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  • TH(As Bhim Army) W gradually shift towards Dalit Panther’s approach for combatting caste-based discrimination

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    "Established in 1972 Dalit Panthers, a resistance group that emerged from the Dalit Buddhist movement used threats, self-defense, and often violence to evade atrocities faced by the Dalit community. In 2014, Chandrashekhar Azad created Bhim Army, a prominent Dalit organization in India that strives to combat casteism and Dalit upliftment with a focus on education, empowerment and non violence."

    The 4th Annual CVS Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-08-01

  • This house supports the government mandated student migration between these schools.

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    This debate focuses on areas where housing demographics are largely segregated by ethnicity, resulting in public schools that mirror the ethnic composition of their neighborhoods. For the purpose of the debate, migration refers to intermixing of different ethnicities

    The 4th Annual CVS Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-08-01

  • This house believes that left wing criticism of liberal NGOs for failing to be intersectional brings more harm than good

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    Recently, there has been a rise in left-wing criticism of liberal NGOs for failing to be intersectional.<br><br>Some examples include: the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights group, facing criticism for insufficient diversity in its workforce; and the American Civil Liberties Union, facing criticism for failing to prioritise free speech rights for specific minority groups.

    Glasgow European Universities Debating Championships 2024 · Round 6 · 2024-07-31

  • This house would Implement a Uniform Civil Code in India.

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    The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) replaces personal laws based on the scriptures and customs of each major religious community in India with a common set of rules for all citizens. It would standardize laws related to marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, and maintenance across all religions. (eg. how much daughter inherit relative to sons, the legal age of marriage, and legality of polygamy).

    Waterloo Online Summer Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-07-27

  • This house believes that the LGBTQ+ movement should actively denounce hypersexualization amongst LGBTQ+ communities

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    For the purposes of the debate, hypersexuality refers to an intense focus on sexuality and sexual expression. Examples include frequent and detailed discussions about one’s sexual experiences and preferences, or through intense public displays of sexual acts/behaviours.

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-07-20

  • This house, as the Likud government, W remove the exemption privileges of ultra-orthodox jews

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    The Ultra-Orthodox/Super-Religious Jewish Community Constitutes 14% Of Israel’s Population. The Likud Party Is An Israeli Right-Wing Conservative Party And Is Currently The Government. One Of The Largest Voter Demographic Of The Likud Party Are The Ultra-Orthodox Which Constitutes Roughly 40% Of Their Voter Base. In Light Of The Israel-Palestinian Conflict, The Israeli Government Has Considered Removing The Exemption Privileges Of Ultra Orthodox Jews From Military Conscription.

    Chungang University Debate Society Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-07-16

  • This house believes that decisions by Kosovar Government bring more harm than good to Kosovo*

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    The Government of semi-recognized Republic of Kosovo*, led by PM Albin Kurti, has recently passed multiple decisions aimed againt the minority Serbian population, including, but not limited to: denying the creation of the Community of Serbian Municipalities, banning the use of Serbian Dinar, disallowing Serbian goods to enter Kosovo, banning Serbian licence plates on vehicles.

    Split Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-07-06

  • This house believes that sinicisation is in the interests of minority groups in China

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    For the purposes of this debate, sinicisation is the process by which non- Chinese minorities within China are assimilated into Chinese culture, often through explicit policy. Examples of this include changing architectural features in mosques, requiring Chinese-language (instead of local language) on business and street signs, asserting Chinese identity and language in schooling, and general state directives to implement Chinese cultural integration within religions.

    St Andrews Pre-EUDC 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-07-01

  • That, in multireligious states, schools should teach integrated religious education instead of separated religious education.

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    In ‘integrated religious education’, all students are taught material encompassing many major religions. In ‘separated religious education’, students study different religions in distinct classrooms (i.e. Catholic students attend Catholic class, Buddhist students attend Buddhist class, etc.).

    Jakarta Australasian Intervarsity Debate Championships 2024 · ESL Finals · 2024-07-01

  • That the South Korean government should redirect resources currently used to help Koryo-in settle in their respective countries of residence, to efforts to resettle them in South Korea.

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    Koryo-in (고려인) are Korean diasporas residing in post-Soviet countries, mainly in Central Asia. Koryo-ins moved to the Far East and Primorsky regions during the 1910s to organise resistance against Japanese colonisation, until the Soviet Union forcefully relocated them to other territories in 1937. There are around 500,000 Koryo-ins, most of whom still identify as Korean descendants. The South Korean government helps Koryo-ins abroad to settle in their respective countries of residence by providing foreign aid in education, job training, etc.

    Jakarta Australasian Intervarsity Debate Championships 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-07-01

  • This house prefers the integrationist over the accomodationist constitution-building model in post-conflict states

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    The integrationist constitution-building model focuses on creating a unified national identity. This is done through maintaining uniform policies (those without group-specific variations), promoting a common culture/language, having a majoritarian democracy, etc. It accepts diversity in private spheres but does not believe it should be institutionalised. Conversly, the accomodationist model seeks to protect national diversity. This is done through representative governance, public acceptance of different identities, power-sharing agreements, etc.

    Trinity Open 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-06-15