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| Date | Tournament | Round | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | 1 | TH opposes the attempts by the feminist movement to redefine roles and behaviours traditionally associated with women (e.g. wanting to be a housewife, wearing make-up and heels) as empowering. |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | 2 | THS countries withdrawing from the International Criminal Court in order to create their own regional replacements (e.g. an African Criminal Court, an InterAmerican Criminal Court). |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | 3 | In areas of chronically low academic attainment, THBT the general approach of educational charities should be to focus resources on maximising the potential of exceptional students, over helping the lowest achieving. |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | 4 | THS the rise of computational creativity (Infoslide: Computational Creativity' is a scientific field researching AI models that simulate or replicate human creativity. Projects in the field include but are not limited to using AI to script films, compose music, write poetry, and paint). |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | 5 | THW give legislative veto power to a Future Generations Commission (Infoslide: For the purposes of this debate, a 'Future Generations Commission' is an independent body mandated with mapping the long-term impacts of governmental policy on the young, or unborn generations). |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | ESL_Semis | Where resources are significantly limited, THBT states should actively promote religion in areas of high poverty. |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | ESL_Final | TH prefers a world in which all children are conceived with DNA from a global genetic database. |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | Novice_Final | THBT it is immoral for individuals who have met their basic needs to not donate any excess wealth to utility maximising causes. |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | Open_Quarters | Actually, THW rather see one innocent man go to jail than see 100 guilty men walk free. |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | Open_Semis | THR 'Operation Car Wash'. (Infoslide: Operation Car Wash' is a broad investigation conducted in Brazil that revealed extensive corruption. As a result of the operation, the left-leaning Workers' Party have lost power, and far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been elected president) |
| 2018-11-16 | Cambridge IV 2018 | Open_Final | From behind a veil of ignorance, TH would choose to not be born. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | 1 | Assuming feasibility, THW ban all research into the possible genetic origins of sex, race and sexuality. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | 2 | THBT environmental advocacy groups should prioritise lobbying governments to change environmental policy (e.g. cap and trade policies, banning environmentally harmful chemicals) rather than convincing individuals to take responsibility for their contribution to environmental damage (e.g. reducing/recycling waste, taking public transport). |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | 3 | TH, as Israel, would end compulsory military service. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | 4 | THR the depiction of the everyday life of people with disabilities as inspirational. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | 5 | THBT the South African government should incentivize the movement of people out of townships, rather than focus on policies that try to economically develop townships. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | ESL_Semis | THBT the US should cut all political, economic and military ties with Saudi Arabia. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | ESL_Final | THBT social movements should reject the glorification of political violence. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | Novice_Final | THBT post-conflict states should actively promote a unifying national narrative in the history curriculum. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | Open_Quarters | THW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | Open_Semis | THBT the use of erotic capital by women does more harm than good. |
| 2018-11-09 | Oxford IV 2018 | Open_Final | THP a world where people believe you should maximize productivity to a world where people believe you should maximize leisure. |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | 1 | This House would remove quarterly reporting requirements for publicly traded companies |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | 2 | This House believes that prominent institutions in marginalized communities (churches, schools, community centres, etc.) should practice the politics of respectability |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | 3 | This House supports the US's use of economic warfare (tariffs, targeted sanctions, etc.) against China in order to force compliance with the rules of the global neoliberal economic order (opening up its economy, protecting intellectual property, not engaging in currency manipulation, etc.) |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | 4 | This House would remove all health restrictions for prospective adoptive parents |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | 5 | This House believes that developing countries should never commit to having their sovereign debt disputes settled by courts in foreign countries |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | 6 | In countries with vigorously contested campaign contribution regulations, this House believes that the political left should not contest the premise that money is speech and should, instead, contest how that speech is regulated |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | Novice_Final | This House believes that the horrors of history are incompatible with a belief in a Judeo-Christian God |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | Open_Quarters | In a plurality of cases, this House believes that the "me too" movement should, on balance, prioritize a path towards redemption over retribution |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | Open_Semis | In legal systems where constitutional courts practice judicial review, this House would apply the "no precedential effect rule" to judgments by single judge margins |
| 2018-10-26 | Yale IV 2018 | Open_Final | This House would legalize and train sex workers specifically to work with disabled people |
| 2018-10-12 | Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | 2 | This House Regrets The Belief That Technology Firms Will Solve The Climate Crisis |
| 2018-10-12 | Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | 3 | This House, as the US, would stop all arms sales, military support, and other aid to Saudi Arabia |
| 2018-10-12 | Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | 4 | This House would prefer a world where memory is permanent and infallible. |
| 2018-10-12 | Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | 5 | This House opposes the continued progress towards deep global economic integration (e.g. very low tariffs and free movement of capital and labour across borders). |
| 2018-10-12 | Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | Novice_Final | With the goal of improving representation in media, this House would create original characters who belong to underrepresented groups, rather than re-imagine existing characters |
| 2018-10-12 | Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | Open_Quarters | Provided that it wins control of Congress and the White House, this House believes that the Democratic Party should increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court. |
| 2018-10-12 | Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | Open_Semis | This House believes that the liberalization of sexual behaviour prompted by the sexual revolution fails women today |
| 2018-10-12 | Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | Open_Final | This House opposes the propagation of Canadian exceptionalism |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 1 | This House Regrets narratives that glorify the elderly (e.g. "The old know better"; "The old deserve more" etc.) |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 2 | This House Believes That Supreme Courts should refrain from making decisions on controversial social issues (e.g. gay rights, abortion) |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 3 | During economic crises, This House Believes That states should prioritise fiscal stability (i.e. balancing budget) over increasing public spending |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 4 | This House Believes That international criminal tribunals should introduce the death penalty for individuals convicted of crimes against humanity |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 5 | This House Believes That academic journals should not publish articles that characterize colonialism as positive |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 6 | Assuming feasibility, in countries with conscription, This House Would forcibly delete all soldiers' memories of combat situations upon their discharge |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 7 | This House Believes That the deaf rights movement should disproportionately emphasize the positive experiences associated with being deaf |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 8 | This House, as Iran, Would resume its nuclear weapons program |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | 9 | This House Would allow political parties to make binding electoral promises that, once broken, will immediately trigger reelection |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | Novice_Semis | This House prefers a world with a dominant norm of not expressing strong emotions |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | Novice_Final | This House Would abolish constitutional monarchies |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | Open_Octos | This House opposes the dominant social norm in favor of monogamy |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | Open_Quarters | This House Believes That President Vladimir Putin is good for Russia |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | Open_Semis | This House Believes That the Pope should be elected by Catholics around the world |
| 2018-10-03 | China BP | Open_Final | This House Believes That Asian education systems should actively promote the view that Asian culture is superior to Western Culture |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | 1 | This House would consider politicians under oath when making public statements on political issues* (* thus making them criminally liable for perjury if they lie about facts) |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | 2 | In countries where compulsory military service for men exists, this House believes that feminists should advocate for the conscription of women |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | 3 | This House believes that the LGBT movement should embrace the message that sexuality is a choice |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | 4 | This House believes that United States foreign policy should seek to significantly restrict Iran's influence over Syria |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | 5 | This House opposes Consumerist Culture* (*Consumerist Culture is a culture where consistently purchasing goods is expected and considered a marker of social status) |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | 6 | This House believes that in Western states with high rates of unemployment the state should act as an employer of last resort (i.e. the state should directly employ people who are unable to find a job elsewhere) |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | Novice_Semis | This House would allow communities to reduce the amount of policing employed within their neighborhoods |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | Novice_Final | This House would allow the creation of Savior Siblings* (*a child who is born for the purpose of providing an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who is affected with a fatal disease) |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | Open_Quarters | This House would allow individuals to sue religious institutions in their community for propagating beliefs that cause them significant harm |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | Open_Semis | This House believes that the Obama administration should have prioritized affordable tertiary education over affordable healthcare |
