would instruct all juries to take this
defense into account

Semi: THBT the State should give everyone an equal salary, paid for by the government,
even if they are unemployed

Novice final: THBT the State should have no role in the recognition of marriage

Final: THW refuse war veterans the right to vote

Paris Centrale IV, France, December 2-3

R1: THBT parenthood should be by license only

R2: THBT states should actively try to break down internet censorship of foreign regimes

R3: THBT gay professional sportspeople have a duty to come out

R4: THBT the European Union should have direct powers of taxation

R5: THW legalize opium production in Afghanistan

Semi-final: THBT serial marital infidelity should be a bar to seeking high political office

Final: THW partition Belgium

Estonian Pro-Am Tournament, Estonia, December 3

R1: THBT the Russian language should be an official language of Estonia

R2: THW ban pornography

R3: THBT political assassination is a legitimate tool for foreign policy

R4: THW have a maximum wage

Final: THW stop all measures to prevent suicides

Finnish National Championships, Finland, December 3

R1: THW break the state monopoly on alcohol

R2: THW not fund public service broadcasters (like YLE or BBC)

R3: THBT free health care should cover cosmetic surgery

R4: THBT Finland should unilaterally pull out of the Euro

Semis: THW create a common European defence force

Finals: THW appoint the parliament by lottery

ESU Welsh Mace, Wales, December 3

KCL IV, England, December 3

R1: THBT High Schools should not award the titles Prom King and Prom Queen at the
Senior Prom

R2: THW Make Substantial Military Service a Condition for Running for the Presidency
of the United States

R3: THBT Facebook, Google, and Yahoo should take active steps to prevent the
formation of "filter bubbles"

R4: THW allow individuals to legally occupy any building that has been unused for more
than 6 months

Semi: THBT the Japanese Government should allow its citizens to form leagues of
masked vigilantes to fight the Yakuza

Final: THBT Courts in Emerging Democracies should break up persistently dominant

political parties

Sheffield IV, England, December 3

SSE Riga IV, Latvia, December 9-10

R1: THBT Western nations should make development aid conditional on the protection
of LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) rights.

R2: THBT governments should lie to their populations in time of economic crisis, where
the lies are deemed likely to improve the economy.

R3: THW make any language which is spoken by at least 5% of the population an official
state language and offer all state service in that language.

R4: THBT the US military should destroy Iran's nuclear program.

R5: THW require all media aimed at children to undermine traditional gender roles

SF: THW make the US pay reparations to its Muslim citizens.

F: THBT the time for the United States of Europe has come.

Streitcultur Cup, Tuebingen, Germany, December 9 (translated)

R1: Fake or Real: Should photoshopped (retouched) images be banned in

advertisement?

R2: Should states that financially support other states in crisis situations get a say in that
countrys internal politics?

R3: Should the concept of household income be abolished for taxation purposes? (Soll
das Ehegattensplitting abgeschafft werden?)

Final: In the name of the people: do we need jury panels in our courts?

Stuttgart IV, Germany, December 10-11

R1: THW make the right to vote contingent on basic knowledge about political issues

R2: THBT the EU should limit the amount of energy individuals are allowed to consume

R3: As a parent, THW not lie to its children about the existence of Santa Claus

R4: THW allow young boys to undergo chemical castration to preserve their singing
voices

Semi: This house would militarily intervene in Syria

Final: THW make Drions pill publicly available

Lancaster IV, England, December 10

Bristol IV, England, December 10
Birmingham IV, England, December 17-18
Dutch Novice Cup, the Netherlands, December 17 (translated)

R1: THW enable people to sue their partner for compensation in case of infedility

R2: THW abolish political parties and only allow election of individuals

R3: THW set ethnic quota per school

Final: Situation: you are an unparalelled neurochemist. By accident, you discover a

cheap medicine without side effects that can guarantee heterosexuality in unborn
children. Motion: You would make your discovery public

De La Salle Worlds, Philippines, December 28-January 4

R1: THW make fathers take paternity leave.

R2: THW prevent politicians from making fact claims that, while not technically lies, are
substantially misleading to voters.

R3: THW force large companies who leave an area to pay the costs of any resulting
structural unemployment.

R4: THW require individuals to use all their wealth beyond USD 5 million for
philanthropic projects.

R5: THW require deaf parents to send their children (whether deaf or hearing) to
mainstream schools for their primary and secondary education.

R6: TH supports politicians who pass progressive legislation, even where this is contrary
to the wishes of the democratic electorate.

R7: TH supports the free movement of labour worldwide.

R8: THW exempt academic disputes from defamation law.

R9: THW ban all private healthcare in favour of a comprehensive public healthcare
system.

Open octos: THW not allow a single media company to own multiple TV channels or
newspapers (whether in print or online).

ESL quarters: THW limit government ministers standard of living to that of someone on
the current median wage.

Open quarters: THBT Western consultants advising dictatorships have a moral duty to
sabotage them.

ESL semis: In countries with few female politicians, THB it is good to have a politically
active first lady.

EFL semis: THBT when doctors discover a patient has STDs, they should reveal that
info to the patients partner.

Open semis: THBT images designed to even slightly sexually attract/aroused viewer
should be restricted to specialist adult shot/xxx domain.

