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This House Opposes the Quebec language laws.
Infoslide

Quebec is the only Francophone-majority province of Canada. The Quebec language laws aim to keep French as the sole official and common language of Quebec. Requirements include, with limited exceptions, that: \- French is the language of instruction in schools; \- Public services are offered only in French; \- Businesses are to operate in French, and employees cannot be made worse off for a lack of proficiency in any language other than French; and \- All signs, advertising, and product information must be in French, and this must be more prominent than any other languages if present.

Champagne Intervarsity 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-18
This House supports Singapore’s law that shifts the burden of proof to the accused in drug-related offenses
- Criminal Justice
- Law
- Drugs
- Asia
- Human Rights
Infoslide

"Under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, if someone is caught with a large amount of illegal drugs, the law automatically assumes they are trafficking and that they knew they were carrying drugs. Instead of the government having to prove guilt, under the act the accused must prove their innocence."

Shanghai International Debate Open 2025 · Over 16 Semifinals · 2025-04-17
This House supports Singapore’s law that shifts the burden of proof to the accused in drug-related offenses
- Law
- Criminal Justice
- Drugs
- Asia
- Human Rights
Shanghai International Debate Open 2025 · Under 16 Semifinals · 2025-04-17
This house believes that newly democratized nations should ban religiously affiliated parties from seeking office
- Democracy
- Religion
- Law
- Human Rights
Queen's High School Tournament 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-13
This house believes that LGBTQ+ individuals should actively distance themselves from historically exclusionary religious institutions
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-12
This house supports the rise of patients self-advocating in medicine
Debatable Open 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-04-12
This house opposes all religious practices that require a significant amount of personal sacrifice from the religion’s followers (eg: dietary restrictions, wearing beards, etc)
Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-12
This house would refuse to extradite criminals to countries where death penalty is legal and frequently administered
Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-12
This house believes that states should be held criminally liable for all instances of inter-religious violence against people belonging to minority religions
Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-12
This house would offer immunity from sedition trials to all religious critics conditional on them participating in open public forums where religious adherents have the right to respond
Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-12
This house prefers the establishment of a Greater Israel as opposed to the two-state solution
Infoslide

Greater Israel refers to the expansion of Israel’s borders to include territories such as the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In this vision, Palestinians living in these areas would be granted citizenship within Israel.

Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-04-12
This house would reveal the truth about the genocide to the world
Infoslide

You are a child prodigy that was selected to participate in a war simulation where you are tasked to take command of a fleet with other selected children and conquer a planet with other beings on it. Upon completion, you discovered that it was not a simulation and that you and the rest of the participants have actually committed genocide.

Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-12
In the face of extreme atrocity, This house believes that death is better than bondage.
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-12
This house supports the use of court-appointed conservatorships for public figures who demonstrate a pattern of self-destructive or harmful behavior.
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-04-12
This house supports the use of court-appointed conservatorships for public figures who demonstrate a pattern of self-destructive or harmful behavior.
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Pre-Quarter Finals · 2025-04-12
This house prefers the death of people over the death of culture
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-12
This house believes that major environmental destruction committed by either individuals or companies should be considered as a crime against humanity
Debatable Open 2025 · Open Grandfinals · 2025-04-12
When responding to civilian casualties, this house believes that military action taken does not have to meet the principle of proportionality.
Infoslide

The principle of proportionality asserts that an act of war is just if and only if the harm caused by it is proportionate to the harm intended to be inflicted by the opposing warring party.

Colgate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-12
This House Would frame the murderer over 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 man widely believed to have murdered multiple people, but who has always escaped justice due to lack of proof. Now, you face a difficult choice: do you prosecute the harmless man who made a tragic mistake, or use this chance to finally put a dangerous repeat killer behind bars?

Debatable Open 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-04-12
This House Regrets the use of ‘right to privacy’ arguments to advance social causes (e.g. abortion rights, LGBT rights).
- Privacy
- Law
- Human Rights
- LGBTQ+
Infoslide

‘Right to privacy’ arguments assert that the state should not interfere in the private lives of individuals.

Glasgow Ancients 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-04-11