| 2018-09-28 | HWS IV 2018 | Open_Final | This House believes that the state should curb assortative mating* (*the phenomenon of people primarily entering relationships and building families with those of similar social and economic characteristics) |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 1 | This House Believes that the US Democratic Party should move to the left in candidate selection and policy platform |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 2 | This House believes that State Health Services should allow private companies to run hospitals for profit |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 3 | This House believes that the State should fund the creation of, and access to, realistic androids that simulate romantic relationships. |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 4 | This House Regrets the glorification of the immediate postcolonial leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 5 | This House Believes That South Korea should abandon the goal of, and all policies which aim at, Korean reunification |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 6 | This House regrets the increasing trend of popular shows featuring neurodivergence* as the central theme. *Neurodivergence refers to those whose psychology is non standard, e.g. for reasons of mental health, mental disability, etc. |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 7 | This House, as Colombia, would cease cooperation with the USA in the War Against Drugs |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 8 | This House Believes That Artists should not participate in the ongoing interpretation of their art. |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | 9 | This house supports first generation immigrants to Western Europe encouraging their children to fully assimilate and identify with the local culture |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | ESL_Quarters | THBT the EU should decriminalise human smuggling*. * Human smuggling is the aiding of a willing person to illegally cross a border. It is distinct from human trafficking, in which the person does not consent. |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | ESL_Semis | THR the decline of labour union power in the West |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | ESL_Final | This House supports the promotion of collective guilt after large scale crimes against humanity |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | Open_Octos | THW prefer a religion which preaches that one's fate in the material world is predetermined rather than one which preaches that choices influence it |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | Open_Quarters | THBT the IMF should require direct control over a country's monetary policy as a condition of national bailouts. |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | Open_Semis | THBT liberal democracies should constitutionally enshrine the right of regions to unilaterally secede |
| 2018-07-30 | Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | Open_Final | THR the shift in the #MeToo movement from victims sharing their experiences to holding public figures to account |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 1 | This house would ban all communication tech companies (such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Whatsapp, etc.) from encrypting their users data, including the content of their communications, in such a way that the company cannot retrieve that data even under a court order. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 2 | This house supports job security legislation. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 3 | This house would redefine the criterion for excessive force in the US to be any use of beyond what is reasonable given all the facts of the case, including the benefit of hindsight (e.g. whether the individual had a gun, not whether it was reasonable to believe he had a gun). |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 4 | This house would limit the amount of time that a museum can display a given piece of art to 3 months out of every 10 year period, rather than allow museums to display their works as long as they choose. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 5 | This house would allow citizens to vote on individual bills in place of their representative, with the representative retaining the voting power of those of their constituents who did not directly vote on that specific bill. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 6 | This house believes that all states should mandate that research on and use of CRISPR technology be exclusively carried out by institutions funded entirely by the state. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 7 | This house, as Iran, would cease all support for military groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.). |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 8 | This house prefers a world in which all individuals who have achieved a middle class standard of living choose to pursue the highest level of achievement in their chosen career, rather than a wold in which those individuals priorities day-to-day enjoyment over work. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | 9 | This house would not allow out of court settlements for workplace discrimination and harrasment. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | EFL_Semis | This house believes that Catholic religious officials in Mexico should not make statements in support of governmental policies, political parties, or candidates. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | EFL_Final | This house believes that it is better for the general population to be more optimistic about the current and future state of the nation (including societal cohesion, peace processes, the state of the economy) than an objectively accurate judgement. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | ESL_Quarters | This house, as the Chinese Communist Party, would lift all restrictions on foreign investments in China, except restrictions critical to national security. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | ESL_Semis | This house prefers a non-adversarial legal system |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | ESL_Final | In democratic post-colonial states, This house believes that opposition parties to the party of independence should claim and use the legacy of anti-colonial resistance. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | Open_Partial_Double_Octos | This house believes that ASEAN should negotiate all investment deals with Chinese government entities as a bloc (with decisions made by majority vote of its members), so that no member state can enter into investment deals without the rest of the world. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | Open_Octos | This house supports the court's decision to acquit Tehlirian |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | Open_Quarters | This house, as a parent of a child with ASPD, would enable and support that child given that child’s aims based on their current psychological makeup, instead of trying to make them more empathic. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | Open_Semis | This house would create an international court with the ability to classify national debt as “Odious Debt” at the debtor nation’s request and remove the obligation of that nation to pay. |
| 2018-01-01 | Mexico WUDC 2018 | Open_Final | This House would rather save the live of a single child over extending the life of 5 adults by 10 years |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | 1 | This house would give companies tax breaks on all revenues paid as renumeration (salaries and bonus) to all female employees |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | 2 | THR the substitution of digital entertainment (e.g. tv, movies, video games) for written materials (e.g. novels, Kindle, comic books) in the lives of children |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | 3 | THBT former human rights activists under dictatorial regimes should not seek elected office (e.g. MP) after the transition to democracy |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | 4 | This house prefers a world in which all religions believe in Universal Salvation |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | 5 | This House regrets the rise of Xi Jinping |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | ESL_Semis | This house believes that criminal justice systems should never incorporate retribution as an aim in determining criminal punishments |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | ESL_Final | This House regrets the use of the term "moderate muslim" by Muslims to identify themselves |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | Open_Quarters | This house would force all companies worth over $1 billion to list publicly |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | Open_Semis | In cases where a supreme court would currently rule on the compliance of a given law with a constitutional provision, THW hold a public referendum on whether to abandon that constitutional provision |
| 2017-11-17 | Cambridge IV 2017 | Open_Final | THBT it is always immoral to fight for one's country |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | 1 | THW provide means-tested welfare in the form of basic goods and services (including vouchers), rather than cash payments. |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | 2 | THBT twitter has done more harm than good |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | 3 | TH Prefers Asian Values to Western liberalism |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | 4 | THBT investors should cease purchasing bonds issued by the Venezuelan government. |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | 5 | THBT minority parents should shelter their children from the existence of racism for as long as possible |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | ESL_Semis | THBT that the EU should suspend the voting rights of Poland. |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | ESL_Final | THW ban the creation of all artificial conscious beings. |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | Novice_Finals | THW require all sold products to clearly display their price in Dead Children Currency. |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | Open_Quarters | THR the creation and adoption of cryptocurrencies. |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | Open_Semis | THBT Mohammed bin Salman's policies are in the interests of the ruling House of Saud. |
| 2017-11-10 | Oxford IV 2017 | Open_Final | Assuming it could be done peacefully, THW replace all existing governments with a single global democratic government. |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | 1 | THW ban police unions. |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | 2 | THBT Pharmaceutical companies should be held civilly liable for the opiate crisis |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | 3 | THB the Democratic Party should prioritize/welcome the nomination of candidates at all levels of government who favor more radical changes to existing policies and structures over those who are seen as more "electable" |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | 4 | This house regrets the development of mass tourism at world heritage sites |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | 5 | TH, as a prominent African-American group, would seek to create autonomous spaces of politics, economics etc. rather than integrating with American society |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | Novice_Final | THW, as President Trump, fire Robert Mueller |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | Open_Quarters | THW, as the US government, recognize the DPRK as a nuclear state and no longer oppose their nuclear program on the condition they discontinue long-range missile development. |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | Open_Semis | The United States of Africa is a proposed concept for a federation of some or all of the 55 sovereign states on the African continent. The concept takes its origin from the writing of Marcus Garvey, an influential pan-Africanist leader in the early 20th century. |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | Open_Semis | THS the political unification of Africa |
| 2017-10-13 | Hart House IV 2017 | Open_Final | THBT Truth and Reconciliation Commissions should destroy all collected testimony upon publication of the commissions' reports. |
| 2017-09-29 | HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip | 1 | THBT civil rights legal organizations (e.g. ACLU) should refuse to provide legal resources to white supremacists and other hate groups. |
| 2017-09-29 | HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip | 2 | THW replace existing welfare systems with a universal basic income. |
| 2017-09-29 | HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip | 3 | Of religions that promise reward for faithful practice, THW prefer religions that promise reward will come in the afterlife as opposed to those that promise material reward in this life. |
| 2017-09-29 | HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip | 4 | THBT the U.S. should eliminate all protective measures on the trading and use of green technologies. |
| 2017-09-29 | HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip | 5 | THBT social movements should emphasize an individual’s capacity to change their circumstances in the face of oppression, as opposed to emphasizing the structures that restrict and determine an individual’s fate. |
