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  • B. In post-conflict states, This house supports the use of the Gacaca model in trying individuals accused of committing war crimes

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    The Gacaca courts were a form of community-based courts that were implemented in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide to try individuals accused of committing war crimes. Victims may give speeches about their experiences and ask questions to the accused. The accused were encouraged to take responsibility for their actions and offer apologies before the community would decide the punishment. Gacaca courts were traditionally led by prominent members of the affected communities who usually do not have legal backgrounds. For the purposes of the debate, the Gacaca courts will not substitute formal tribunals for high-ranking militia.

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-05-02

  • B. This house opposes the use of creative liberty in the retellings of true events in film & television

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    For the purposes of the debate, "the use of creative liberty" refers to the manipulation of factual accuracy in the retelling of a true event for the purposes of dramatic effect. These may include dramatisations of actual events (e.g. the dramatisation of the legal battle between Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network) or the addition of outright factual or historical inaccuracies in the story (e.g. the portrayal of Scottish warrior William Wallace and his men wearing kilts in Braveheart, despite the kilt not yet having been invented at the time the film was set).

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-05-02

  • This house prefers a world in which iconoclasm was the dominant belief in the Christian world

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    Iconoclasm is the belief that the use of religious images (specifically images depicting god, prophets or people) are heretical and should be destroyed. During the 8th-9th century CE, Iconoclasm rose to prominence in the Eastern Roman Empire, with thousands of religious images being destoryed during this time.

    Ottawa Round Robin 2025 · Round 3B · 2025-04-26

  • This house prefers a world in which iconoclasm was the dominant belief in the Christian world

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    Iconoclasm is the belief that the use of religious images (specifically images depicting god, prophets or people) are heretical and should be destroyed. During the 8th-9th century CE, Iconoclasm rose to prominence in the Eastern Roman Empire, with thousands of religious images being destoryed during this time.

    Ottawa Round Robin 2025 · Round 3A · 2025-04-26

  • This house believes that Scotland should repatriate the Loch Ness Monster to England

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    Yesterday, it had been discovered that the Loch Ness Monster, previously considered to be native to the Loch Ness in Scotland, is actually native to Lake Windermere in England. She was stolen by a Scottish missionary in 1658 and has been hidden in the Loch Ness since. This has taken UK media by storm.

    Aberdeen Schools 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-26

  • This House Prefers a world where monarchical successions happened primarily through adoptions

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    Under adoptive monarchy, rulers adopt grown successors into their family and lineage with the expressed intent of making them the new heirs. Often times these are descendants of close friends or family members of the ruler. For example, the first 4 emperors of Rome each inherited the title from their adoptive father.

    Imperial Online Open 2025 · ESL Finals · 2025-04-19

  • This house prefers a restoration approach to art conservation as opposed to a preservation approach

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    A restoration approach to art conservation seeks to restore pieces of art to how they would have been seen at the time of creation. A preservation approach seeks to prevent damage and alterations to the original piece.

    Joynt Scroll 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-18

  • This house believes that Hindu leaders in Malaysia should cooperate with the government’s move to relocate the temple

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    The Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman Temple, a 130-year-old Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, is being relocated to a location 50 metres away from its current location after the Malaysian Government sold the land to Jakel Trading for a mosque project.

    Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-12

  • This house supports the glorification of Periyar as the father of Dravidian politics.

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    Periyar was a social activist and politician who founded the Dravidian Self Respect Movement against oppression at the hands of caste-Brahmins. He popularised the demand for a sovereign Dravida Nadu (Land of the Dravidians/ South Indians) and later founded the DMK party in Tamil Nadu which forms the state government to this date. He also pioneered the anti Hindi protests in the 1930s and is widely accepted as the Father of Dravidian Politics. Periyar believed that caste equality can only be achieved with the annihilation of Hinduism, publicly burned images of Hindu gods like Rama and Krishna, and encouraged widespread religious conversion. He encouraging his followers to incite violence against upper castes. Despite championing Tamil identity, Periyar preferred the English language because he believed that Tamil is barbarian, and lacking modern verbals forms.

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-05