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  • This house supports large scale squatting movements in places with a housing crisis

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    Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.

    Rotterdam Pre-EUDC · Round 1 · 2025-06-07

  • This house believes that Sri Lankan government should seize all unclaimed land in the Mullaitivu district.

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    During Sri Lanka's civil war, thousands of people fled their homes in Mullaitivu district, leaving behind vast tracts of agricultural and residential land. Much of this land remains legally unclaimed today - either because the original owners died, emigrated, or lost their property documents during the conflict. However, many relatives and community members now live on and cultivate this land, despite lacking legal ownership documentation. Meanwhile, Mullaitivu remains Sri Lanka's poorest and least developed district, with minimal infrastructure, limited economic opportunities, and ongoing poverty. The government now faces a choice: seize this unclaimed land for state-led development projects, infrastructure, and economic investment, or leave it in legal limbo

    South Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-06

  • This house believes that local animal rights activism movement should adopt the ALF approach.

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    The Animal Liberation Front is an animal activism organisation that has organised violent and illegal protests in pursuance of animal rights in the past. It has resulted in destruction of property in the past - burning empty buildings where animals used to be tortured, violating right to privacy by clandestinely filming cruelty, etc

    Vistaar NITD-PD 24 · Round 2 · 2025-05-29

  • This House would require that financial data relevant to the public domain to be managed as an open source system

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    Currently, most market-relevant financial data (e.g. trading volume, lending and banking statistics, companies' ESG impacts, inflation dynamics, etc.) are managed by private proprietors such as Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and NASDAQ, charging a considerable amount of licensing fees for the access and use of those data. An open-source system, along with allowing low-cost, public access to content, is one whose code or architecture is able to be publicly scrutinized. In finance, it is possible to make such systems highly secure through transparent development and customizable security measures.

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-05-17

  • This house would require bankrupt firms to sell their company's assets as a single bundle through an open-market auction

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    An open market auction is a type of auction that is accessible to the general public and features a transparent, publicly visible bidding process. A bundle sale refers to selling all of a company’s assets together as a single package, rather than breaking them up and selling them individually. Currently, bankrupt firms that choose to liquidate (sell their assets) typically split their assets and sell them through closed negotiations.

    Vienna Intervarsity 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-17

  • This house opposes civil asset forfeiture

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    Civil Asset Forfeiture allows the government (typically the police) to seize any property (land, items, or cash) that is allegedly involved in a crime or illegal activity. After the asset is seized, the government may opt to keep, sell, or use it. After seizure, the burden of proof lies on the owner to prove that the asset was not involved in or obtained as a result of illegal activity

    Archer Schools Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-05-17

  • B. This house supports the introduction of the Urban Renewal Act in Malaysia

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    In Malaysia, the Strata Titles Act (STA) 1985 currently requires unanimous consent of all owners of a building before beginning urban renewal work (e.g. demolishing and rebuilding, upgrading safety features, improving aesthetic value). In 2025, parliament is tabling the Urban Renewal Act (URA) to replace the STA 1985. Under the new Act, the federal and state governments can carry out urban renewal works without unanimous consent of building owners. The proposed consent thresholds may be as low as 51% of building owners, with thresholds set according to the age and abandonment of the building. If necessary, non- consenting owners can be forced to sell off their property.

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-02

  • That technology companies should be required to release any software that achieves a highly dominant market position (e.g., Google Chrome, Photoshop, Zoom, etc) as open source.

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    Open source software is released under a license allowing anybody to freely examine, alter, and distribute the software and its source code.

    Melbourne Easters 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-04-21