| 2017-09-29 | HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip | Novice_Semis | THR the modern high prioritization of sexual compatibility in romantic relationships. |
| 2017-09-29 | HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip | Open_Quarters | THBT, in large metropolitan areas, the government should use eminent domain to create high density housing development. |
| 2017-09-29 | HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip | Open_Final | THBT scholars who study under-represented groups in history should emphasize their contribution to events that are commonly considered historically significant, rather than studying the history of those groups’ contributions to their own societies. |
| 2017-04-07 | HWS Round Robin | 1 | This house supports the use of “eye in the sky” policing in urban areas with high crime rates. |
| 2017-04-07 | HWS Round Robin | 2 | This house supports democratic governments using social disgust as a grounds for restricting public speech or display. |
| 2017-04-07 | HWS Round Robin | 3 | This house regrets the shift in focus within the academic study of history from studying great figures and institutions to studying cultural forces and the experiences of ordinary people. |
| 2017-04-07 | HWS Round Robin | 4 | Given the choice as an individual who is a typical, healthy 30-year-old, THW elect to never again feel the emotion of sorrow. |
| 2017-04-07 | HWS Round Robin | 5 | This house believes that the US should issue guest worker visas, under which minimum wage laws would not apply. |
| 2017-04-07 | HWS Round Robin | Open_Final | THBT governments should abandon the strategy of "decapitation" in fighting terrorism. |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 1 | This House believes that post-genocidal regimes should destroy all places of extermination (for example, death camps) |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 2 | This House would allow members of the armed forces to form labour unions |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 3 | This House believes that sports leagues should significantly tax and redistribute from wealthier teams to poorer teams |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 4 | In areas with rapidly rising property prices, This House would suspend all restrictions on property development that are not health and safety requirements (for example, environmental zoning regulations, building height restrictions, and regulations on the appearance of buildings) |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 5 | This House believes that the Netherlands should allow citizens to purchase additional votes from the government at a cost proportional to their wealth (for example, one additional vote for 1% of wealth) |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 6 | This House believes that the world would be a better place if women from privileged backgrounds turned down any benefits arising from affirmative action programs. |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 7 | This House believes that South Korea should produce nuclear weapons |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 8 | This House regrets the glamorization of start-up culture that encourages people to start their own companies rather than pursue traditional career paths |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | 9 | This House would temporarily and significantly relax minimum labour standards in times of unusually high unemployment, including workplace health and safety standards, minimum wage, working hours restrictions etc. |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | EFL_Final | THBT the European left should promote a hard left agenda, including the nationalisation of major industry, very high tax rates on wealthy, and expansion of the welfare states. |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | ESL_Quarters | This House believes that the US government should provide significant campaign funding for US congressmen and senators who score highly on bi-partisan metrics. |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | ESL_Semis | This house, as the pope, would abolish the requirement for clerical celibacy. |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | ESL_Final | THW force all news organisations to operate as non-profits |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | Open_Partial_Double_Octos | This house believes that countries close to conflict zones should only grant long-term asylum to refugees who agree to one year of military service. |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | Open_Octos | This house would ban advocacy for religious belief in public places |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | Open_Semis | TH, as the Chinese Communist Party, will allow fair and competitive elections for local elections |
| 2017-01-01 | Dutch WUDC 2017 | Open_Final | This House would apply universal jurisdiction to crimes against the environment |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 1 | This House would abolish all government schemes that provide grants, tax-breaks or loans at preferential terms to home buyers |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 2 | THBT indigenous groups in parliamentary democracies should form independent political parties instead of encouraging their members to vote for, and run on behalf of, existing parties |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 3 | This House believes that governments should make available a publicly searchable database containing the income, wealth and taxes paid by all citizens |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 4 | This House would prohibit the use of predictive algorithms in criminal trials |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 5 | This House, as Israel, opposes a Iran nuclear deal |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Semi | This House believes that membership of the EAEU is in the interests of Central Asian states. |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | Novice_Final | This House would allow individuals to sue the government when the government has failed to provide a basic standard of living. |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | Open_Quarter | This House believes that states should focus on negotiating bilateral trade agreements over large, regional agreements such as the TPP and RCEP. |
| 2016-11-18 | Cambridge IV | Open_Final | This House prefers a world in which Islam is structured around a strong, central governing authority (e.g. The Pope in Catholicism) |
| 2016-11-11 | Oxford IV | 1 | When police are put on trial for alleged instances of a violent wrongdoing, this House would decrease the burden of proof to the balance of probabilities. |
| 2016-11-11 | Oxford IV | 2 | This House would allow negative voting. |
| 2016-11-11 | Oxford IV | 3 | This House believes that armies should indoctrinate soldiers to take their own lives in the event that they fall captive to the enemy. |
| 2016-11-11 | Oxford IV | 4 | This House believes that the state should promote the norm of the 'single life'. |
| 2016-11-11 | Oxford IV | 5 | This House believes that NATO should expel members that do not meet the organisation's defence spending targets. |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | 1 | THP a unified state-dominated public policy research landscape to one dominated by ideologically defined think tanks |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | 2 | THBT Kashmir should strive for independence rather than political unification with Pakistan |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | 3 | THP a world where the notion of the afterlife is based on karmic balance and not divine mercy |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | 4 | THBT when systemically important financial institutions are in need of financial assistance during recessions, the burden should fall upon creditors (eg, via diluting shareholder value by turning debt into equity) rather than the government stepping in |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | 5 | THBT Islamic Authorities in South East Asia should issue a fatwa declaring Wahhabism to be un-Islamic |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | 6 | THBT western social justice groups (feminist advocacy groups, LGBT advocacy groups) should have a local agenda, as opposed to a global agenda |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | Open_Quarters | THR regrets the market’s erosion of the nation state |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | Open_Semis | THR the rise of New Atheism. |
| 2016-10-21 | North American Universities Debating Championships 2016 | Open_Final | THBT indigenous peoples would be justified in sabotaging (violently or otherwise) economic projects in the event that they are built across or on their land without their democratic consent. |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | 1 | THW allocate scholarships and financial aid exclusively on the basis of financial need |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | 2 | THS the continued consumption of old novels and films that endorse- even tacitly- the beliefs that today would be considered bigoted |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | 3 | THW ban funding by third parties of tortious lltigiation |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | 4 | THW sanction the intelligence, military, and political leaders of Pakistan. |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | 5 | THBT the feminist movement should campaign for the equal sexualization of men in the media as opposed to campaigning against the sexualization of women |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | 6 | THR the automation of jobs previously performed by humans (eg self driving cars, self checkouts) |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | Novice_Final | THW factor public horror into the punishment of a crime |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | Open_Quarters | THBT the European Union should impose punitive measures on the UK in the Brexit negotiations. |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | Open_Semis | THR the inculcation of national identity through shared rituals (eg national ceremonies, anthems, pledges of allegiance, etc) |
| 2016-09-30 | HWS IV 2016 | Open_Final | THR the new politics of the campus left |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 1 | TH regrets the rise of social media as a primary source of news distribution |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 2 | TH supports Barack Obama's statements that emphasise African- Americans taking individual responsibility for improving their own position in life |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 3 | THW create state-run centres where individuals can purchase and consume psychedelic* drugs *drugs whose primary effect is to alter cognition and perception e.g. LSD and Magic Mushrooms |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 4 | TH supports strong government intervention to prevent gentrification* *process when significant numbers of wealthier people move to a poor area |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 5 | THBT the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra should regularly play the works of Richard Wagner |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 6 | TH regrets the mass commercialisation of football |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 7 | TH supports Sanctuary Cities in the United States |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 8 | THBT Latin American states should provide extensive material support for a military coup against the Venezualan government |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | 9 | THBT the European Union should fund satirical* publications in its member states that target far-right political parties * the use of humour and exaggeration to criticize |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | ESL_Quarters | THBT Western States should fund the spread of atheism in Iraq through provision of education, health care and welfare |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | ESL_Semis | TH regrets the safe space movement’s attempts to significantly limit speech on university campuses |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | ESL_Final | THBT western nations should support breakaway states in former Soviet Union (e.g. East Ukraine or South Ossetia) after free and fair referendum. |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | Open_Partial_Octos | TH supports BRICS* countries creating alternatives to the current international economic institutions (i.e. the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation) * Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | Open_Quarters | THW require the economic policies of political parties to be approved by an independent panel of experts before being used in campaigns |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | Open_Semis | TH supports Iran’s extension of the Sharia principle of “an eye for an eye” to the victims of acid attacks |