EFL final: THBT public education systems should raise the aspirations of children from
disadvantaged backgrounds beyond that which is realistic to expect them to achieve.

ESL final: TH supports scientists who fabricate evidence exaggerating the certainty of
man-made climate change, where there is a low likelihood to be caught.

Open final: TH supports nationalism.

Motions 2012

January

Zeit Debatte Hamburg, Germany, January 13-15 (translated)

R1: Should pensioners be obliged to do voluntary work?

R2: Should the 9th of November be Germanys national holiday?

R3: Do we need a common European asylum and migration policy?

R4: Should the debt limit on Lnder be abolished?

R5: Should people with prostheses be allowed to participate in regular sports

competitions, even when the prostheses could be considered advantageous?

Semi: Should research in all German universities exclusively serve civil and peaceful
purposes?

Final: Should the position of national president be abolished?

Nottingham Trent IV, England, January 14

Berlin New Years Invitational, Germany, January 20 (translated)

R1: THBT the Brasilian state should prosecute a murder that happens among one of the
uncontacted peoples in the rainforest

R2: THBT in states where cloning is allowed for research purposes, it should be possible
to purchase Chimren (a copy body? genetic material?)

R3: THW prohibit missionary work that pronounces abstention as the only godly way
against the spread of HIV

R4: THBT the State should put freedom over security in case of doubt

Final: THBT fathers have the right to get a fatherhood test even against the explicit wish
of the mother

Berlin Punk, Germany, January 21-22

R1: THW make the use of public transport free

R2: THW forbid celebrities to present their children in the media

R3: THBT education is a federal matter

R4: THBT the EU should impose an embargo on countries where child labour exists

Semi: THBT endangered animal species should not be actively protected

Final: THBT judges should have the option to sentence people to human trials (medical
trials?)

Oxford Womens Open, England, January 20-21

R1: THBT religious organisations should be subject to all aspects of civilian law
(including, but not limited to: employment practice, adoption policy,...)

R2: THW require military training to include extensive ethical and philosophical study

R3:THW vote Republican

R4: THW legalise S&M

R5: THB it is legitimate to use violence to defend private property

Semi: TH, as the UN, would use only private military companies for peace keeping
operations

Final: THW raise its child without gender

London IV, England, January 21

Rotterdam BP Tournament, Netherlands, January 21 (translated)

R1: THW allow Fight Clubs to be founded

R2: THW give police the same investigative powers as under the anti-terrorism
framework when dealing with loverboys (men who trick young women into becoming
prostitutes)

R3: THBT the EU should focus all its efforts on the Common Market (should only strive
for a Common Market)

R4: THW oblige prospective parents with a genetic disease to use embryo selection

Semi: THW suspend all sanctions on North Korea

Final: THW impose a legal duty of care on adult children for their parents

Trinity IV, Ireland, January 27-28

R1: THW disclose the ethnicity of a sperm/egg donor to the prospective parent

R2: THBT goverments should only fund bailouts of other countries if they get permission
to do so in a referendum

R3: THBT the US should give South Korea weapons

R4: THBT the feminist groups should not campaign against abortion

R5: THBT the US should pay reparations to its Muslim population for policies carried out
in the aftermath of 9/11

Quarter: THBT Boston College should release the IRA tapes

Semi: TH whishes that Barack Obama had faced a primary challenge

Final: THW welcome the downfall of global capitalism

York IV, England, January 27

R1: THW force broadcasters to display, promote and report womens sport equally to
mens sport.

R2: THW allow people to opt in to drugs that have not yet passed clinical trials.

R3: THW make Georgia a NATO member.

R4: THW ban the private production of pornography and replace it with state-produced
pornography that promotes respect and good treatment for women.

Semi: THW prevent foreign ownership of significant domestic companies

Final: THW treat the desecration and destruction of sites of historical or cultural value as
a crime against humanity

Irish Mace Debates Round 2, January 24 - February 4

Heat One: THW remove all hate speech laws

Heat Two: THW allow religious duty/compulsion as a mitigating defense for crimes

Heat Three: THW ban media reporting on violent crimes

Heat Four: THW hold parents responsible for the crimes of their kids

Heat Five: THW make rehabilitation the sole criteria for releasing criminals from prison

Heat Six: THW ban works of literature/film/music that glorify criminality

Heat Seven: THW compel priests to report a crime which they learn of through
confession

Heat Eight: TTHW abolish the practice of plea bargaining

Heat Nine:: THW end the use of prisons

Heat Ten: THW, in countries where the death penalty is in use, not allow anyone to
watch the execution

Heat Eleven: THW take socio-economic background into account when sentencing
criminals

Heat Twelve: TTHW prosecute domestic violence without the consent of the victim

Heat Thirteen: THBT post-revolution states should delegate all trials and sentencing of
former rulers and high ranking officials to the international community

Heat Fourteen: THW Elect its Judges Democratically

Heat Fifteen: THW publish a list of convicted sex offenders

Heat Sixteen: THW ban alcohol

French Debate Association Tournament Preliminary Rounds, Paris,

France, January 26 - March 5

Heat One: THBT we live in a mediaocracy

Heat Two: THB in the Holy Trinity: Apple, Google and Facebook

Heat Three: THBT life begins at 25

Heat Four: THBT politicians should retire at 65 like everybody else

Heat Five: THB in freedom at all costs

Heat Six: THB in a three-day week-end

Heat Seven: THW blow the whistle

Heat Eight: THBT physical appearance is a fundamental criterion for good leadership

