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| Date | Tournament | Round | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | 1 | In places where they exist, THW end all state-run gifted education programs for primary and secondary students |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | 2 | THW draft dodge |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | 3 | Assuming feasibility, THW adopt 'whole life desert' considerations for criminal sentences. |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | 4 | THO the EU's decision to cut funding given to member states as a penalty for passing policies deemed to be against 'EU values' |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | 5 | THR the practice of religiously obliged alms-giving (e.g. Zakat, tithing, maaser, dana) |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | ESL_Final | THBT it is in France's interests to distance itself from former French protectorates in West Africa |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | Open_Quarter | THR the increasing popularity of buy-now-pay-later services eg Afterpay, Affirm, Klarna, etc |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | Open_Semi | THBT the Pakistani government should not have signed the deal with the TLP |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | Open_Final | THS ‘lie flat' ('tang ping' 躺平) culture |
| 2021-11-06 | Doxbridge V 2021 | Schools_Final | TH, as a parent, would raise their child to have a pessimistic outlook on life |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 1 | This house regrets the increasing trend of universities in Asia partnering with global western universities (e.g. Yale-Nus, MIT-SUTD) |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 1 | This house believes that universities should not accept research funding and scholarships from corrupted / problematic organizations and donors |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 1 | This house believes that universities should primarily consider teaching ability and performance rather than research outputs when awarding tenure and allocating academic funding |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 2 | This house believes that feminist movements in developing nations should deprioritise the strategy of advocating for carceral feminism |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 2 | This Hous regrets the glorification of women's resilience |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 2 | Assuming the technology exists, this house would allow minority women of colour, with no affinity to their gender and race, to alter their identity to that of the majority gender and race |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 3 | This House Would ban collateralised loan obligations |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 3 | This House would ban private sector management of pension funds |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 3 | This house regrets western institutions' push for market liberalisation |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 4 | This House regrets the rise of digital currencies |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 4 | Assuming technology exists, this house would operationalize the entire Criminal Justice System (e.g. Judges, Juries etc.) using Artificial Intelligence |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 4 | This house would require social media users to verify their identities before creating an account (e.g. provide proof of identity and documentation) |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 5 | This House opposes the norm that individuals should "see the best in others" |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 5 | This House would actively discourage home-ownership |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 5 | This House regrets the culture of fearing death |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 6 | This House regrets progressives abandoning political moralism |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 6 | This House blieves that environmentalists should put a monetary value on environmental functions |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 6 | This house, as pride event organizers, would actively work with corporations that adopt rainbow capitalism |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 7 | This House believes that the CPTPP should accept China's application |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 7 | This House believes that it is in the interests of India to offically recognise the Taliban regime of Afghanistan |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 7 | This House regrets the signing of the AUKUS pact |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 8 | This House, as the parents, would not have children |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 8 | In a state with failing adoption homes/numbers This House would put a moratorium on IVF clinics |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | 8 | As a parent from a minority community, this house would teach their children to pursue a mediocre but satisfactorily happy life over a life which involves a constant pursuit of excellence and the extraordinary |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Quarter | This house regrets the rise of shows/films which involve mental suffering and self-harm (e.g. Bojack Horseman, Black Swan, 13 Reasons Why) |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Quarter | This house, as WWE, would induct Chris Benoit in the WWE Hall of Fame |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Quarter | This house believes that contemporary black film makers should actively create films which embrace blaxploitation |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Semi | This house prefers a world where Islam has its own central authority (e.g. The Pope or the Magisterium in Catholicism) |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Semi | This house believes that religious organisations should excommunicate members who commit serious crimes against society |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Semi | This house, as the Catholic Church, would abolish the papal conclave and select its succeeding Popes through an election among all its members (i.e. its religious followers) |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Final | This house believes that it is a legitimate tactic for activists to launch campaigns of personal attacks/insults at the family members of corrupt politicians |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Final | This house supports the strategy of activists publicly shaming those who do not actively denounce problematic individuals |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | EFL_Final | This house prefers a narrative of collective blame for ethnic divides within a community, rather than the blame being placed exclusively on institutions or externalities |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_PDO | This house would prohibit provincial and local governments from offering tax credits and other incentives to attract large companies to open business in their regions |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_PDO | This house prefers individuals seeking maximum material gain as opposed to meaning / fulfilment from their work |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_PDO | This House regrets China's focus on "Common Prosperity" |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Octa | TH would choose to be born in Fantasia Over Earth |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Octa | This house welcomes research that seeks to transfer human consciousness into simulations, computers, and artificial intelligence |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Octa | TH, as the parent, would not give their consent |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Quarter | This house supports Gulf States intervening in Ethiopia |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Quarter | This house believes that the Naftali Bennet administration is in the best interest of the Middle East |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Quarter | As a prominent Pro-Palestine journalist in the west covering the conflicts in Israel-Palestine, this house would choose not to focus on Hamas' role in the escalation of the conflict |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Semi | This house supports the narrative that current generations have a duty to protect the rights of future generations who do not exist yet |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Semi | This house opposes fallen soldiers believing their deaths would be meaningful |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Semi | This house prefers a world where individuals live in recognition of their moral flaws as opposed to a convenient morality |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Final | This house prefers a world where religions actively preach the concept of the Divine Gift |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Final | This house believes that moderate Muslims should refrain from attempting to reclaim the term jihad in the aftermath of terrorist attacks |
| 2021-10-01 | UADC 2021 | Open_Final | This house believes that religious leaders should abandon the narrative that difficulties in life are "tests of God" |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | 1 | THW prioritise means-based[1] rather than target-based[2] regulation [1] e.g of means-based regulations: setting standards that attempt to make the workplace more accessible or banning the use of polluting technologies [2] e.g of target-based regulations: setting hiring quotas for employees from one particular group, or making companies reduce carbon emissions to X under threat of fines |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | 2 | TH, as a University scholarship fund targeted at marginalized identity groups, W prioritize allocating funds based on merit rather than economic necessity. |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | 3 | THO the narrative that love (romantic, familial, etc.) is about sacrifice |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | 4 | THBT societal narratives about recovery during crisis should be transformative (attempt to radically change society) rather than restorative (attempt to stabilise current crisis) |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | 5 | TH, as the Spanish government, would give Catalonia a chartered regime |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | 6 | THBT social movements should follow social marxism |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | 8 | THBT states should prioritise high employment rates at the expense of significantly slowing down technological advancement (e.g. taxing automation, setting a minimum quota for human employees, or banning/limiting use of certain technologies) |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | 9 | In functioning democracies with one dominant political party, THP opposition parties to predominantly campaign on the basis of moral character (e.g. integrity, transparency, corruption) rather than predominantly on specific issues and policies (e.g. unemployment, education, the environment). |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | ESL_Semi | THBT the Myanmar opposition movement should prioritise demands for an immediate, internationally-observed election over demands for Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | ESL_Final | THP humans to aquire memories* of their past lived experiences upon reaching adulthood rather than staying oblivious * memories of past lived experiences include events, interactions and emotions, but not skills |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | Open_Quarter | THS green central banking |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | Open_Semi | THP religious organisations to actively propagate the idea that faith in a higher power cannot be explained with logic, rather than attempt to explain faith rationally |
