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Type: Human Rights ×

This house regrets the indiscriminate targeting of civilians and innocents in the pursuit of independence.
Humanities Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-26
This house believes that the media should show the full horrors of war
- Law
- Media
- Military
- Human Rights
Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-25
This house would make organ donation after death compulsory for all, with no exceptions ( including religion )
- Law
- Human Rights
- Religion
- Healthcare
Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-25
In countries where protests are legal, This house believes that social justice movements should always adhere to local law enforcement and regulations.
Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-07-25
This house believes that "I was just following orders" should not be a legitimate defence in cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-25
This house would allow prisoners to commute their sentence in exchange for enlisting in their military
Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-25
This house would ban religious groups from taking part in electoral politics in developing countries
- Democracy
- Religion
- Law
- Development
- Human Rights
Glasgow Summer Cup 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-07-19
This house would ban public performances by ex-Yugoslav artists whose music predominantly promotes nationalism and ethnic conflict
- Culture
- Nationalism
- Law
- Human Rights
- Europe
Infoslide

In the Balkans, certain musicians, such as Marko Perković Thompson in Croatia and Baja Mali Knindža in Serbia, are known for songs that celebrate nationalist narratives, sometimes referencing historical conflicts or glorifying war crimes.

Split Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-19
This house would reduce the power of elderly voters' ballots (eg their ballot is worth 3/4 of a normal ballot)
MID YEAR DEBATE INVITATIONALS 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-19
This house would make the right to have a child conditional upon would-be parents' financial capability
MID YEAR DEBATE INVITATIONALS 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-19
This house believes that the use of violence in social movements is always unjustified
MID YEAR DEBATE INVITATIONALS 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-19
This house prefers art without closure in transitional justice eras, as opposed to art that offers closure
Infoslide

"Transitional justice eras refer to specific historical and political moments in which a society is reckoning with a legacy of mass injustice, violence, or authoritarian rule—often following dictatorships, civil wars, state-sponsored repression, or colonial regimes. These periods, occurring during or shortly after political transition, are characterized by the involvement of processes such as truth commissions, war crimes trials, reparations for victims, memorialization through museums or art, and institutional reform (e.g., judiciary, police, or military). Examples include post-apartheid South Africa, post-World War II Europe, and post-Marcos Philippines. Art that offers no closure seeks to reflect the unresolved, complex, and emotionally ambiguous terrain of a society still grappling with its past. These works often reject neat moral binaries or redemptive arcs. Examples include Dekada ‘70, Santa Evita, and Country of my Skull. Art that offers closure on the other hand, aims to heal, redeem, or resolve historical trauma, often providing a sense of catharsis, or restored moral order. Examples include the Diary of Anne Frank, Schindler’s List, Sometimes in April, and Ubu and the Truth Commission."

North Luzon Invitational Debates 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-19
This house prefers a world where suffering is equally distributed between all humans
North Luzon Invitational Debates 2025 · Macli-ing Dulag Finals · 2025-07-19
This house believes that post-colonial states should prioritize negative rights over positive rights
Infoslide

Negative Rights: These are rights that require others (typically the government) to abstain from interfering with individual actions. Examples include the right to free speech and the right to privacy. Positive Rights: These rights require others (usually the government) to provide certain services or goods to individuals. Examples include the right to education and the right to healthcare

Indo-Pacific Pre-ABP 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-19
This house supports The Creation of PEAD
Infoslide

Personal Emotion Altering Device (PEAD) is a chip installed in human brain that can change the emotional response and natural feelings through specific electrical impulses as instructed by the owner.PEAD takes over the natural human endocrine system and becomes the new controlling mechanism for all emotions and feelings experience by the user. Users have conscious awareness that the emotions are artificial due to disjointment with reality but do not emotionally experience them.

Indo-Pacific Pre-ABP 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-19
This House Supports the widespread implementation of predictive AI models in the criminal justice system (e.g., sentencing, forecasting case outcomes, assessing culpability, replacing juries).
International Debate Camp 2025 · Rodada 5 · 2025-07-19
This house believes that it is in the interest of the EU to actively support the student movement in Serbia
Infoslide

Student-led protests in Serbia began in November 2024 after a deadly canopee collapse in Novi Sad killed 16 people, leading to university blockades and demands for greater transparency and recently general elections. Serbia has been governed by Aleksandar Vučić and the SNS party for over a decade, during which the EU has provided significant political and financial support.

Split Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-19
This house would ban public performances by ex-Yugoslav artists whose music predominantly promotes nationalism and ethnic conflict
- Art
- Law
- Nationalism
- Europe
- Human Rights
Infoslide

In the Balkans, certain musicians, such as Marko Perković Thompson in Croatia and Baja Mali Knindža in Serbia, are known for songs that celebrate nationalist narratives, sometimes referencing historical conflicts or glorifying war crimes.

Split Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-19
This house would allow all individuals to move to any country
Split Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-19
This house would allow all individuals to move to any country
Split Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-19