Heat Nine: THB politicians should have a sense of humor

Heat Ten: THBT If You Are Not In Fashion, You Are Nobody

Heat Eleven: THBT science has replaced philosophy

Heat Twelve: THBT men build too many walls and not enough bridges

Heat Thirteen: THBT if it isn't broken, break it

Heat Fourteen: THW look back in anger

Heat Fifteen: THBT greed is good

Heat Sixteen: THBT If It's Not Fun, You're Not Doing It Right.

Heat Seventeen: THBT the best is yet to come

Heat Eighteen: THBT stale, pale males still rule

February
Irish Times Semi Finals, January 31 - February 7

Semi Final A THB the Protection of National Identity is a Legitimate Reason to Restrict
Immigration

Semi Final B THB in a State of Anarchy

Semi Final C THB Feminism has Run it's Course

Semi Final D THW Vote for Mitt Romney to be the Next President of the United States
of America

Warwick IV, England, February 4

Aghveryan IV, Armenia, February 6

R1: THW punish sports teams for the criminal and violent behaviour of their fans.

R2: THW ban foreign citizens from adopting Armenian children.

R3: THW add a right to internet access to the Armenian constitution.

R4: THB that the Armenian media does not adequately represent the views and
concerns of Armenian society.

Final: THB that journalism is more effective than political protest in holding governments
responsible for their actions.

Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi Amsterdam (BDT), Netherlands, February

11 (translated)

R1: THW fire civil servants who refuse to wed same-sex couples

R2: THW ban Martijn, a paedophile association (vereniging)

R3: THW transform the EU into a United States of Europe

R4: THW abolish deposit guarantee schemes everywhere

R5: THW ban imports from countries where workers do not have the liberty to form
unions

Semi: THW abolish patents on computer software

Final: THW instate a general pardon to asylum seekers who have lived in the
Netherlands for five years as a minor, and for their parents/legal guardians if they are
currently still a minor

Galway Open, Ireland, February 11-12

R1: THB It is Illegitimate for the State to Attempt to Instill Morals or Values in Children in
Schools

R2: THW Prosecute Barack Obama for War Crimes

R3: TH Regrets the Existence of Valentine's Day

R4: from the view of Iran: THW Build a Nuclear Weapon

R5: THB the State Should Impose a Maximum Income of 50000, inc benefits,
commissions, bonuses, etc.

Semi: THW ban all technology in the pursuit of the genetic enhancement of humanity

Final: in the context of The Matrix: THW take the Blue Pill

Cardiff IV, Wales, February 11

R1: THW create a separate league for athletes who choose to take performance
enhancing substances.

R2: THW require all video games that ostensibly depict realistic combat to adhere to the
rules of war

R3: THW abolish the concept of limited liability

R4: THW create a separate state where all women and only women can claim
citizenship

Final: Context: You are a young man in Galilee about 2000 years ago. You are
charismatic and clever. You have the ability to gain a devoted following. People believe
you are the son of God and are able to perform a number of miracles, like foodmultiplication and healing. Motion: THW use the influences gained from these abilities
and beliefs to propagate socialist values that are justified through faith.

ESU Scottish Mace, Scotland, February 11

Irish Mace Third Round, February 12 - 14

Heat One: THW allow the families of victims of war crimes to sue the country
responsible for reparations

Heat Two: THW grant amnesty to dictators who voluntarily leave office

Heat Three: THW Make the directors of multi-national companies criminally responsible
for any environmental damage caused by their company in the developing world

Heat Four: THW refuse to extradite criminals to countries with the death penalty

Heat Five: THW Never hold major sporting events in countries with ongoing human
rights violations

Heat Six: THW allow the global free movement of people

Heat Seven: THW believes that it is legitimate for parliaments to delegate sovereignty to
the EU without any need for referendum

Heat Eight: THW use military force to deliver aid in humanitarian crises

Final Irish Times, Ireland, February 17

THW Abolish Prisons

LSE Open, England, February 17-18

R1: THW legalise all forms of assisted suicide for mentally sound people

R2: TH regrets the strong social norms in favour of lifelong monogamy

R3: THBT western countries should invest primarily in air power rather than ground
troops for future military interventions

R4: THBT the education system should promote equality of outcomes over equality of
opportunities

R5: TH welcomes the advent of extreme genetic enhancements for human beings

Quarter: info slide: behavioural economics, rival changes in the way choices are
presented changes behaviour THBT the state should systematically use subconscious
manipulation to nudge citizens towards good choices

Semi: THBT Western foreign policy should seek to prevent China's acquisition of Africa's
natural land and resources

ESL Final: THBT national governments should aim to depopulate rather than regenerate
areas with few viable economic activities

Final: TH regrets the decline of Marxism in liberal Western democracies

Aberdeen Open, Scotland, February 17-18

R1: THBT the Gay Rights Movement Should Campaign For The Abolition of Marriage,
Rather Than Marriage Equality

R2: THBT the UK Should Leave The EU

R3: Info Slide: Scientific research has found evidence that a particular race has an
increased genetic risk of developing psychiatric disorders. THBT Journals Should Not
Publish The Research

R4: THBT The Image Of Female Sexuality Depicted By Female RnB Artists In Songs
Like, But Not Limited To, Rihanna's Rude Boy Are Empowering.

