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Hükümet toplumdaki bireylerin önemli bir bölümünün küçük vigilante olduğu dünyayı tercih eder.
İstanbul Erkek Lisesi Münazara Turnuvası 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-02-08
This house would prohibit the media from reporting on the mental illness of those accused of crimes.
Vietnam WGM 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-02-08
This house supports the implementation of the plea bargaining system.
Infoslide

A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and the defendant. The defendant agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge, instead of going to trial, in return for some concession from the prosecutor (eg. reduced sentence)

5th Ikhtilaf Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-02-08
This house prefers the ICC over an ad-hoc regional tribunal for prosecuting core international crimes
Infoslide

In International Criminal Law, there are four "core international crimes"- genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression. When domestic judicial systems don't prosecute perpetrators, either (but not both) of two possible systems may prosecute: The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent international court. Its court's jurisdiction is generally limited to crimes committed on the territory of a state that has accepted the ICC's jurisdiction (by being one of 125 parties to the Rome Statute), or by its nationals. It has its own rules of procedure and evidence. Ad-hoc regional tribunals (eg.International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), etc) are international courts established to address specific conflicts and regions, usually by the UN Security Council. They may create their own procedural rules, which need to be based on internaional principles but may be adapted to their unique contexts as needed.They are dissolved once they complete their mandates, which includes finalizing all cases and appeals. Their jurisdiction is limited to particular regions and timeframe through treaties.

5th Ikhtilaf Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-02-08
This house hopes for a “Luigi Mangione” event in the Philippines
Infoslide

For the purposes of this debate, a "Luigi Mangione event" is where an ordinary citizen ends a life of a notable person with position of power a (e.g., CEO, Politician, Etc.)

9th Mindanao Intervarsity · Round 4 · 2025-02-07
This house believes that trial proceedings for celebrities should be held privately
- Law
- Privacy
- Human Rights
- Criminal Justice
- Media
Infoslide

In a private trial, the public can know that a trial is ongoing and the outcome of the trial, but cannot access the details of the proceedings.

2nd Qatar Schools Debate League Boys 24-25 · Round 2 · 2025-02-01
This house believes that environmental movements should support the use of ecoterrorism
Copenhagen Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-02-01
This house would increase the pay for prison labour to match the minimum wage
Infoslide

Prison labor refers to the work performed by prison inmates. It can be described as falling into two general categories: the labor provided by inmates to maintain and operate the prison, and labor provided by inmates to a contracted entity often to harvest or manufacture goods for profit

13th Justice V.M. Tarkunde National Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-01-31
This house would not punish individuals for victimless conduct (e.g., prostitution, drunk driving without causing accidents).
Campeonato Roberto Farina Solidário · Rodada 2 · 2025-01-31
In states with ongoing civil conflict, This house supports governments offering amnesty to defectors of insurgent groups in exchange for them agreeing to serve in the military
13th Justice V.M. Tarkunde National Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Open Grand Final · 2025-01-31
This house believes that international trials for crimes against humanity should be presided over exclusively by judges from the affected victim group (e.g., Jewish judges for Holocaust trials, Rohingya judges for crimes against their people)
13th Justice V.M. Tarkunde National Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Open Grand Final · 2025-01-31
This house supports the implementation of mandatory minimum sentencing for recidivist crime
13th Justice V.M. Tarkunde National Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-01-31
This house opposes the practice of police using undercover operations
Infoslide

Undercover operations include members of the police force/intelligence forces infiltrating into criminal cells and masquerading as members of the group.

Western World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-01-31
This house believes that animal rights movements should launch violent campaigns against animal-industrial complexes that historically ignored lobbying attempts.
Kamalig Novice Asian Parliamentary 2 · Round 1 · 2025-01-25
This House believes that televised court trials do more harm than good
- Law
- Criminal Justice
- Media
- Privacy
- Human Rights
Oxford Schools China Rounds 2024-2025 National Finals · Round 1 · 2025-01-24
This house supports the sensationalization (e.g. mass media coverage, movie adaptations) of high profile criminals and their trials
Hart House Winter Open 2025 · Junior Semifinals · 2025-01-18
"This house would grant amnesty to dictators who voluntarily leave office "
Infoslide

Amnesty is a government decision to forgive people for certain offenses and to offer them immunity from prosecution.

Asia Schools Open - Asian Parliamentary (Winter Edition) 2025 · 17-and-Under Grand Finals · 2025-01-18
This house regrets the rise of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies.
Infoslide

Facial recognition technology (FRT) uses software to detect and analyze distinctive facial features, then match them against digital image databases. In recent years, law enforcement agencies worldwide have increasingly adopted this technology to identify individuals, track persons of interest, and search for suspects by scanning feeds from public cameras or body-worn devices. The technology often relies on large datasets, which can include images drawn from public spaces, social media, and other sources.

Hart House Winter Open 2025 · Junior Quarterfinals · 2025-01-18
This house believes that governments in Latin America should pursue an integration over segregation policy in prisons for gangs
Infoslide

In order to combat rising gang violence and prison overcrowding, governments generally engage one of two gang imprisonment policies. One is a segregating policy, where the government allocates certain prisons to individual gangs, only putting members of one gang in each facility. The other is an integration policy, where the government places multiple gangs within a singular prison.

North American Debating Championships 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-01-18
This house supports the Fire Camp program
Infoslide

California's Fire Camp program allows prisoners to work as firefighters for wages of about $10.00 USD per day. This is one of the highest paid jobs in the American prison labour system. Participants are allowed to earn time off their sentences based on their participation (sentences are generally reduced by two days for every one day worked) and prisoners with a history of escape or sexual crime are not allowed to participate. There are currently about 1000 Fire Camp participants fighting the wildfires in Los Angeles.

North American Debating Championships 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-01-18