| 2021-08-02 | EUDC 2021 | Open_Final | THS a Multi-Speed Europe |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | This House would nationalise* the research, development, and distribution of pharmaceuticals * To nationalise means to transfer from private or regional ownership and control to state/government ownership and control. | |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 1 | THR the commercialisation of space |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 2a | This House Believes That the International Olympic Committee should recognise an athlete's right to protest |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 2b | THW ban the production and consumption of meat |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 3 | This House believes that the African Union should attempt to contain growing Gulf* influence in the horn of Africa** |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 4a | This House Would significantly reduce income tax rates for women |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 4b | THBT cop shows have done more harm than good |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 5 | THP leaderless social justice movements |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 6a | This House regrets the dominant belief that the customer’s needs and desires should always come first |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 6b | TH as this athlete would accept this offer and move to the country |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 7 | This House believes that developing countries should prioritise import substitution industrialisation over export oriented industrialisation. |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 8a | This House believes that Indigenous people charged with crimes should be tried and sentenced in accordance with the customs of their Indigenous justice system (i.e. state/federal/provincial courts) |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | 8b | This House would prioritize government funding for Indigenous art & artisans working in contemporary artistic disciplines (ex: electronic music, performance art) instead of those Indigenous artisans practicing more "traditional" disciplines (ex: beadwork, carvings) |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | Open_PDO1 | In times of economic crises, This House believes that the government should withhold information that is likely to damage market confidence |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | Open_PDO2 | THS Rainbow Capitalism |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | Open_PDO3 | This House supports a uniform standard for animal welfare, regardless of the animal's perceived utility (e.g. how cute they are, how useful they are in service to humans, etc.) |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | Open_Octa1 | This House would ban users from selling their data to companies in exchange for financial returns (i.e. receiving fixed monthly rates, dividends, etc., for the use of their data by companies) |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | Open_Octa2 | THS periodic, fixed-date constitutional conventions in constitutional democracies |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | Open_Quarter1 | THR the Westernisation of the elites in post-colonial countries |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | Open_Quarter2 | This House objects to the giving of international military aid |
| 2021-07-28 | WSDC 2021 | Open_Semi1 | THS the implementation of carbon credits for individuals |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 1 | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 2 | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 3 | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 4 | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 5 | TH opposes the general approach of companies to grow by massively sacrificing short-term profitability with the hope of gaining a large portion of the market* *e.g. the original business model of companies such as Uber or Amazon |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 6 | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 7 | THBT pursuing strong expansionist policies* in the Arctic region is in the Russian interest *Including but not limited to: building artificial islands in order to claim additional territory, trying to significantly limit foreign presence, stationing warships and troops |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 8 | TH opposes the academisation* of social justice movements *The increasingly significant presence of academics and academic terminology, processes and structures in many parts of the world |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | 9 | THBT states should classify organized crime syndicates as terrorist groups* *classification as a terrorist group would legally allow law enforcement to pursue tactics such as targeted extra-judicial killings, reducing barriers to law enforcement gathering evidence, using military forces, criminalizing membership, etc |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | EFL_Semi | THP a world in which the Resident Evil machine exists |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | ESL_Quarter | TH would teach children to have a logical approach to life, even at the expense of reducing their emotional bandwidth (e.g. trying to react in less emotional ways, prioritising logic over emotions when approaching problem-solving, etc.) |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | ESL_Semi | THBT police commissioners should be directly elected by their local community |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | Open_PartialDoube | TH supports developing states falsifying their history in order to create a unified national identity |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | Open_Octa | TH supports the rise of language-generating AI |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | Open_Quarter | TH opposes the Biden Administration plan to finance large scale governmental projects through multi-trillion dollar fiscal stimulus |
| 2021-07-07 | WUDC 2021 | Open_Semi | TH prefers to live an average anonymous life in South Korea over being a K-Pop star |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | 1 | TH supports businesses encouraging employees to continue to work from home |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | 2 | TH, as the US government, would nationalize Amazon |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | 3 | THBT the LGBTIQ+ movement should prioritize in its public agenda the narrative of reinterpretation of religions, rather than the narrative against religions |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | 4 | This House believes that membership of the Eurasian Economic Union is in the interests of Central Asian states |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | 5 | THS the creation and use of Lethal Autonomous Robots |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | Novice_Semi | THBT states should significantly fund female-only tech companies. |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | Novice_Final | THP a world in which dispassionate objectivity and appeal to logic are preferred in public discourse, over expressions of and appeal to strong emotion |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | Open_Quarter | THBT the International Criminal Court should permit the use of plea bargains |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | Open_Semi | THW allow local governments to issue immigration permits that grant access to Defined Permit Services in the local area only |