Final: THBT It Is Immoral To Vote Republican

Manchester IV, England, February 24-26

R1: THB India should remove its ban on 'The Satanic Verses'

R2: THW invest in big casinos to rejuvenate economically disadvantaged areas

R3: THB the Greek Government should reject the latest EU, ECB & IMF bailout
agreement

R4: THB the Gay Rights Movement should oppose Gay Pride Parades in Western
Liberal Democracies

R5: THBT the states of former Yugoslavia should create a unified football league

Open QF: THBT Vladmir Putin should make a credible public offer to the United States
for joint decommissioning of their entire nuclear arsenal

ESL SF: THBT the Media should not show images of police brutality

Open SF: THBT film stars, music stars & other popular entertainers should be prohibited
from participating in political campaigns

ESL Final: THW grant automatic asylum to women from countries under sharia law

Open Final: THBT Western European countries should teach an overwhelmingly

negative version of their imperial histories

March
Glasgow Ancients, Scotland, March 2-3
Budapest Open, Hungary, March 2-4

R1: THW not imprison those convicted of non-violent crimes

R2: THW make development aid conditional upon the improvement of womens rights.

R3: THW lift the ban on Communist symbols in all post-communist EU member states

R4: THW only provide state pension to those mentally or physically unable to work.

Semi: THW ban medicine designed to erase human memories

Final: THBT violent activities to achieve anti-capitalist aims in Western societies are
justified

Nottingham Open, England, March 3-4

French Debate Association Tournament Semi Finals,
8 and March

Paris, France, March

13

Semi 1: THBT a man who dies rich is a man who dies disgraced

Semi 2: THBT whoever controls the past controls the future.

Vienna IV, Austria, March 9-11

R1: THW introduce mandatory trips to Nazi concentration camps for Austrian elementary
school students.

R2: This House supports the use of charity rather than state welfare systems.

R3: This House believes that Russia was justified in vetoing intervention in Syria.

R4: This House believes that Facebook is justified to censor any of its users' content for
any reason it sees fit.

R5: This House supports the appointment of technocratic governments in Eurozone

countries suffering fiscal crisis.

R6: THB the Israeli Army should adopt a policy of shooting to kill their own comrades
where they are likely to be captured.

Semi: THBT EU countries should promote Christianity and not other religions.

Final: Given the ability to carry a full term pregnancy in an incubator. THBT humankind
should seek to abolish natural pregnancy.

John Smith Memorial Mace Semi Finals, Ireland, March 5, 12 and 13

Quarter 1: THBT the NAACP should publicly condemn Chris Brown

Quarter 2: THW ban My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

Quarter 3: THW abolish the two categories for Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting
Actor/Actress at the Academy Awards and award only gender neutral Oscars for Best
Acting and Best Supporting Acting

Quarter 4: THBT notable LGB figures should not describe their sexuality as a choice

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes IV, St Petersburg, Russia, March 9-11

Leeds Open, England, March 9-10
UL Limerick Open, Ireland, March 9-10
Zeit Debatte Magdeburg, Germany, March 16-18 (translated)

R1: Should there be a minimum BMI for models?

R2: Should tax returns (Steuererklrungen) be made public?

R3: Should we consider the DDR an unjust state?

R4: Should private pensions be abolished?

Semi: Should buildings that have been empty/unused for over a year be made freely
available for general use?

Final: Should politicians and diplomats in general no longer hold immunity status?

Debattoernooi Utrecht (DTU), March 17 (translated)

R1: THW give parliaments the right to appoint an absolute dictator for a limited period of
time

R2: THBT women in the Netherlands are emancipated enough

R3: TH, being an Italian judge, would convict Berlusconi of abuse of power, corruption
and gross negligence and take away all his personal belongings

R4: THW assume the suspect of a crime to be guilty when the witness(es) in a court
case are intimidated or physically abused (approximation)

Semi: THW not punish people who live below the poverty line for economic crimes they
have committed

Final: TH, being MTV, would publicly denounce acts with lyrics that degrade women or
gays and/or glorify violence (approximation)

Debatica IV, Moscow, Russia, March 17

John Smith Memorial Mace Semi Finals, Ireland, March 20 and March 22

Semi 1: THBT Feminist Groups Should Campaign for a Complete Overhaul of the
Economic System

Semi 2: THBT Feminist Groups Should Actively Recruit Male Spokespeople

Heriot-Watt Open, Scotland, March 24

R1. THW allow corporations to pay higher salaries to employees who agree not to have
children

R2. "Info slide for Round 2: The congressional black caucus is a voting block within the
US congress, claiming to represent a black voice. / Any black congressman may join, but
some Republicans do not; it is dominated by Democrats / It has repeatedly rejected
membership applications from non-black congressmen" Motion: THBT the congressional
black caucus should admit non-black members

