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  • This house believes that development organizations should prioritize sector specialization over country specialization.

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    In international development, non-governmental organizations that receive development aid may pursue "sector specialization", focusing on one specific sector (such as healthcare, education, or job training) and implementing similar projects across multiple countries. On the other hand, "country specialization" is a strategy whereby the organization engages across multiple sectors simultaneously but operates within a specific country.

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド4 · 2025-11-01

  • This house would reveal the lie

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    You are Ivan Jansyn, a socially anxious high school student who struggles to connect with your peers. Recently, Konrád Brambora, a class mate you barely knew, died by suicide. Due to a misunderstanding, Konrád's family has gotten the idea that you were Konrád's best friend. In an attempt to console the grieving family, you go along with this lie. You become close with the family. To honour Konrád Brambora, you become the face of initiatives, and support community projects in Konrád’s memory.

    Prague Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-11-01

  • This house would make humanitarian aid a justifying circumstance.

    Infoslide

    A justifying circumstance in criminal law refers to instances where a person's actions, though may technically constitute a crime, are deemed lawful due to the specific circumstances surrounding them, thus negating both civil and criminal liability. For the purpose of this debate, this justifying circumstance means that crimes or violations done in furtherance or in the process of humanitarian aid should be absolved if the end-goal for which is humanitarian justice.

    2nd PRC IHL Debate Open · Round 3 · 2025-08-25

  • This House believes that the vegan movement should significantly expand its promotion of animal offsetting over continuing to promote animal-free lifestyles

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    Animal offsetting is the view that eating animal products is morally permissible if one donates enough to animal charities to offset the harm caused.

    Ottawa Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-19

  • That humanitarian organizations (IFRC, Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF etc) should pivot away from the principle of 'do no harm' to the principle of 'harm minimization'.

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    The 'do no harm' principle specifies that all humanitarian actions must not cause direct harm to affected parties in the immediate or foreseeable term. In contrast, the 'harm minimization' principle recognizes that in humanitarian crises, some degree of harm may be unavoidable. It focuses on choosing the course of action that results in the least overall harm to all affected parties.

    UQ Pre Australs 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-29

  • That we support the widespread adoption of UCTs by charities as opposed to charities operating and delivering services directly to people

    Infoslide

    An unconditional cash transfer (UCT) is a payment provided to individuals or households, without any specific conditions or requirements for receiving the money.

    ANU Pre-Australs 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-14

  • This house, as an altruistically-minded graduate, would take a high paying corporate job and earn to give, rather than join an altruistic organisation like a non-profit

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    Earning to give is an effective altruism strategy of people donating a fixed or reasonably significant percentage of their income to charity.

    South Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-06-06

  • This house believes that progressive social movements should heavily prioritize non-state based solutions.

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    For the purposes of this round, non-state solutions are solutions which actively circumvent state apparatuses wherever possible. (e.g. 2nd wave feminists funding the pill, the Black Panthers doing school breakfast and lunches, modern day mutual aid and bail funds, etc)

    Colgate Open 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-12

  • C: This house supports the widespread adoption of the dollar-for-dollar model as a means of providing aid

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    C: The dollar-for-dollar model (also called matching funds or co-funding) is a financial mechanism used in foreign aid and charities. Under this model, donors (often a third party) commit to matching the recipient's contributions or investments at a fixed ratio.

    Sunway Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-05