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This house believes that Indigenous people charged with crimes should be tried and sentenced in accordance with the customs of their Indigenous justice system (i.e. state/federal/provincial courts)
WSDC 2021 · 8 · 2021-07-28
This house believes that the Ecuador should indistinctly incorporate both forms of justice within the national framework (eg: allow the implementation of corrective penalties in accordance with Human Rights and conciliation within ordinary justice cases, have the option within the courts to follow one or another justice for any case to integrate the community councils as a mechanism to judge cases among others) instead of maintaining the separation of these to their respective competence.
Infoslide

There are several worldviews of indigenous justice in Ecuador. According to the constitution, in general, these are based on the ancestral uses and customs of the community. These have a conciliatory and corrective character (corporeal punishments that seek to purge the soul of evil) in the face of crimes. The sentences are decided through community councils or by the community leader. In order to be applicable, indigenous justice must meet four requirements: 1) That they are related to internal issues of the communities 2) That all the parties involved are indigenous 3) That it be within the territory of the communities 4) That the penalties be limited to the Western conception of Human Rights. Ordinary justice in Ecuador is based on courts and tribunals in a very similar way to that of other Latin American countries.

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español Ecuador 2021 · 7 · 2021-07-25
This house supports indigenous peoples to expel political organizations and parties from their communities.
Infoslide

According to article 2 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States: 'The Nation has a multicultural composition originally based on its indigenous peoples, which are those that descend from populations that inhabited the current territory of the country at the beginning of colonization and who conserve their own social economic cultural and political institutions or part of them.' 'Native Peoples' is a collective name applied to the native communities of America, corresponding to groups of humans descended from pre-Columbian cultures that have maintained their cultural and social characteristics. Most of them with their own languages.

México Debate Categoría Menor 2021 · 1 · 2021-07-10
This house believes that revenue from tourism sites associated with indigenous cultures (e.g. Chichen Itza and related Mayan sites in Mexico) should be distributed directly to those communities.
- Economics
- Indigenous People
Nagoya Debate Open 2021 · 4 · 2021-06-26
This house believes that revenue from tourism sites associated with Indigenous cultures (eg Chichen Itza and related Mayan sites in Mexico) should be distributed directly to these communities
Nagoya Debate Open 2021 · 4 · 2021-06-26
This house believes that Indigenous communities should be granted Sovereign Immunity
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Sovereign Immunity is an immunity granted Indigenous communities, which allows members of that community to be prosecuted by their own laws even when they commit crimes against individuals who are not members of that community

Law and Justice Open · 4 · 2021-05-29
This house prefers an Indigenous understanding of art
Infoslide

Indigenous languages often do not have a specific word for art. Instead, Indigenous cultures view art as a part of everything we do in community, a part of all language, and as something that cannot be reduced to a singular concept

Alex Trebek Random Pro Am · 1 · 2021-05-24
In developing countries, this house regrets the use of indigenous tourism as a primary economic strategy
Infoslide

Indigenous tourism is tourism that directly engages Indigenous people, either by allowing them to manage a site or making Indigenous culture the focus for a destination.

Xavier Cup · 3 · 2021-04-30
This house believes that indigineous communities in the Amazon rainforest should undertake acts of vigilantism against poachers and illegal loggers
Infoslide

In recent years, logging companies have cleared swathes of land around indigenous communities' reservation in the Amazon, with loggers and poachers often also entering their perimeters. President Bolsonaro has claimed that the reservations are too expensive and has called for mining and industrial farming on tribal land. Recently, member of indigenous tribes have begun forming vigilante groups to fight back against the encroachments. They have experienced relative success in combating illegal incursion, but this has come at the cost of being regularly exposed to armed skirmishes and vigilantism being denounced by local authorities.

i3L Debate Match · 3 · 2021-04-21
Assuming that there exists technology to eliminate the existence and spread of any and all infectious diseases this house would not establish contact with tribes which have been isolated from modern human civilization
The MIT Debate Tournament 2021 · Open Final · 2021-04-17
This house would grant Indigenous communities an exclusive right to the use of traditional materials (in artwork; construction; and apparel etc)
- Indigenous People
- Law
- Culture
- Art
- Social Justice
Asia Novice Debate Open 2021 · 4 · 2021-04-16
This house regrets the commercialisation of the culture of Indigenous communities
Asia Novice Debate Open 2021 · 4 · 2021-04-16
That we would subject all industrialisation projects (eg. mining construction of dams etc.) to approval by immediately affected local communities
UNSW Open · 2 · 2021-04-16
In settler-colonial states, this house would require students to learn an Indigenous language
Blithchrome Parliamentary Debate · 1 · 2021-03-27
This house believes that anthropologists should refuse to work with resource extraction companies
Infoslide

Anthropologists study human cultures, and many focus on studying remote Indigenous groups through ethnography and participant observation (e.g., living among or nearby Indigenous communities with their consent, systematically documenting local practices, and publishing research describing cultures and/or advocating for their preservation). Mining and resource extraction companies often seek the expertise of anthropologists when developing projects that may conflict with Indigenous territories. These anthropologists can serve as interpreters and experts on local geography, consultants on mining projects and corporate social responsibility, and intermediaries for negotiations with Indigenous peoples. The presence of anthropologists can sometimes be critical for mining companies to secure the trust of local Indigenous groups and gain knowledge about unfamiliar terrain.

NA Spar Open · Novice Final · 2021-03-27
This house regrets the commercialisation of Indigenous cultures
SCARS Malaysia 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-03-27
This house believes that states should never protect dying languages
30th ICU Tournament 2021 · Novice Final · 2021-03-26
This house would grant financial incentives to indigenous people to send their kids to mainstream schools over their local indigenous schools
MINT · 2 · 2021-03-21
This house regrets the self-commercialisation of indigenous culture. (For example Maori “village tours” Aboriginal art fairs and Native American casinos)
SCARS KL 2021 · 3 · 2021-03-06
This house would support indigenous people to be trialed convicted and punished in accordance with the customs of their community instead of the system of the national court
SCARS KL 2021 · 3 · 2021-03-06