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  • This house would establish an AGI-governed global authority with absolute power to set and enforce digital policies (e.g., content moderation, data protection, cybersecurity).

    Infoslide

    Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to AI systems with human-level cognitive abilities, capable of reasoning, learning, and making decisions autonomously across various domains without specific programming. Unlike narrow AI, AGI can adapt to unforeseen situations and improve its own functions without human intervention. While AGI remains hypothetical, experts debate its potential to surpass human intelligence and act independently.

    Diliman Debate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-05

  • We will ban artworks that incite violence, hatred, or harm specific communities.

    Infoslide

    In the modern context, many works of art have sparked controversy for allegedly encouraging violent behavior, spreading hatred, or deeply offending specific community groups (based on religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, historical background, etc.). These works can appear in various forms such as music (rap promoting revenge and gun violence), paintings (cartoons insulting religions), films (glorifying terrorist acts), or poetry and stories (verbal violence targeting different communities). Examples include the photograph "Immersion" by photographer Andres Serrano, and the show "Family Guy." These works are believed to have wide-ranging consequences such as hatred between communities in society, discrimination, violence, polarization between political groups, etc. However, many artists argue that they are merely reflecting reality, expressing personal emotions, or using shocking or satirical elements to draw attention to social issues.

    Zoo Pre-NSDC Gathering Cup 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-07-05

  • This House believes that all Australian states and territories should allow abortion at any stage of pregnancy without restriction

    Infoslide

    Abortion is legal in the ACT at any stage of pregnancy for any reason. Abortion is legal for any reason until 22 weeks in NSW, South Australia, and Queensland; 24 weeks in the Northern Territory and Victoria; 23 weeks in Western Australia; and 16 weeks in Tasmania. In all these states and territories, aside from Tasmania, abortion is legal until birth with two doctors' approval. GIMMICK: Judges may ask POIs.

    UNSW IV · Semifinals · 2025-07-05

  • This house supports the implementation of balanced budget amendments.

    Infoslide

    A balanced budget amendment is a constitutional rule that states that a state cannot spend more than its revenues. Therefore, it requires a balance between the government's projected revenues and expenditures. Balanced budget amendments include exceptions for extreme cases such as wars, recessions or national emergencies, which must be approved by a majority in parliament.

    Diliman Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-05

  • This house believes that the feminist movement should oppose the commercialisation of reproduction (e.g. the sale of eggs, commercial surrogacy)

    Infoslide

    Commercial surrogacy is an arrangement where a woman (the surrogate) carries a pregnancy on behalf of another person/couple etc in exchange for financial compensation beyond her direct medical expenses. The sale of eggs is the process whereby a woman has some of her eggs extracted and sold for the purposes of fertility treatment for other people who cannot use their own eggs.

    England BP 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-05

  • This house would frame the notorious criminal instead of the well-meaning man

    Infoslide

    You are a prosecutor by profession. One day, you discover that a kind, well- meaning man accidentally caused the death of an innocent woman. As you investigate the case, you uncover something troubling: the available forensic and circumstantial evidence could easily be used to frame someone else- a notorious criminal widely believed to have murdered multiple people, but who has always escaped justice due to legal technicalities.

    England BP 2025 · State Finals · 2025-07-05

  • This House would allocate more votes to individuals who demonstrate higher levels of empathy

    Infoslide

    Empathy refers to the the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, often leading to compassionate and prosocial behavior. It can manifest as emotional empathy (feeling what others feel) or cognitive empathy (understanding others' perspectives).

    Diliman Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-05

  • This House supports the immediate international recognition of Syria's new interim government

    Infoslide

    Syria is now under the leadership of Ahmad al-Sharaa, the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist militant group that played a key role in the offensive leading to the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

    Diliman Debate Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-05

  • This house believes that it is in the long-term interest of the Philippines to allow 100% foreign ownership of educational institutions

    Infoslide

    Currently, the foreign ownership of educational institutions in the Philippines is limited to a 40 percent cap. This restriction extends to the establishment and enrollment of educational institutions.

    3rd Butuan Intervarsity · High School Semifinals · 2025-07-04

  • This House opposes Damnatio Memoriae.

    Infoslide

    Damnatio Memoriae ("Condemnation of Memory") was a political-legal instrument in Ancient Rome used to erase the memory of individuals considered enemies of the state. It was primarily applied against tyrannical emperors or political rivals. Its practices included, but were not limited to, the destruction or re-sculpting of statues and coins, erasure of official records, demolition of monuments, and prohibition of funeral rites associated with the condemned person.

    XI Torneio Temático de Debates · Final Novice · 2025-07-04

  • This House, as the Ottoman Empire, would not have implemented the Tanzimat.

    Infoslide

    Tanzimat is the name given to a series of institutional reforms in the Ottoman Empire starting in 1839, aiming to modernize it and protect it from the military and economic pressure exerted by European countries, as well as to prevent its decentralization. The Tanzimat marked a shift away from a theocratic structure to introduce secularization, establish formal equality among its subjects, create a Western-style education system, and make massive investments in road infrastructure. However, the reforms also ended up worsening the fragmentation of the Empire, exacerbating ethnic tensions in the Balkans, and burdening the Ottomans with foreign debts.

    XI Torneio Temático de Debates · Semifinais · 2025-07-04

  • This House supports a decline of two-party systems

    Infoslide

    A two-party system is a political system where two major political parties consistently dominant. While third parties may exist, they rarely, if ever, have sufficient seats in the legislature to exercise significantly political power.

    Diliman Wom*n and Gender Minorities 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-30

  • That we would allow doctors to override advance care directives.

    Infoslide

    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.

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

  • That we would abolish crisis pregnancy centers.

    Infoslide

    Crisis pregnancy centers, or pregnancy centers, are organizations that aim to prevent abortions by persuading women to consider adoption or parenting instead. CPCs target mostly women with unintended pregnancies who might be considering abortion by giving the impression that they are clinical centers that offer legitimate medical services. However, most of the existing CPCs are unregulated and are exempt from licensure and credentialing oversight that health care facilities need to comply.

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