| 2016-08-14 | Warsaw EUDC 2016 | Open_Final | THW nationalize and provide public access to the Metadata being gathered by online multinational companies. |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | 1 | TH Supports the proliferation of free schools |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | 2 | THIS HOUSE WOULD require all government ministers to have majority approval from the professional bodies their department has legislative responsibility for. (For example, the UK Minister for Health would need majority approval from the British Medical Association) |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | 3 | Assuming there are actors who fit the criteria: THIS HOUSE BELIEVES That film directors have a moral obligation to cast actors who share key lived experiences with the characters they play. |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | 4 | THIS HOUSE BELIEVES That western liberal democracies should cease all direct military action in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen. |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | 5 | THIS HOUSE WOULD Make corporation tax proportional to company wage ratios |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | ESL Semifinal | THW Introduce a system of tradable quotas for asylum seekers in the European Union |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | ESL Final | THW Prefer to live in A Brave New World |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | Open Quarterfinal | THW Introduce a system of tradable quotas for asylum seekers in the European Union |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | Open Semifinal | THBT The USA should adopt a parliamentary democracy rather than a presidential one. |
| 2016-02-13 | LSE Open | Final | THW Allow individuals to sign contracts which cede future rights of theirs to other individuals (for example, to sell themselves into slavery) |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 1 | THW allow states to use mercenary forces in combat roles in active military operations |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 2 | THW prohibit private ownership of art deemed to be culturally or historically significant |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 3 | THBT all states should collectively aggregate and evenly distribute all revenue from mineral wealth globally on a per capita basis |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 4 | THBT governments with racially diverse populations should never record the ethnic or racial background of their residents |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 5 | THBT the US should withdraw from East Asia and cede regional hegemony to China. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 6 | THBT states should adopt sunset clauses that legally force them to review and either re-authorize or revise their constitutions every generation |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 7 | TH supports stronger collective bargaining rights and protections rather than legislated labor market regulations (e.g., wage levels and working conditions) |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 8 | THBT the creation of feminist icons and their cults of personality are good for the feminist movement |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | 9 | THBT criminal punishments should be based only on the offenders' culpability rather than the damages caused by the criminal act or other outcomes derived from the punishment |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | EFL_Semis | TH would retrospectively criminalise excessively risky management practises for economically significant corporations and prosecute the executives responsible for them. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | EFL_Final | THBT campaigners for refugee protection should not use pictures displaying the graphic suffering of refugees as part of their advocacy. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | ESL_Quarters | THW prefer a world in which extremely wealthy people in Western liberal states donate excess money to their governments rather than to charities |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | ESL_Semis | THB the West should prioritize stability over exporting democracy in foreign policy |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | ESL_Finals | TH supports the decline of the nations-state's power in an increasingly globalized world. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | Masters_1 | Assuming the technology to do so easily and safely exists, THW force everyone in society to undergo periodic sex changes. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | Masters_2 | THW kill baby Hitler |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | Open_Partials | TH regrets mainstream, commercial films that depict historical subjugation and/or crimes against humanity. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | Open_Octos | TH would nationalize all systemically important financial institutions, such as banks and insurance companies. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | Open_Quarters | TH supports the establishment of a Black secessionary state within the territory of the United States, the founding of which is supported by the American government. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | Open_Semis | THBT non-western countries who were once colonized, when fabricating the material culture of national identity (anthems, street names, holidays, flag, etc.) should privilege pre colonial history and notions of indigeneity over themes of anti colonial resistance. |
| 2016-01-01 | Thessaloniki WUDC 2016 | Open_Final | THBT the world's poor would be justified in pursuing complete Marxist revolution. |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 1 | This house believes that medical staff should be able to opt out of providing treatments on religious or ethical grounds |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 2 | This house regrets the eastward expansion of the European Union during and since 2004 |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 3 | This house would prefer a world without religious beliefs |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 4 | This house believes that Israel should have continued the occupation of Gaza |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 5 | This house believes that educational institutions should never attempt to restrict the freedom of expression of students or staff (except when mandated by law) |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Semi | This House Regrets the perception that soldiers are heroes |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Final | THBT Saudi Arabia should limit participation in the Hajj to the citizens of countries that are committed to taking direct action against IS |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | Open_Quarters | THR the partition of India |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | Open_Semi | TH Opposes the Sharing Economy |
| 2015-11-20 | Cambridge IV | Open_Final | THBT the international community should pay countries near to conflict zones to process, settle and restrict the further movement of refugees |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | 1 | This House Would Ban Religious Primary and Secondary Schools |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | 2 | This house believes US immigration policy should only prioritise merit-based standards of acceptance over the reunification of families. |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | 3 | This house would end penalty enhancements for hate crimes. |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | 4 | This House believes that Western Liberal Democracies should boycott the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | 5 | This house would allow opponents of abortion to sign legally-binding contracts with pregnant women, in which they pay those pregnant women not to have an abortion. |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | ESL_Semi | THW accept 'I was only following orders' as a defence in war crimes trials |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | ESL_Final | THR the institutions of marriage and civil partnership |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | Novice_Final | THW create and enforce filial responsibility laws (mandating that people take care of their parents)" - or words to that effect |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | Open_Quarters | THR the rise of mega-cities |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | Open_Semis | THBT after 50 years of ownership the state should have the right to repossess all works of painting or sculpture for the purpose of public display |
| 2015-11-13 | Oxford IV | Open_Final | A new planet has been discovered identical to Earth. 1 of 2 systems can be implemented on this planet (or words to that effect). THW implement communism over capitalism. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 1 | This House would pay all elected politicians the median wage in their country. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 2 | This House believes that when multi-national corporations conduct any business in Western states, these nations should enforce their environmental standards at all stages of production. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 3 | This House believes that Western states should not use private military contractors in combat. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 4 | This House would ban any treatment, service or ritual from claiming a physical healing effect until it is tested and proven more effective than a placebo by a national regulator. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 5 | This House believes that the European Union should lift its arms embargo on China. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 6 | This House would only allow the media and campagning organisations to depict or publish information about the deceased in a tragedy with the explicit permission of the family. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 7 | TH believes that the West should stop all attempts to gather information or intelligence by deception and/or coercion of foreign citizens |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 8 | TH believes that it is legitimate for individuals to punish people they deem to have committed online harassment by revealing their identity online. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | 9 | THW introduce a 100% inheritance tax |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | ESL_Quarters | TH would legalise surrogacy for profit in Western Liberal Democracies |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | ESL_Semis | TH would introduce a mandatory term of at least 1 year of non-military national service for 18year olds |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | ESL_Semis_Aborted | TH would allow EU citizens to donate to political parties in any EU state |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | ESL_Final | TH believes that parents of a musical child genius have a moral obligation to push that child to maximise their musical potential. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | Open_Quarters | TH would prohibit businesses from taking a public position on social issues |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | Open_Semis | TH would require all defendants in criminal cases to be represented only by state-employed lawyers. |
| 2015-08-03 | Vienna EUDC 2015 | Open_Final | TH would treat the deaths of soldiers as regrettable losses of lives rather than examples of heroism. |
| 2015-04-19 | HWS Round Robin | 1 | THS establishing an independent state of Kurdistan. |
| 2015-04-19 | HWS Round Robin | 2 | THW measure gross national happiness and base policy decisions on those measurements. |
| 2015-04-19 | HWS Round Robin | 3 | THW disallow exclusive private arbitration for contracts between corporations and individuals. |
| 2015-04-19 | HWS Round Robin | 4 | Setting aside infectious diseases, THW work to prevent interaction with tribes who have not had contact with the modern world. |
| 2015-04-19 | HWS Round Robin | 5 | THW prohibit religious institutions from considering applicants’ religious affiliation for any position whose primary function is not the performance of religious rites (e.g., administrators, teachers, fundraisers, etc.). |
| 2015-04-19 | HWS Round Robin | Open_Final | THBT prominent civil society activists should choose not to run for public office. |
| 2015-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 1 | THS establishing an independent state of Kurdistan. |
| 2015-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 2 | THW measure gross national happiness and base policy decisions on those measurements. |
| 2015-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 3 | THW disallow exclusive private arbitration for contracts between corporations and individuals. |
| 2015-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 4 | Setting aside infectious diseases, THW work to prevent interaction with tribes who have not had contact with the modern world. |