R3. THW establish as a norm of international law that reparations should not be paid
after wars

R4. THW replace income tax with a tax on wealth

Final: THBT the Scottish Government should allow England to vote in the referendum on
Scottish Independence

DCU Open, Dublin, Ireland, March 23-24

R1: THBT it is morally wrong for companies to base hiring/firing/promotion decisions on

info taken from social networking sites

R2: THW place police in schools that protect them

R3: THW not (as the USA) support Israel in a pre-emptive strike on Iraq

R4: THW require companies to have the same environmental and working standards in
foreign countries as in their home states

R5: TH supports the right of parents of mentally disabled children to medically slow or
prevent their physical growth

Semi:

Final: A zombie infection has broken out, THBT it is morally legitimate to kill uninfected
humans to increase your own chances of survival.

Exeter Open, England, March 24

Mykolas Romeris IV, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 24-25

R1 THW ban beauty pageants for under 16-year olds

R2 THBT the media should not publish news on suicides

R3: THW require that Roma children be sent to state boarding schools

R4: THW ban the use of religious rhetoric in political campaigns

R5: TH supports the use of bounty hunters in law enforcement

Semi: TH regrets the influence of YouTube on popular culture

Final: THW grant asylum to those fleeing from persecution on grounds of sexual
violence

French Debate Association Tournament Final, Paris, France. March 26th

THBT our technology has exceeded our humanity

Dutch Open, the Netherlands, March 30-31

R1: THW forcibly relocate indigenous peoples where their presence prevents the
extraction of valuable resources

R2:THB that sex education classes should include sexual fetishes with the aim of
normalising them.

R3: THW not allow pre-nuptial agreements

R4: THB that developing countries should disregard intellectual property rights on life
saving/preserving medicine

R5: This House Would covertly fabricate evidence that politicians who promote
demonisation or criminalisation of homosexuality are gay (approximation)

Novice final: THW make the punishment for crimes of theft inversely proportional to the
wealth of the victim (approximation)

Semi: THW create country quotas for the acceptance of refugees and allow for trade of
these obligations

Final: THW create a Supreme Court to protect future generations from current
lawmakers

Schwarzwald Cup, Freiburg, Germany, March 31-April 1 (translated)

R1: THW found one European elite university

R2: THW tax meat products (approximation)

R3: THW take away the special protection of marriage from the law

R4: THW drink more milk.

R5: THW oblige all ministeries (state departments) to use only open source software

R6: THW shrink/make smaller the Eurozone

Final: THW save Schlecker (a drugstore chain that is bankrupt)

John Smith Memorial Mace Final Ireland, March 30

THBT Science Is Holding Back Humanity

Kent IV, England, March 31

April
HSE Open, Moscow, April 7-8

R1: THBT all teachers should openly declare their sexuality to their pupils

R2: THW set legally binding minimal physical parameters for fashion models

R3: THW treat cyber attacks as acts of war

R4: THW legalize all drugs

R5: THW not use public money on life-extending medical care for people over a certain
age

Semi:THBT change comes through molotov cocktails, not with a voting ballot

Final: In the case where human space exploration efforts locate an inhabitable planet,
THBT the settlers of that planet should construct a society without private property

Paris IV, France, April 6-7

R1: THW remove all constraints on companies firing workers

R2: THW make sport teams whose fansperformed violence or severe disorderly
behaviour, play their matches in front of a crowd of women and children only.

R3: TH, as Aljazeera, would have broadcasted the videos of the Toulouse attacks.

R4: THBT retribution should not be a part of the criminal justice system

R5: THBT the state should subsidize feminist porn

Semi: THW ban all research into the genetic origins of homosexuality

ESL Final:THW make assimilation the primary goal of legislation related to immigrants.

Final: thw allow the deliberate (!) targeting of civilians in war, where it would significantly
reduce casualties in the long term

USU Open, USA, April 13-16

R1: THW legalize multi-partner marriages for both men and women.

R2: THW ban private financing of election campaigns.

R3: TH regrets the Arab Spring

R4: THW abolish prison sentences for all non-violent crimes.

R5: THBT the creation of the Eurozone has done more harm than good. INFO SLIDE:
The Eurozone is a currency union consisting of EU member states who have adopted
the Euro as their common currency. Its monetary policy is administered by the European
Central Bank.

R6: THBT the West Should cease using attack drones in counter-insurgency operations.

Octo: THW lift all sanctions on Iran that target its nuclear program.

Quarter: TH regrets the declIne of labor unions.

Semi: THBT governments should systematically use subconscious manipulation to

nudge citizens towards socially desirable choices.INFOSLIDE: There is growing
evidence from behavioral economics that seemingly trivial alterations in the way
decisions are presented can substantially affect choices. For instance, printing smiley
faces on the electricity bills of low-usage households decreases their future electricity
consumption. As another example, consumers presented with a list of financial choices
are more likely to choose items placed near the middle of the list.

Final: THBT coming cuts in USA military spending will make the world a better place.

