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This house supports Dumbledore’s Army during Umbridge’s reign.
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Dolores Umbridge is appointed as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and later becomes Hogwarts’ High Inquisitor. Under her dictatorial leadership, the Ministry of Magic imposes strict control over the school, forbidding practical defense lessons and punishing dissent. Despite increasing signs of Lord Voldemort’s return, the Ministry refuses to acknowledge this threat. In response, a group of students led by Harry Potter forms Dumbledore’s Army (D.A.), a secret organization that teaches practical defense skills, promotes student solidarity, and prepares for the dark forces ahead. Participation is explicitly against school rules and, if discovered, could lead to expulsion or other serious punishment.

Malaysian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-24
This house would allow prisoners to volunteer for drug trials in exchange for a lighter prison sentence
Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-06-23
This house believes that the trans movement should prioritize securing protections for trans individuals through interpretations of existing sex discrimination laws, rather than lobbying for new trans-specific anti-discrimination legislation.
- Social Policy
- LGBTQ+
- Law
- Human Rights
Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-23
This house would remove the right of appeal to higher courts in civil cases decided by expert tribunals (e.g. patent disputes, professional misconduct, etc.)
- Law
- Human Rights
Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-23
This house believes that post-revolution states should refer the prosecution of all former regime officials to international courts
Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-23
This house believes that post-revolution states should refer the prosecution of all former regime officials to international courts
Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-06-23
This house would remove the right of appeal to higher courts in civil cases decided by expert tribunals (e.g. patent disputes, professional misconduct, etc.)
- Law
- Human Rights
Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-06-23
In the absence of an advanced directive, This house believes that it is justified for health professionals to withhold resuscitation from patients with poor quality-of-life prognoses.
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An Advance Care Directive (ACD) is a legal document in which a person of sound mind specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves (because of illness or incapacity). Doctors are legally required to uphold the instructions of an ACD, irrespective of their professional medical opinions.

Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-23
This house supports Western pop artists with significant queer fanbase actively rejecting to perform in countries with queer-oppressive social policies (e.g. Lizzo in Texas, Beyonce in UAE).
Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-23
This house supports the implementation of a government-run Sacriphthsisis program
Infoslide

Sacriphthisis is a fictional medical technology that allows for the complete transfer of illnesses from one person (a giver) to another (a receiver). The transfer cures the giver completely. Receivers can volunteer to absorb multiple illnesses, but only from one giver and cannot be killed intentionally as part of the process. The proposed program would resemble blood or organ donation systems, with a public registry of volunteers who opt in to receive illnesses from people who request to be cured.

Waterloo IV 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-06-21
That the use of the term genocide in public discourse has done more harm than good
UNSW Pre-Australs 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-21
This house believes that the queer movement in Jamaica should oppose rather than support the police
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Jamaica's anti-sodomy and public morality laws have long sanctioned violence and discrimination against queer people. In recent years, the queer movement in Jamaica and its advocacy groups (e.g., J-FLAG, TransWave) have grown more visible and influential. Although formal arrests are now rare and police sometimes provide limited protection for events like Pride, officers regularly intimidate and harass queer people.

Colourful Summer Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-21
This house supports the creation of refugee camps in developed nations
Waterloo IV 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-21
This House Would permit states experiencing high levels of migration to outsource immigration processing to third-party states
Norwich Online 2025 · ESL Finals · 2025-06-21
That courts should have the power to determine people to be outlaws as a criminal punishment
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If declared an outlaw you would no longer enjoy the protection of the law

UNSW Pre-Australs 2025 · Semi-Finals · 2025-06-21
That we regret abortion advocates' emphasis on justifying abortion through disproving foetal personhood
- Feminism
- Philosophy
- Law
- Human Rights
- Healthcare
UNSW Pre-Australs 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-21
This House believes that less of the world will live under liberal democracy in 2100 than today.
Austria pre-WSDC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-20
This House supports the leaders of social movements running for political office.
Austria pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-20
This House prefers the Engaged Journalism model over the traditional model in war reporting.
Infoslide

The traditional model of war journalism upholds impartiality and detachment as fundamental principles. Journalists should report the facts without taking sides, providing the audience with a "neutral" view of the conflict. On the other hand, the Engaged Journalism model advocates that the press should consciously promote values, expose viewpoints, and may take sides.

Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Rodada 3 · 2025-06-19
This House would abolish all legal restrictions on the migration of people between countries.
Infoslide

For the purposes of this debate, it is assumed that the abolition of legal restrictions means that anyone can cross national borders, reside, and work wherever they wish, without the need for visas, permits, or legal justifications.

Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Rodada 5 · 2025-06-19