| 2015-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 5 | THW prohibit religious institutions from considering applicants' religious affiliation for any position whose primary function is not the performance of religious rites (e.g. administrators, teachers, fundraisers, etc.) |
| 2015-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | Open_Finals | THB prominent civil society activists should choose not to run for public office |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | 1 | THB existing welfare programs should be replaced by unconditional cash transfers. |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | 2 | THB political polling and major election analytics do more harm than good. |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | 3 | THW not let cities use public funds to construct stadiums for professional sports teams. |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | 4 | THB the U.S. should impose substantial tarriffs on Chinese goods until China ceases all currency manipulation. |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | 5 | THR the success of white artists who co-opt minority dominated music subcultures (e.g. Rap, jazz, hip-hop, etc.) |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | 6 | THW hold govrenment officials criminally responsible for severe harm to citizens resulting from grossly negligent public policy. |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | Open_Quarters | THR the rise of Choice Feminism. |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | Open_Semis | THB the EU should revoke membership status of any state that withdraws from the Schengen Agreement. |
| 2015-03-11 | NAUDC (@ Ithaca College) | Open_Finals | THR "True Crime" entertainment. (e.g. Making a Murderer, American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson, Serial, etc.) |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 1 | THR the decline of tightly integrated families |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 2 | THBT environmental movements should support climate engineering that fundamentally alters the environment in an attempt to combat global warming |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 3 | THBT in areas of socio-economic deprivation, schools should train students in vocational skills to the exclusion of the liberal arts |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 4 | THW prohibit the media from reporting on the mental illness of those accused of crimes |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 5 | THBT the international community should cut off internet access in Syria |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 6 | THBT developing countries should adopt economic development policies that heavily disincentivise urbanisation |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 7 | THW ban the research and production of moral enhancement drugs |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 8 | THBT the US and EU should seek to promote peace by heavily subsidising Israeli businesses who invest in the Palestinian territories |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | 9 | TH, as a medical professional employed by the US military or security sevices, would, and would encourage others, to refuse orders to provide medical treatment to individuals undergoing 'enhanced interrogation techniques' |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | EFL_Semis | THW ban its citizens from visiting illiberal states whose economies depend on tourism |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | EFL_Final | THBT progressive politicians in conservative societies should pander to bigots, racists, hardline conservatives and others with regressive views in attempting to win elections |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | ESL_Quarters | THBT the African-American community should actively oppose 'broken windows policies' |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | ESL_Semis | THW strictly limit the replacement of workers with technology by companies |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | ESL_Finals | THBT liberal democracies that overthrow the governments of other states should impose power-sharing, even when this severely overrides or delays democratic representation |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | Masters_1 | TH regrets the rise of art that celebrates gaining material wealth |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | Masters_2 | THBT judges should deliberately misinterpret constitutions to protect important liberties |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | Open_Partials | THW allow corporations to use hackers to retaliate against cyberattacks where the state seems unwilling or unable to do so |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | Open_Octos | THBT disadvantaged groups should emphasise their conformity with, rather than distinctiveness from, dominant culture, as a strategy for improving their social position |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | Open_Quarters | TH regrets the decline of secular pan-Arab nationalism |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | Open_Semis | THBT all states should create special economic zones in cities, where all economic activities (except the purchase of goods and services) are carried out by women |
| 2015-01-01 | Malaysia WUDC 2015 | Open_Final | THBT humanitarian organisations should, and should be allowed to, give funding, resources or services to illegal armed groups when this is made a condition for access to vulnerable civilians |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | 1 | THW not punish those who live below the poverty line for economic crimes, e.g. theft |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | 2 | TH, as a superhero, would agree to use their powers solely in service of the democratic state |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | 3 | THS the objectification of men in popular culture. |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | 4 | THW require that any houses or apartments left vacant for six months or more be surrendered to the State. |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | 5 | THBT Western foreign policy should abandon attempts to universalise liberal values |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Semis | THBT Google should inform the authorities about suicide searches |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Final | Assuming the existence of a gay gene, THW disproportionately favour embryos that possess it in IVF. |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | Open_Quarters | THW prohibit all research aiming to create sentient artificial intelligences. |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | Open_Semis | THS the New Atheism movement |
| 2014-11-21 | Cambridge IV | Open_Final | THBT unpaid domestic workers should strike for state pay |
| 2014-11-14 | Oxford IV | 1 | THBT in order for a law to be enacted, it should have to be passed by the legislature and then by a body chosen at random from eligible voters. |
| 2014-11-14 | Oxford IV | 2 | THBT press agencies should not purchase or publish the work of freelance war reporters. |
| 2014-11-14 | Oxford IV | 3 | THBT the EU should suspend Hungary’s membership rights. |
| 2014-11-14 | Oxford IV | 4 | This house, as the gay community, regrets the existence of Grindr |
| 2014-11-14 | Oxford IV | 5 | This house would deny public funding to parties with explicitly ethnic-based membership or platforms |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 1 | This house would pay additional benefits to families on welfare according to their child’s performance in school. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 2 | This house supports two-party political systems over multi-party political systems. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 3 | This house would ban international aid charities from using senational, graphic, or overly-emotional images of suffering in fundraising and advertising campaigns. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 4 | This house believes that EU member states should nationalise all their oil and gas resources in order to surrender total ownership and control of them to an EU-run energy agency. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 5 | This house believes that states of the former Yugoslavia should not commemorate the events of the Yugoslav Wars. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 6 | This house would introduce blind voting. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 7 | This house would require of police departments that the ethnic composition of their arrests match the ethnic composition of the population in their jurisdiction. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 8 | This house believes that micro-finance organisations (including, but not limited to: NGOs, charities and development banks) should offer micro-finance loans in developing nations exclusively to women. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | 9 | This house believes that states should hold binding national referendums on major peace agreements. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | ESL_Tiebreak | This house would make membership in a labour union compulsory for every worker. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | ESL_Quarters | This house would require companies to place images of animal suffering on all products or food whose production harmed or killed animals. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | ESL_Semis | This house believes that leaders of minority religions in Europe should strongly encourage their congregations to refrain from public displays of their faith. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | ESL_Final | THW, assuming it was technically feasible, remove the ability of soldiers to feel fear |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | Open_Quarters | This house believes that supreme/constitutional courts should not have the power to strike down legislation. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | Open_Semis | This house believes that the United States of America should invade, and forcibly partition Iraq. |
| 2014-08-19 | Zagreb EUDC 2014 | Open_Finals | This House believes that feminist movement should oppose military interventions which claim to further women's rights |
| 2014-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 1 | THW measure the efficacy of charities and strip those with comparatively low social value of their charitable status. |
| 2014-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 2 | THBT a world without organized religion would be a better world. |
| 2014-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 3 | THS the boycotting of Israeli academics. |
| 2014-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 4 | THBT full gender emancipation requires the end of monogamy as a dominant social norm. |
| 2014-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 5 | THW permit parents to stunt physical development of their severely mentally disabled children. |
| 2014-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | Open_Finals | THBT, within broad budgetary constraints, environmental policy should be decided by unelected scientific experts selected by their peers. |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | 1 | THW abolish spousal privilege |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | 2 | THBT authors who belong to historically oppressed peoples should only write in their native languages |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | 3 | THBT the feminist movement should campaign to deconstruct masculinity rather than mobilize masculinity to serve feminist goals |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | 4 | THBT states should not hold prisoners of war after a conflict's cessation. |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | 5 | THR the rise of pop-cultural authories on what constitutes good sex. |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | 6 | THW consider an academic's publicly stated political positions (e.g. blogs, tweets, editorials) in hiring, tenure and promotion decisions. |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | Open_Quarters | THBT all media organizations should be owned and run by journalists |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | Open_Semis | TH supports the prominence of the American Dream in the national American discourse. |