Jacobs Open, Germany, April 13-15

R1: When paying teachers, THW take into account their students' academic
performance

R2 TH regrets joining Facebook

R3 THW encourage its citizens to break laws in other countries that violate human rights

R4: THW pay spouses who stay at home a salary

R5: TH supports the US's use of military drones in Pakistan

Final: TH supports campaigns like "Kony 2012

Science Po Le Havre IV, France, April 13-15

R1: THW ban racist and extreme nationalist political parties

R2: THW lift all sanctions on North Korea

R3: THBT the ICC should offer Joseph Kony an amnesty from prosecution

R4: THW impose a 75% rate of tax on all earnings over 100000

R5: THBT all State Schools should actively promote the religion of the majority

Semi: THBT state policies should actively discourage a consumerist lifestyle

Final: TH regrets the founding of the European Union

Estonia Open, Estonia, April 19-22

R1: THW abandon the single European monetary currency

R2: TH condems racially provocative art

R3: THW defend Anders Breivik

R4: THW choose only non religious soldiers to serve in international conflicts

R5: THW only teach gender neutral pronouns in school

Semi: THBT current Generation Germans should not pay taxes or any other form of
reparations for Nazi atrocities

Final: THW reject a Western conception of property rights in favour of collective

ownership.

Norddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft, Kiel, Germany, April 21-22

(translated)

R1:TH calls for a common European army

R2: THW lift the ban on dancing (Tanzverbot, probably more a general celebration ban)
on the quiet holidays (Good Friday, Memorial Day and Remembrance Sunday
(Totensonntag))

R3: THW make the morning after pill available without doctors recipe

R4: THW cancel the exemption on the 5% vote threshold for national minorities

Semi: THBT the Olympic Idea has outlived itself

Final: THW allow audio and video recording of court procedures and the public
dissemination of the recordings

Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft, Jena, Germany, April 21-22 (translated)

R1: THW abolish state imposed heritage protection

R2: There are states which prescribe quota for the number of women in Boards of
companies. THW prohibit companies from other states that do not fill the required quota
in their Board to participate in public tenders in states with quotas.

R3: THW limit media coverage of shootings

R4: When a ship threatens to breach a UN weapons embargo, THW allow all states to
stop the ship with the use of force.

Semi: THBT every person has the right to take pictures of works of art or performances
and publish them as their own works of art

Final: THW allow audio and video recording of court procedures and the public
dissemination of the recordings

Sddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft, Ingolstad, Germany, April 21-22

(translated)

R1: TH calls for a constitutional right to Internet

R2: THW mandate the use of condoms in pornoggaphic movies

R3: THBT a stable dictatorship is better than an unstable democracy

R4: In case of a zombie-epidemic, THBT zombies have a right to a humane life in

special zombie-habitats

Semi: THBT it would be good for the Catholic Chuch to let the next pope be elected by a
vote by all Catholics

Final: THW allow audio and video recording of court procedures and the public
dissemination of the recordings

NK Debatteren, Dutch National Championships, the Netherlands, April

21-22 (translated)

R1: THBT political parties should not take gender into account when selecting
candidates for voting lists

R2: Situation slide: You are a single British mother with a teenage son and daughter. The
UK has recently mandated internet providers to use filters to block pornographic
material. The filter can be taken down by a phone call by an adult. You do not watch
porn. Motion: You call the internet provider to take down the filter, while your children are
present

R3: THW abolish the tax rebate on mortgage interest

R4: THW allow the Reclame Code Commissie (Dutch Advertising Standards Authority)
to ban advertisements which affirm gender roles

R5: Context slide:You are Werner Heisenberg, a brilliant physicist. It is June 1942. You
have done two years of research into nuclear fission, necessary to build an atomic
bomb. You are a patriotic German, but not a nazi fanatic. You cooperate actively with the
nazis. You do not know about the Holocaust. Albert Speer, Nazi-minister of armament
and munition asks whether it is at all possible to build an atomic bomb and whether
Germany can build one in three years. Your calculations indicate both are possible. Your
advice is decisive for the continuation of Germanys nuclear program. Motion: You lie to
Albert Speer and tell him the atomic bomb cannot be built.

R6: THW abolish the income criteria for family reunification (when bringing family
members to the Netherlands for permanent settlement, the applicant must have an
income significantly higher than the minimum wage)

Semi: THBT, upon death, every persons body should revert to the state for scientific use
or for organ donation depending on necessity

Novice final: THBT in countries where abortion is illegal, no exceptions should be made
for cases of incest or rape

Final: THBT every Dutch family with an average or higher income has a moral obligation
to take in a foster child (child from foster care)

Israeli Open, Israel, April 21

R1: TH, which is the West, would sanction China.

R2: TH, which is the ministry of health, will withhold any information regarding a drug
that will ensure the birth of heterosexual children.

R3: (Information slide) Immediate Democracy is a system in which the voter may change
their vote at any given time, thus changing the composition of the parliament on a daily
basis according to public support. THW enact an Immediate Democracy.

SF: THW release inmates from jail solely on the basis of their rehabilitation and not upon
the completion of a predetermined period of time.

Final: (Information slide) You are a young man living in the Galilee 2,000 years ago. You
are smart and charismatic. You are capable of collecting and leading a fold of followers.
People believe you are the son of God and can do miracles such as healing and food
replication. Motion: THW use its influence to disseminate socially progressive values
supported by faith.

