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This house believes that opposition politicians in illiberal democracies should prioritize addressing systemic issues affecting the majority (e.g. corruption, electoral fraud) over addressing issues affecting minority groups (e.g. gender- or ethnicity-based discrimination).
Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-06-15
This house opposes the 2023 IOC decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics
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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) initially banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competition in 2022. In December 2023, the IOC announced that athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag (e.g., not the flag of Russia). Eligibility is limited to those without ties to the military and who have not publicly supported the war.

Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Junior Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15
That, as a pro-Palestine student group, we prefer a world in which pro-Palestine activism primarily used educational and consciousness-raising strategies (e.g. teach-ins, public lectures, film screenings) as opposed to encampments and protest actions
ANU Pre-Australs 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-14
This house believes that less of the world will live under liberal democracy in 2100 than today
SACEE League Championships 2025 - Junior Division · Grand Finals · 2025-06-14
In post-conflict African societies, THR the prioritisation of forgiveness over punishment in the pursuit of nation-building
Infoslide

The Gacaca Courts were a community-based justice system established in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, aimed at addressing the massive backlog of genocide- related cases that overwhelmed the formal courts. The goal was to find the truth, help communities heal, and, to a lesser extent, punish the guilty. Like South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Gacaca Courts focused on justice, healing, and rebuilding after violence.

SACEE League Championships 2025 - Junior Division · Round 5 · 2025-06-14
This house supports social movements prioritising ideological consistency, even if it jeopardises widespread public support
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A social movement is a collective, organised effort by a group of people to promote or resist a social, political, economic, or cultural belief. Examples of social movements include the Animal Rights Movement, the Environmental Movement, LGBTQIA + Groups, Feminism and Black Lives Matter, amongst others Ideological consistency refers to the extent to which a social movement diverse political attitudes align with a consistent position on the left-right political spectrum. In essence, it describes the coherence and predictability of a social movements political views across different issues

SACEE League Championships 2025 - Junior Division · Round 2 · 2025-06-14
This House, as the mother, would publicly post the twins online
- Children
- Privacy
- Media
- Human Rights
Infoslide

You are a 25 year old lifestyle vlogger and influencer, with 500 thousand followers across social media platforms. You are pregnant with twins, and you and your long term partner are really excited to become parents.

Thistle Cup Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-13
This house supports the increasing use of private military companies in global conflict zones
Zagreb Pre-EUDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-13
That we would use this technology to make preventative arrests
Infoslide

In the future, a technology can assess, with 100% accuracy, whether an individual will commit a crime within a decade of the assessment. This assessment updates universally at the beginning of each decade, and includes the future charge but no specific details

Harvard World Schools Debating Championship Australia-New Zealand Round 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-12
This house believes that social disgust is legitimate grounds for restriction of artistic expression
- Art
- Law
- Human Rights
- Philosophy
Harvard World Schools Debating Championship Australia-New Zealand Round 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-12
This house prefers a world where there is a singular world religion
Santiago Ortega Cup II · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-06-07
This house believes that Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines should pursue full political, economic, and cultural autonomy
Santiago Ortega Cup II · Round 4 · 2025-06-07
This house believes that the Dutch government should rent prison space in nearby countries over finding substitute punishments for prisoners (e.g. community service, fines, house arrests, etc.)
Infoslide

The Netherlands is currently facing an overpopulation of prisons. There are more criminals than spaces in prisons.

Rotterdam Pre-EUDC · Round 3 · 2025-06-07
This house supports the creation of all-women courts for handling gender-based violence cases
Santiago Ortega Cup II · Round 1 · 2025-06-07
This house believes that dominion theology has done more harm than good for the African continent
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Dominion theology asserts the belief that God has given Christians the right to rule over the Earth. The theology places an emphasis on the need for Christians to take leadership positions in all facets of societal life such as politics, economics, education, etc. Dominion theologists believe that Christians should use their political influence to shape the world according to God’s will as expressed in the Bible.

Santiago Ortega Cup II · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-06-07
This house believes that social movements should only be led by members of its core group
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Core group of a social movement is the primary social group that social movement benefits (i.e. women in the feminist movement, African American in BLM, etc.)

Salingoy: Santiago Ortega Cup 1 · Round 2 · 2025-06-07
This house believes that the Canadian federal government should provide Indigenous Canadians ultimate control over national development projects located on traditional indigneous land (e.g. First Nations Land)
Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-06
This house believes that the Canadian federal government should provide Indigenous Canadians ultimate control over national development projects located on traditional indigneous land (e.g. First Nations Land)
Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-06
This house believes that medical professionals should be able to opt out of providing treatment on religious or ethical grounds
- Healthcare
- Law
- Religion
- Human Rights
South Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-06
This house believes that the Canadian federal government should provide Indigenous Canadians ultimate control over national development projects located on traditional indigneous land (e.g. First Nations Land).
Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-06