| 2014-03-11 | NAUDC (@ HWS College) | Open_Finals | TH, as the United States, would actively foment democratic unrest in China. |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 1 | THBT the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of Islamic study) throughout the Islamic world |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 2 | THW allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation to them in place of a prison sentence |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 3 | TH regrets the rise of a 'hookup culture' (one which accepts and encourages casual sexual encounters focused on physical pleasure, without necessarily including emotional bonding) |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 4 | THBT developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for elected office |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 5 | THBT the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the interests of the small and medium-sized negotiating countries. |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 6 | THW make the receipt of welfare payments to raise children conditional on the use of long-term, but reversible, contraception |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 7 | THBT government agencies that regulate drugs should only test whether a drug is safe, not whether it is effective, before approving it for public use. |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 8 | THBT NATO should unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former Soviet Union, excluding Russia |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | 9 | TH regrets the commodification of indigenous cultures |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | EFL_Semis | THBT the gay rights movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choice |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | EFL_Final | THBT multinational companies should be liable for human rights abuses that occur anywhere in their supply chain |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | ESL_Quarters | THW remove all copyright protection for material deemed to be morally objectionable |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | ESL_Semis | THBT Pope Francis should publicly encourage Catholics to support radically redistributive government policies |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | ESL_Final | THW allow countries to pay other countries to settle asylum-seekers who reach their borders |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | Open_Partial_Double_Octos | THW abolish gated communities in the developing world |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | Open_Octos | THBT Japan should shame its soldiers who participated in WWII, including those who did not commit war crimes themselves |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | Open_Quarters | THW auction off the long-term right to govern bankrupt cities for profit |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | Open_Semis | THBT women should reject practices that alter the appearance of their genitalia, such as waxing and labiaplasty |
| 2014-01-01 | Chennai WUDC 2014 | Open_Final | THBT India should adopt aggressive free market policies. |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | 1 | THW give primates and cetaceans the same rights to life, freedom from physical harm and freedom of movement as humans. |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | 2 | THBT developed countries should set maximum rents for residential properties in large urban centres. |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | 3 | THBT despite the expressed wishes of the Pakistani government, the United States should continue to target the leaders of Tehrik-i-Talibani (Pakistani Taliban). |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | 4 | THW break up banks like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC, that are deemed "too big to fail". |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | 5 | THW ban religious charities from engaging in proselytisation. |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Semis | THW prevent those who deny climate change from seeking political office. |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Finals | THBT it should be the policy of the US to conduct all of its military interventions unilaterally. |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | Open_Quarters | THBT the Republican and Democratic parties should select congressional, senate and presidential candidates through a vote by the party leadership rather than through primaries. |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | Open_Semis | Instead of creating a Jewish state in the British Mandate of Palestine, with the benefit of hindsight THW have created a Jewish state in Germany. |
| 2013-11-15 | Cambridge IV | Open_Finals | THBT it is in the West's interests for Assad to decisively win the Syrian civil war. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | 1 | THW provide mobile teachers for the compulsory education of children in travelling communities (e.g. Roma and Irish travellers) |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | 2 | THBT developing countries should collectivelly agree to radically redistributive tax policies. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | 3 | THW ban the gender testing of athletes in sports. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | 4 | THW require major polluters to open their borders to environmental refugees. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | 5 | THBT national war memorials should commemorate the casualties on all sides of the conflict. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | ESL_Semis | THBT political parties should adopt non-hierarchical organisational structures. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | ESL_Finals | THBT liberal democracies should cut all economic and military ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | Novice_Finals | THBT when courts sentence offenders, they should give considerable weight to the views of the victims. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | Open_Quarters | THW, as a liberal democracy, restrict coverage of small-scale terrorist attacks. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | Open_Semis | THBT identity-based social movements should not include in their movements allies who are not part of the identity group in question. |
| 2013-11-10 | Oxford IV | Open_Finals | THBT the US should dissolve its military capabilities. |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 1 | THW ban video games in which the player engages in brutal and immoral violence in a realistic setting |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 2 | THW require international development aid budgets to be approved by popular referenda |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 3 | TH, as the Muslim Brotherhood, would sincerely offer to cease resistance, participate in elections and respect a liberal constitution |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 4 | THW permit government agencies to conduct automated surveillance without court authorisation |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 5 | THBT Israel should allow members of the Jewish diaspora to vote in elections |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 6 | TH applauds the rise of songs by female pop artists that glorify assertive female sexuality. For example: Nothing on, I strut around; I do it big, I shut it down; I wonder if you’ll be able to handle me; Rita Ora – R.I.P |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 7 | THBT it is in China’s strategic interest to cease all non-humanitarian assistance to North-Korea until it verifiably ends its nuclear programme |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 8 | THBT Barack Obama should not have granted legal immunity to officials who ordered the use of torture |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | 9 | THW provide welfare in the form of basic goods and services rather than cash payments |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | ESL_Quarters | THBT men should consistently call out and correct chauvinistic claims by colleagues and co-workers |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | ESL_Semis | THBT environmental agencies should start a campaign of sabotage and destruction against major pollution companies |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | ESL_Final | THBT the state should not fund any works of art or performances that the average citizen would not recognize as having artistic merit |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | Open_Quarters | THBT African countries should adopt English as the principle language of instruction |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | Open_Semis | TH regrets that Western Media demonised Islamist Terrorists rather than portraying them as criminals with legitimate grievances |
| 2013-08-18 | Manchester EUDC 2013 | Open_Final | THW give more votes to citizens according to their performance on a current affairs test |
| 2013-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 1 | THW allow legislation through voter initiated referenda. |
| 2013-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 2 | THW establish a US federal court with the authority to approve targeted killings of unlawful combatants. |
| 2013-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 3 | THW prohibit provincial and local governments from offering tax incentives to lure corporations to open business in their domain. |
| 2013-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 4 | THBT the discovery of a means to stop the human aging process would be a curse to humanity. |
| 2013-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | 5 | THBT governments should use corporal punishment instead of incarceration for a significant number of crimes. |
| 2013-04-01 | HWS Round Robin | Open_Finals | THS diversity quotas for university admissions. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | 1 | THW require all criminal defendants to use a government-provided lawyer. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | 2 | THW withhold government funding from indigenous bands or tribal councils that do not have a democratic form of government. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | 3 | THW aggressively prioritize the posting of female diplomats to countries with poor women's rights records. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | 4 | THBT Pakistan should sincerely pursue peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | 5 | THW not grant developing countries the right to host major sporting events. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | Novice_Finals | THW extend the right to vote in Israeli elections to all Jews everywhere, including those who live outside of Israel. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | Open_Quarters | THBT white entertainers should refrain from using cultural modes of expression that come from minority cultures. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | Open_Semis | THBT all major daily newspapers and TV news channels should be required to treat all controversial issues with due accuracy and impartiality. |
| 2013-03-11 | NAUDC (also Hart House IV) | Open_Finals | THBT religious leaders should not endorse candidates for political office. |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | 1 | THBT Western Liberal Democracies should institute bans on their citizens visiting illiberal states whose economies depends on tourism |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | 2 | THW require prospective owners or large shareholders of sport clubs / teams to gain majority support from season ticket holders or other representatives of the fan base to complete their acquisition |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | 3 | THW make conscription a war crime |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | 4 | THW require close relatives of the homeless to pay their welfare costs to the extent that they can afford to do so |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | 5 | THW allocate state funding for the arts exclusively to new and original work, and never to reproductions of ‘great works’ or other old plays, opera, music, films or art |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | ESL_Final | This House would allow pro-life organisations to offer to pay women considering abortions to carry the baby to term (assuming adequate child support services exist) |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | Open_Quarters | THBT the International Criminal Court should focus on indicting and prosecuting larger numbers of middle-to-low ranking suspects for war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide, rather than smaller numbers of high ranking suspects |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | Open_Semis | This House believes that the civil and criminal legal system has no business considering or regulating behaviour that exclusively occurs in online virtual worlds such as ‘Second Life’ |