Southampton Open, England, April 21

International John Smith Memorial Mace Final, London, England, April
29

This house believes the ICC should use bounty hunters to capture and, if necessary, kill
indicted war criminals

Saggsn- Masders, Dresden, Germany, 28-29 April

R1: THW make Saxon a mandatory foreign language on Saxon colleges (hochschulen)

R2: THW swap all children after birth

R3: TH calls for a culture flat tax

R4: THW give Parliament the right to initiate foreign deployment of the army

Final: THW grant an amnesty to illegal immigrants

May
York Open, England, May 5
Zionism Begin Tournament, Israel, May 11 (translated)

R1: THBT the Israeli MoD museum department should stop all it's funding for sites and
museums commemorating the Etzel and Lechi groups.

R2: THW rather marry a Zionist Shiksa than an Anti-Zionist Jew.

R3: TH regrets "Aloni Mora" (euphemism for the settlements)

R4: THW will move the Israeli Capital from Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv.

Final: THW pay monetary compensation to Sephardi Jews.

Zeit Debatte Munster, Germany, May 11-13 (translated)

R1: THW ban broadcasting of boxing matches from TV

R2: THW adjust development aid to countries where gay rights are violated

R3: THW include paintings by Wolfgang Beltracchis in the collectinos of leading German
art museums (this motion was preceded by an infoslide)

R4: THW declare a trade war against China

R5: THW instate a public service (ffentlich-rechtliches) system for newspapers

Semis: THW ban the defamation of religious symbols or authorities

Final: TH supports the targeted/deliberate killing of Iranian scientists

Denny Crane Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade, May 12

(translated)

R1: This House prefers Guantanamo Bay rather than the current practice of the war
against terrorism with unmanned aerial vehicles.

R2: In the case of a contact with extra-terrestrial beings, this House would send a
woman as a negotiator.

R3: This House would grant one seat in the Parliament to all more significant religions.

R4: This House would make a number of votes of one voter inversely proportional to
his/her personal wealth.

Semis: This House believe that only people who take the law into their hands can save
us.

Final: This House would never restore the buildings destroyed in the bombing.

Split Union Open, May 18, Croatia

R1: THW ban single sex schools

R2: THW disband NATO

R3: THW make votes public

R4: THW allow pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription drugs

Final: THW create ethnic diversity in neighborhoods by introducing housing quotas

Bruder Grimm Cup, Marburg, May 26-27, Germany (translated)

R1: THW make football clubs pay for the costs of police surveillance during league
matches

R2: THW block the Security Council as long as the veto power remains available

R3: THW Vorrunde: THW rewrite the Grimm fairytales in a gender neutral way (Dieses
Haus wrde die Grimmschen Mrchen gendergerecht umschreiben)

R4: THW require candidates for public office to be psychologically evaluated during their
trial period rather than making their psychological illness history public

Semi: THW allow defendants to choose between a judge or a jury.

Final: THW allow doctors treating terminally ill patients patients to offer them treatments
that are still in the experimental stages

Dutch Mace, May 26, Netherlands (translated)

R1: THW allow companies to pay more salary to its employees in exchange for not
having children

R2: TH, which is Mabel Wisse Smit (of Orange), would end the life of Prince Friso

R3: TH welcomes the end of American hegemony

Final: THW die for its country (literally: die for nation and fatherland)

June
Iron Man BP Tournament, University College Utrecht, June 2, the
Netherlands

R1: THBT there should be no restrictions on political donations

R2: THW predicate any humanitarian aid on efforts limiting birth-rates where theres a
risk of overpopulation.

R3: THBT, rather than after the fact, the judicial system should be able to take preemptive measures when theres a suspicion of hate-speech

R4: THBT that the Turkish military should stop enforcing the separation between church
& state

Semis: THW practice investment over austerity in times of economic crisis

Final: THW undertake military action against the Syrian government

German Language Championships, Austria, June 7-10 (translated)

R1: THW oblige pharmaceutical companies to spend half of their research budgets on
illnesses that occur primarily in developing countries

R2: THW forbid domestic security services to monitor Members of Parliaments

R3: THW continue the European Football Championships with 16 participating teams

R4: TH, which is technically capable to do so, would clone Neandertalers

R5: THW create Eurobonds

R6: THW not perform any plays of Thomas Bernhard in Austria

R7: TH supports the foundation of an independent Kurdic state

Quarter: TH condemns the use of unmanned weapon systems (drones) against human
targets

Semi: THW use geo-engineering to combat climate change

Final: TH supports large-scale migration from poor to rich regions in the European Union

Bristol Open, England, June 9

Israeli Nationals, MTA College, Israel, June 10-11

R1: THW compel citizens to vote in national elections

R2: THW exempt from mandatory military service any Hasid who chooses to work rather
than study in a Yeshiva

R3: TH, which is the Hamas movement, would lay down its arms

R4: THW decriminalize squatting

R5: THW introduce mandatory minimum sentences

R6: THW ban student parties who are backed by national political parties from
participating in elections for student unions

Semi: THW stop providing tactical training and equipment to "neighbourhood watch"
groups in Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Final: TH, which is the Iranian regime, would develop nuclear weapons

