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  • This house believes that the international community should recognize newly formed undemocratic governments

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    Recognition is when one country officially accepts another government as legitimate, making official diplomacy possible.

    KDS DAE RT 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-04

  • This house, as someone deeply in love with a long-term partner who no longer loves them, will use Rumi’s potion (on their partner)

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    Rumi’s potion is a love potion only effective on people who have fallen out of love. It has three possible degrees of effectiveness: 50%, 100%, and -50%. 50% implies that when used on a subject, they love their romantic partner as much as that they once did. 100% implies that they love their partner two times more than they ever did, which means, 2x more affection, passion, devotion, etc. -50% implies that they hate their partner with as much intensity, deepness, and emotion as they ever loved them. The potion is unpredictable and there is an equal chance that it could demonstrate any (and only one) of its three degrees of effectiveness. The potion’s effects are permanent, irreversible even by usage of the potion itself.

    All Nigerian Youth Debate Championships 2025. 🫴🎉 · Round 3 · 2025-04-04

  • This house prefers a world like Hague 938 where humans can exchange lives

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    In the world “Hague 938”, humans can exchange lives by mutual consent. Both persons can see all information about each other when the exchange is about to be made. The exchange can last for as long as the persons agree but can only be made with one person at a time, except where said exchange is made permanent.

    All Nigerian Youth Debate Championships 2025. 🫴🎉 · Open Finals · 2025-04-04

  • In light of recent geopolitical developments, This house, as the Ukrainian Government, would commit to total war over strategic restraint in response to its conflict with Russia.

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    Total War is a military strategy where a nation mobilizes all available resources — economic, industrial, technological, and human — to achieve unconditional victory. It blurs the line between civilian and military targets, treating all aspects of society as part of the war effort. This often involves infrastructure destruction, economic disruption, and propaganda to sustain morale.

    Vistaar: NIT Durgapur PD 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-03-29

  • This House, as Lex Luthor, Would kill Clark Kent

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    You are Lex Luthor. As a supervillain, you seek humanity's advancement and self-reliance through science. Your nemesis is Superman, an alien with fantastical powers whom humanity relies upon for protection from supernatural threats. You encounter a wounded man, Clark Kent, who you believe you have never met before. He is identical to your nemesis, albeit that he wears glasses and does not immediately appear to be a superhero. It is clear that his fate lies solely in your hands.

    Bristol Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-29

  • This house would choose to clean

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    The silo is an underground community in which noone is able to go outside or has any recollection/evidence of the state of the outside world. All you are told by the ruling powers is that it is deadly to go outside, which is backed up by the numerous screens throughout the silo which display a desolate and dead landscape. Anyone found with evidence of the outside world or discovered discussing ideas contrary to the state narrative are sent to the mines. Everyone has the chance to 'clean'. Cleaning is when you choose to exile yourself from the silo. However, all of those who have cleaned have died, as seen on the screens through the silo which shows where you exit. One day you see a video of the outside world. The video displays the opposite of what the screens in the silo show you, the world is vibrant with green grass and birds flying in the sky. Both the video and the screens cannot be corroborated, you do not know which one is real.

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Novice Grand Final · 2025-03-29

  • This house would remove all statutes of limitations.

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    The statute of limitations sets a time limit for filing lawsuits. For crimes with this limit, prosecution is barred after the period ends. e.g. In India, the statute of limitation for theft is 3 years. The time limit varies for different types of crimes and offenses, but usually only some major, grave crimes (e.g. war crime, murder etc) do not have a statute of limitation.

    Vistaar: NIT Durgapur PD 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This house regrets the bureaucratization and standardization of a criteria and definition for Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines

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    Currently, there is no universal definition of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) under international law, an intentional decision based on the rationale of the right to self-identification and the fear of over-inclusion or exclusion of certain groups. However, in Philippine law, the Indigenous People's Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA) defines IPs as those who “have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory.... became historically differentiated from the majority of Filipinos..... may have been displaced from their traditional domains” allowing communities to legally identify as IPs through a bureaucratic process under the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples.

    Luzon Novice Debate Cup 2025 · Lakan Finals · 2025-03-29

  • This house believes that governments should prioritise policies aligned with Buen Vivir

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    Buen Vivir is an indigenous peoples' philosophy that sees nature as a living being that has the same rights to life and happiness as people. According to Buen Vivir, society should heavily prioritise environmental protection, human rights and social justice at the expense of profits, competition and economic growth. Examples of countries that have committed to the advancement of Buen Vivir are: Ecuador and Bolivia

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Round 4 · 2025-03-29

  • This house believes that the interim government in Syria should call an immediate election.

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    In Syria in 2011 there were protests against the autocratic Assad regime. This led to a civil war that lasted from 2012 - 2024 and created mass destruction and displacement. There were multiple rebel groups involved in the opposition to Assad including; pro and anti Kurdish nationalists, secular groups and those funded by regional and foreign powers. The main rebel group is HTS, a group previously associated with Al Qaeda who have had strong control of the north west for the duration of the civil war. The new government, dominated by HTS with some participation from other rebel groups, has currently promised elections in the next 4 to 5 years.

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Open Semifinal · 2025-03-29

  • This house opposes judicial activism

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    Judicial activism refers to the tendency of courts to actively consider broader societal implications when applying existing laws. This means rulings may be partially-based on courts' own views, potentially going beyond precedent or the literal interpretation of the law.

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Round 5 · 2025-03-29

  • This house supports banning fringe extremist political parties in Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) systems

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    The AFD are a German alt-right political party who are currently the second highest-polling party in Germany. High-ranking members have recently been uncovered having meetings with neo-Nazis. Calls for the AFD to be banned have since become widespread

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Grand Final · 2025-03-29

  • This house supports unconditional measures to include Afghanistan in the international community

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    Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, a number of western states have severed diplomatic ties and imposed sanctions. Economic deprivation has also significantly increased.

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Round 6 · 2025-03-29