| 2013-02-16 | LSE Open | Open_Final | This House would support policies of ‘ever increasing political union’ – i.e. progressive political integration aimed at the distant goal of federal unification – amongst members of the League of Arab States |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 1 | THW create public housing for the poor in wealthy areas |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 2 | THBT Japan should acquire nuclear weapons |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 3 | THW only imprison individuals who pose a direct and continuing threat to society |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 4 | THBT International development institutions (such as the World Bank) should not finance natural resource extraction projects in corrupt states |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 5 | THBT self described progressive males of dominant ethnicities are morally obliged to refrain from taking positions of responsibility where there is a qualified alternative candidate from a historically disadvantaged group who would otherwise receive the post |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 6 | THW legally permit soldiers to refuse to participate in military actions or missions on the basis of conscience |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 7 | THBT European Union nations should forgive Greece’s sovereign debt |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 8 | THBT countries with booming populations should allocate every adult a single tradable permit to have a child |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | 9 | THW ban political parties and require all candidates for national public office to seek election as independents |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | EFL_Quarters | THBT publicly funded universities should be required to reduce enrolment in degree programs within their university that have statistically poor employment outcomes |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | EFL_Semis | THBT policies that may have significant environmental consequences should be subject to a veto by a 'supreme court' of scientific experts |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | EFL_Final | TH welcomes the decline of the USA as the sole global super power. |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | ESL_Quarters | THBT publicly funded universities should be required to reduce enrolment in degree programs within their university that have statistically poor employment outcomes (same as EFL_Quarters) |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | ESL_Semis | THBT the feminist movement should actively promote norms of stable monogamous relationships |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | ESL_Final | THBT representative democracies with large numbers of foreigners living in their territory (on a temporary or permanent basis) should create specific seats to represent them in parliament. |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | Open_Partial_Double_Octos | THBT universities should never prohibit research or teaching on the grounds of sexist, racist or otherwise discriminatory implications |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | Open_Octos | THBT the US should cut off military aid to Egypt |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | Open_Quarters | THW ban all advertising of consumer goods and services |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | Open_Semis | TBHT the WTO should never allow nations to place export restrictions on food, rare-earth metals, and other non-oil commodities |
| 2013-01-01 | Berlin WUDC 2013 | Open_Final | THW not allow religious communities to expel members on the basis of views or actions that contradict doctrinal teachings |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | 1 | The state should pay a living wage to stay at home parents |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | 2 | THB all donor countries should freeze aid to Rwanda |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | 3 | THW hold the senior executives of major banks and rating agencies criminally liable for the actions of their companies that led to the Global Financial Crisis |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | 4 | THBT democratic reform is more important than economic growth for China |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | 5 | THBT prosecutors should never offer reduced sentences in exchange for testifying against others |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Final | THBT that Japan should not abandon nuclear power |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | Open_Quarters | TH regrets the rise of 24 hour news culture |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | Open_Semis | THBT all companies should be at least 75% owned by their workforce, in equal shares |
| 2012-11-17 | Cambridge IV | Open_Final | THBT Egypt should provide a military security guarantee against the invasion of Gaza |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | 1 | THBT Google, YouTube, & social media websites should remove content which it deems to insult religions |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | 2 | THB the ANC should nationalize all mines |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | 3 | THBT Western governments should buy the freedom of slaves |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | 4 | THBT the Greek military should suspend democratic government until economic recovery |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | 5 | THBT companies should not take public stance in gay right issues |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | ESL_Semis | THB governments should actively discourage consumerist lifestyles |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | ESL_Final | THW give extra votes to youths over the age of 18 |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | Open_Quarters | THBT Emily's list should fund pro-choice male candidates |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | Open_Semis | THBT States should forcibly reverse the transmigration policies of their former dictators |
| 2012-11-09 | Oxford IV | Open_Final | THB in the right to bear arms |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 1 | THBT Parents Should Choose Not To Send their Children to Private Schools |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 2 | THW Give First Nations Peoples (eg. Native Americans and Aboriginal Australians) Complete Autonomous Self-Government |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 3 | THBT The Music Industry Should Not Facilitate the Comebacks of Artists Who Commit Violent Crimes |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 4 | THBT The Mexican Government Should Lift All Limits on the Military and Law Enforcement in the Fight Against Organised Crime |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 5 | THBT The ECB Should Unconditionally Buy Government Debt from Struggling Eurozone Economies |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 6 | THW Cap the Amount Corporations Can Spend in Any One Course of Litigation |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 7 | THW Require the Military to Recruit Soldiers in Direct Proportion to the Socio-Economic Make-up of the Country |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 8 | THBT The Palestinians Should Accept Complete Demilitarisation in Immediate Return for A Sovereign State |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | 9 | THW Let Anyone Take Up Residence in Any Country, Provided They Can Show that They Will Not be an Economic Burden on that Country |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | ESL_Quarters | TH Supports Life Sentences Without the Possibility of Parole For Serial Serious Re-Offenders |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | ESL_Semis | THBT The Militaries of Newly Democratised Arab Countries Should Act as Guardians of Secularism |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | ESL_Final | THW Retrospectively Remove Amnesties Granted to Those Who Committed Crimes As Part of Oppressive Regimes |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | Open_Quarters | THBT Republika Srpska Should Secede from Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | Open_Semis | THBT Schools Should Aggressively Stream Students According to their Ability From An Early Age |
| 2012-08-05 | Belgrade EUDC 2012 | Open_Final | THW Amend the US Constitution To Prohibit Any Involvement by Religious Organisation in the Electoral Process |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 1 | THW make fathers take paternity leave. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 2 | THW prevent politicians from making fact claims that, while not technically lies, are substantially misleading to voters. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 3 | THW force large companies who leave an area to pay the costs of any resulting structural unemployment. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 4 | THW require individuals to use all their wealth beyond USD 5 million for philanthropic projects. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 5 | THW require deaf parents to send their children (whether deaf or hearing) to mainstream schools for their primary and secondary education. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 6 | TH supports politicians who pass progressive legislation, even where this is contrary to the wishes of the democratic electorate. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 7 | TH supports the free movement of labour worldwide. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 8 | THW exempt academic disputes from defamation law. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | 9 | THW ban all private healthcare in favour of a comprehensive public healthcare system. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | EFL_Semis | THBT when doctors discover a patient has STDs, they should reveal that info to the patient’s partner. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | EFL_Final | THBT public education systems should raise the aspirations of children from disadvantaged backgrounds beyond that which is realistic to expect them to achieve. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | ESL_Quarters | THW limit government ministers’ standard of living to that of someone on the current median wage. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | ESL_Semis | In countries with few female politicians, THB it is good to have a politically active ‘first lady’. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | ESL_Final | TH supports scientists who fabricate evidence exaggerating the certainty of man-made climate change, where there is a low likelihood to be caught. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | Open_Octos | THW not allow a single media company to own multiple TV channels or newspapers (whether in print or online). |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | Open_Quarters | THBT “Western” consultants advising dictatorships have a moral duty to sabotage them. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | Open_Semis | THBT images designed to even slightly sexually attract/aroused viewer should be restricted to specialist adult shot/xxx domain. |
| 2012-01-01 | De La Salle WUDC 2012 | Open_Final | TH supports nationalism. |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 1 | THW allow family members to forcibly commit proven alcoholics and drug addicts to rehabilitation clinics |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 2 | THBT all research organizations should institute codes of conduct that forbid the creation of strong Artificial Intelligence (Info slide: A ‘Weak’ Artificial Intelligence is only capable of solving narrowly defined problems. A ‘Strong’ AI is capable of all the same kinds of intellectual tasks as human beings. A Strong AI would be able to reason, plan, learn, adapt, and communicate in natural language. Researchers at major universities have made significant progress towards the creation of Strong AI.) |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 3 | THW provide financial assistance to inner city communities to prevent gentrification |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 4 | THBT China should make extracting a full apology for Japan’s war crimes a top strategic priority |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | 5 | THBT feminism should not campaign against polygamy in poor countries |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Semis | THW take the children of the Amish into care |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Final | THB that it is morally legitimate for Occupy Movement to use violence to undermine capitalist institutions |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | Open_Quarters | THW consider the use of conscripts a war crime |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | Open_Semis | TH regrets the rise of a distinct African American culture |
| 2011-11-18 | Cambridge IV | Open_Final | THW break Google’s search monopoly |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | 1 | THBT sexual education classes in schools should teach techniques or pure sexual gratification (including but not limited to ...list follows) |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | 2 | THBT in developing countries aid organisations should be banned from religious proselytyzing |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | 3 | THW suspend trade unions and labour protection laws in times of economic crisis |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | 4 | THBT Israel should Materially Support Arab Pro-Democratic Movements |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | 5 | THW place a special tax on successful artists in order to fund new and developing artists |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | ESL_Semis | THBT the LBGT movement should not support Gay Pride marches |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | ESL_Final | THBT the leaders of big world corporations should be democratically chosen by national elections |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | Open_Quarters | THBT international law should allow states which accept refugees to sue the states they come from for compensation. |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | Open_Semis | THW establish brothels on military bases |