Durham Open, Durham, England, June 16-17

Newcastle Mixed Doubles Open, England, June 18-19
KCL Open, Kings College London, England, June 23
Berlin IV, Berlin, Germany, June 29-July 1
R1: THW assasinate Bashar al Assad
R2: THBT schools should teach children from first-generation immigrants in the language of
their parents
R3: THBT developing countries should limit rural to urban migration
R4: THW compel the Catholic Church to allow women to serve as priests
R5: TH regrets South Africas decision to use Truth and Reconciliation Commisions rather than
prosecuting perpetrators of crimes under Apartheid
Semi?
Final: TH regrets the decline of socialism

July
Debado Cup Dortmund, Germany, July 7
Earlsfort Open, Dublin, Ireland, July 7-8
Imperial Summer IV, London, England, July 7-8

R1: THW allow companies to pay a higher salary to employees who contractually agree
not to have children.

R2: THW not imprison people when racist remarks cause offense on social media
forums.

R3: THW prosecute toppled dictators for crimes against humanity in the ICC rather than
in a national court or tribunal.

R4:

Final:

Boddencup, Greifswald, Germany, July 20-22 (translated)

R1: THBT general education (wide promotion) is better than education/promotion of

excellence.

R2: THW accept Iran as a nuclear power.

R3: THBT Vorrunde: Dieses Haus glaubt, der demolition of the Palasts der Republik
(DDR Parliament) was a mistake.

R4: THW use only masculine word forms for women and men.

R5: THW give parliament power to decide over weapons exports.

Semi: THW charge a (prohibitively) high customs duty on imports of solar cells from
China.

Final: TH, being Socrates, would not drink the cup of poison.

SOAS Open, London, England, July 21

R1: THW ban religious schools

R2: THBT Western countries should commit to cancel all debts owed by any
authoritarian country upon its transition to democracy.

R3: THW put Jeremy Deller's piece (of a bombed car) on the plinth ( on Trafalgar
Square)

R4: TH supports a fiscal union for the eurozone

Final: TH regrets the bombing of Japan in Worldwar II

IDC Porto Debate Camp and Open, Portugal, July 27-29

R1: THW end all govt funding of the arts

R2: THBT the media should out gay public figure

R3: THBT the state should not pay any university students tuition fee

R4: THBT if he is deemed to be fully rehabilated, Ander Brevik should ultimately be

released.

R5: THBT people should not get married

Semi: TH supports the use of racial profiling in law enforcement

Final: THBT capitalism has failed the worker.

Mediterranean Universities Debating Championships, Koc University,

Istanbul, Turkey, July 29 - August 3

R1: THB the state should send all underage overweight children to a summer far camp

R2: THBT all EU countries should set the bar of entry to their parliament in such a way
that would ensure a two party system

R3: THBT Amercia is justified in keeping the Second Amendment

R4: You are a western reporter covering the Middle East. You received indisputable and
ex

clusive evidence that Israel is about to launch an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities in
the next 24 hours. THW not publish the story

R5: THB Turkey should abandon all efforts to join the EU

R6: You are a CEO of a major clothing company and currently pay workers in your
factory 1 dollar a day. You are presented with a plan that would give your employees a
dignified living wage. This would significantly increase production costs but would not put
you out of business. THW implement the plan.

R7: THBT posing for Playboy is immoral

Semi: THW heavily incentivise Bosnians, Croats and Serbs in Bosnia and Hercegovina
that move to areas where dominant ethnicity is other than their own

Final: Given the technology, THW burn obedience to criminal law in the brains of all
humans

August
Belgrade EUDC 2012, Serbia, August 5-11

R1: THBT Parents Should Choose Not To Send their Children to Private Schools

R2: THW Give First Nations Peoples (eg. Native Americans and Aboriginal Australians)
Complete Autonomous Self-Government

R3: THBT The Music Industry Should Not Facilitate the Comebacks of Artists Who
Commit Violent Crimes

R4: THBT The Mexican Government Should Lift All Limits on the Military and Law
Enforcement in the Fight Against Organised Crime

R5: THBT The ECB Should Unconditionally Buy Government Debt from Struggling
Eurozone Economies

R6: THW Cap the Amount Corporations Can Spend in Any One Course of Litigation

R7: THW Require the Military to Recruit Soldiers in Direct Proportion to the SocioEconomic Make-up of the Country

R8: THBT The Palestinians Should Accept Complete Demilitarisation in Immediate

Return for A Sovereign State

R9: THW Let Anyone Take Up Residence in Any Country, Provided They Can Show that
They Will Not be an Economic Burden on that Country

Open Quarter: THBT Republika Srpska Should Secede from Bosnia and Herzegovina

ESL Quarter: TH Supports Life Sentences Without the Possibility of Parole For Serial
Serious Re-Offenders

Open Semi: THBT Schools Should Aggressively Stream Students According to their
Ability From An Early Age

ESL Semi: THBT The Militaries of Newly Democratised Arab Countries Should Act as
Guardians of Secularism

ESL Final: THW Retrospectively Remove Amnesties Granted to Those Who Committed
Crimes As Part of Oppressive Regimes

Open Final: THW Amend the US Constitution To Prohibit Any Involvement by Religious
Organisation in the Electoral Process