| 2011-11-11 | Oxford IV | Open_Final | THW establish geographical zones in which the sale, possession, and use of drugs is legal |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 1 | This house believes that national sporting teams should reflect the diversity of the national population |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 2 | This house believes that all states have a right to nuclear weapons |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 3 | This house believes that governments should not provide benefits on the basis of marital status |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 4 | This house believes that central banks should set limits on government spending |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 5 | This wouse would prioritise asylum Seekers who have engaged in armed struggle against oppressive regimes |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 6 | This wouse would allow teachers unions the right to strike |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 7 | This wouse would require individuals to reveal their actual identity when communicating on the internet |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 8 | This house believes that the southern african development community (SADC) should pursue political union |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | 9 | This house believes that social movements should use the courts rather than the legislature to advance social change |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | EFL_Semis | This house supports a one state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | EFL_Final | This wouse would give more votes to the poor |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | ESL_Quarters | This house believes that domestic courts should try foreign nationals who commit war crimes abroad |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | ESL_Semis | This wouse would prefer that the children of racial minorities be adopted by parents of that race |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | ESL_Final | This house believes that the courts should break up consistently dominant political parties |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | Masters_1 | This wouse would buy local |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | Masters_Final | This house prefers a philosopher King to a tyrannical democracy |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | Open_Octos | This wouse would buy countries votes in international organizations |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | Open_Quarters | This house believes that courts should not enforce wills that discriminate on the basis of race |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | Open_Semis | This house opposes organised religion |
| 2011-01-01 | Botswana WUDC 2011 | Open_Final | This wouse would invade Zimbabwe |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 1 | This house would ban labour unions. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 2 | This house believes that developing nations should pay for the full tuition of female university students. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 3 | This house would financially incentivize both inter-faith and inter-ethnic marriages. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 4 | THW prohibit high-ranking members of the Sri Lankan military and the Tamil Tigers from participation in the election. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 5 | THW abolish taxes on alcohol and cigarettes that go beyond normal sales taxes. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 6 | THW prosecute communities for complicity in honour killings. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 7 | THW grant those diagnosed with terminal illnesses the right to access treatments that have not completed clinical testing. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 8 | THW partition Sudan. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | 9 | THW ban all pornography. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | EFL_Semis | This House would use faith based rehabilitation in prison. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | EFL_Final | This House believes that democratic states should own their own broadcasting corporations. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | ESL_Quarters | This House would ban any scheme intended to cure homosexuality |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | ESL_Semis | This house would allow prisoners to raise their babies behind bars. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | ESL_Final | This house would prohibit expression that portrays convicted war criminals in a positive light. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | Open_Octos | This house believes the West should recognise the Dalai Lama |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | Open_Quarters | This house would ban all procedures to alter one's racial appearance. |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | Open_Semis | THB that the United States government should subsidize Twitter to liberalize oppressed societies |
| 2010-01-01 | Koc WUDC 2010 | Open_Final | THB that the media should show the full horror of war |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 1 | This house would ban all forms of gambling. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 2 | This house would fire the senior managements of all corporations which receive government bailouts. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 3 | This house would allow soldiers to sue their government for negligence. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 4 | This house would force the religious desegregation of Northern Irish schools. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 5 | This house believes that China and India should bear the same obligations as the West in fighting climate change |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 6 | This house would criminalise adultery. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 7 | This house believes that the west should recognise the independence of Abkhazia. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 8 | This house would apply a lower rate of income tax to women. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | 9 | This house would ban the publication of political opinion polls. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | EFL_Final | This house would prohibit all private health care. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | ESL_Final | This house would implement quotas for domestic players in national football leagues. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | Open_Octos | This house would arm local militia to fight the taliban in Afghanistan. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | Open_Quarters | This house believes that the international criminal court should prosecute crimes against the democratic process. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | Open_Semis | This house believes governments should subsidise private home ownership. |
| 2009-01-01 | Cork WUDC 2009 | Open_Final | That this house would allow abortion at all stages of pregnancy |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 1 | This House would allow the use of torture. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 2 | This House believes that Taiwan should declare independence now |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 3 | THW not allow local government to pay for the relocation of homeless people. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 4 | This House believes that the European Union should only direct aid to nations that pursue environmentally sustainable development. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 5 | This House believes that every criminal defendant should be required to use a government provided defense lawyer. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 6 | THW subject foreign political contributions to greater restrictions than domestic contributions. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 7 | This House would assassinate Vladimir Putin. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 8 | THB that governments should never rescue failing private industry. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | 9 | This House would deny scarce medical resources to terminally ill patients. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | EFL_Final | This house would eliminate all non state-run schools |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | ESL_Octos | This House would support the use of mercenaries by the United Nations. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | ESL_Quarters | This House would force religious adoption agencies to place children with homosexual couples. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | ESL_Semis | This House would require doctors to report all cases of suspected domestic violence. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | ESL_Final | This house believes that the Turkish military should stop enforcing the separation of church (mosque) and state |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | Masters_1 | This house regrets the passing of Bhutto |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | Masters_2 | This house would stop the search for the gay gene |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | Masters_3 | This house would let them eat whale |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | Masters_Final | This house would put an age limit on debating |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | Open_Octos | THB that governments in the developing world should invest in sex tourism. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | Open_Quarters | This House would force religious adoption agencies to place children with homosexual couples. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | Open_Semis | THB that extreme economic need should be grounds for asylum. |
| 2008-01-01 | Assumption WUDC 2008 | Open_Final | THB that people who give HIV to others must pay drug support. |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 1 | This house would ban government funding of religious schools |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 2 | This house believes that the UK should abolish it’s nuclear arsenal |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 3 | This House supports accelerated land redistribution in South Africa |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 4 | This house would criminalize the payment of ransom |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 5 | This house supports independence for Quebec |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 6 | This house would abolish all taxes on inherited wealth |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 7 | This house would support regime change in Myanmar/Burma |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 8 | This house would ban Cosmetic Surgery |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | 9 | This house would grant citizenship in exchange for military service |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | EFL_Final | This house would lift sanctions on Iran |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | ESL_Semis | This house believes all serious crimes should be trialed by Jury |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | ESL_Final | This house believes that politicians have a right to a private life |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | Masters_1 | This house would designate one city to permanently host the Olympics |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | Masters_2 | This house believes that governments should provide heroin addicts with safe injection facilities |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | Masters_Final | This house supports a 35 hour working week |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | Open_Octos | This house believes that developing nation should nationalize their energy resources |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | Open_Quarters | This house believes that people sentenced to life imprisonment should be allowed to choose the death penalty instead |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | Open_Semis | This house would ban websites that glorify eating disorders |
| 2007-01-01 | UBC WUDC 2007 | Open_Final | This house believes that economic growth is the solution to climate change |