| 2021-07-03 | Australia BP 2021 | Open_Final | In post-conflict countries, THS the establishment a system of cohabitation to share power among the main actors in the conflict |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | 1 | This House Would, as major sporting associations of female dominated sports (e.g. netball, gymnastics, beach volleyball, figure skating), focus our marketing/recruitment on expanding men’s participation |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | 2 | This House Supports the trend of long-term romantic couples living apart (i.e. at separate residential addresses) |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | 3 | THBT it is in the interest of China to continue pushing for the internationalisation of the yuan |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | 4 | This House Regrets the increasing secularization of philosophy |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | 5 | This House Believes That international development institutions (e.g. the World Bank) should not finance natural resource extraction projects in corrupt states. |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | ESL_Final | THW receive help from the CIA |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | Open_Octa | This House Believes That Black Lives Matter should closely integrate the black church and elements of black liberation theology (the narrative that liberating the oppressed is the core of Christian doctrine) into its organisational structure and doctrines. |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | Open_Quarter | THBT political parties should be able to replace their elected members at any point during their term in office |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | Open_Semi | THW use the Sweden Pill in Country X |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | Open_Final | TH, as DoxGaming, would continue development on 'DoxTastic 2077' rather than 'DoxBot 420' |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | Schools_Semi | THS "Teach For" model |
| 2021-06-26 | Doxbridge IV 2021 | Schools_Final | THO epidemic sovereignty |
| 2021-05-22 | ESL Round Robin | 1 | THW place a time limit on all private land ownership in major cities. |
| 2021-05-22 | ESL Round Robin | 2 | In countries where abortion is legal and accessible, THW allow fathers to opt out of legal obligations and rights to an unwanted child if the mother chooses to not abort. |
| 2021-05-22 | ESL Round Robin | 3 | In criminal lawsuits against politicians on the grounds of corruption, THW reduce the burden of proof to reach a conviction to a "balance of probabilities" rather than "beyond all reasonable doubt" |
| 2021-05-22 | ESL Round Robin | 4 | THW rather be Spot than Adam |
| 2021-05-22 | ESL Round Robin | 5 | THP a unipolar world to a bipolar one |
| 2021-05-22 | ESL Round Robin | Open_Final | THR the creation and preservation of Libertine art |
| 2021-05-21 | Australasian Womens Debate Open | 1 | TH, as an activist group, would adopt consensus decision-making processes as opposed to majority voting. |
| 2021-05-21 | Australasian Womens Debate Open | 2 | THBT IN WESTERN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES, NON CIS MALES SHOULD NOT USE CONVENTIONAL GENDER ROLES (E.G. MARKETING ONESELF AS A MOTHER OR WIFE) AS A TACTIC IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN |
| 2021-05-21 | Australasian Womens Debate Open | 3 | THR the narrative that developed countries have a responsibility to protect vulnerable populations of developing countries |
| 2021-05-21 | Australasian Womens Debate Open | 4 | TH, as cis women from privileged backgrounds, would turn down benefits arising from affirmative action programmes |
| 2021-05-21 | Australasian Womens Debate Open | Gold_Final | THP a world where familial care labour is seen as a distinct service job rather than a personal/private responsibility |
| 2021-05-21 | Australasian Womens Debate Open | Novice_Final | THP a world where people are believed to be fundamentally selfish |
| 2021-05-21 | Australasian Womens Debate Open | Silver_Final | THO the prominence of heroism as a value in society |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 1 | THS counterfeit culture |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 1 | THW abolish the fruit from the poisonous tree doctrine for white-collar crime prosecutions. |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 1 | THW enforce blind recruitment in corporate employment |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 2 | THBT social movements should actively disassociate themselves from corporations (refusing donations, rejecting any public affiliation or association etc) |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 2 | THW distribute populations in residential areas to achieve a balance of individuals across different socioeconomic status |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 2 | THBT the feminist movement in Malaysia should celebrate the participation of women as sugar babies |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 3 | THBT "scabs" should no longer be allowed to join any union in the future |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 3 | THBT it is morally legitimate for the UK government to strip Shamina Begum of her citizenship |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 3 | THR Amnestry's decision to declassify Nalvany as a prisoner of conscience |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 4 | THW allow convicts sentenced to life sentence without parole to opt for the death penalty |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 4 | THBT that all international treaties and agreements should be subject to parliament approval as opposed to solely rectified by the executive |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | 4 | THW impose a statue of limitations for criminal prosecutions |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Novice_Final | THP a centralised Islam as opposed to a decentralised Islam |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Novice_Final | THP a world where religion promised blessings in the material world as an outcome of piety as opposed to spiritual rewards in the afterlife |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Novice_Final | THW recognise a religious / cultural defense as an excusable defense against certain crimes |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Quarter | THP a world where China is the sole global superpower |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Quarter | TH, as Israel, would seek to normalise relations with Iran |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Quarter | THBT it is in China's best interest to fund the anti coup movement in Myanmar |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Semi | THBT UMNO should form a coalition with PH, rather than staying with PN |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Semi | THP a Malaysia with a two-party system |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Semi | THBT Malaysia should abandon non-alignment and pivot foreign policy in favour of China |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Final | THP a system of alloparenting as opposed to a nuclear family |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Final | THR AstraZeneca releasing information and commenting on speculations of side effects of their Covid-19 Vaccines |
| 2021-04-09 | Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship | Open_Final | THBT the state should not involve itself in the institution of marriage |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 1 | That we prefer a world in which those accused of crimes remain completely anonymous to the public unless they receive a guilty verdict |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 1 | That we prefer judges absolutely respect wills rather than intervene to correct perceived inequities |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 1 | That we should allow prisoners to volunteer for socially utile but undesirable activities in exchange for a lighter sentence (e.g. experimental drug trials, military service, hard labour) |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 2 | That we support strong norms encouraging children to highly prioritise the pursuit of excellence in competitive hobbies (e.g. debating, netball, e-sports) |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 2 | That sports clubs should be majority-owned by the local communities they represent |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 2 | That we prefer sports leagues with fewer teams that have a greater concentration of talented players to leagues with more teams but a greater dilution of talented players |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 3 | That, as the progressive movement, we would oppose censorship by social media companies (e.g. Spotify and Facebook) |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 3 | That we should force politicians to entirely rely on public services during their entire time in office (for example: public transit, public housing, public education) |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 3 | That we would redraw electoral boundaries to eliminate safe seats/districts as much as possible |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 4 | That we should abolish academic tenure |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 4 | That we support government bonded scholarships in developing countries |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 4 | That we should have distinct teaching professionals teach at universities rather than professors |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 5 | That states should actively discourage self-segregation of immigrant/ethnic/religious communities |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 5 | That, as China, we would impose economic sanctions on Myanmar |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 5 | That democracies should hold elections immediately post-COVID |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 6 | That Australia should give temporary work visa holders the right to vote |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 6 | That we, as the Liberal Party, would introduce a meaningful quota for women running in winnable seats |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | 6 | That Progressives in Australia should not support the Greens' hung parliament strategy |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Octa | That, as the feminist movement, we would encourage women to reject acts of chivalry (e.g. men buying drinks, holding doors open, "ladies first") |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Octa | That the state should offer a wage to primary domestic caregivers |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Octa | That the feminist movement should encourage women to avoid feminine linguistic behaviours (e.g. uptalk, low modality language) |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Quarter | That the perception of being a 'model minority' has brought more harms than benefits to the Asian diaspora in Western nations |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Quarter | That the government should force all religious charities to strictly avoid religious messaging in all charity activities |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Quarter | That we would support a dominant narrative in society that there exists a soulmate for everyone |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Semi | That we should abolish Greenfield agreements |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Semi | That the Australian government should enact a jobs guarrantee |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Semi | That developing nations should introduce policies to heavily discourage the development of monarch cities |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Final | That we regret the existence of war memorial days (e.g. ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day, Vietnam Veterans Day) |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Final | That, when dealing with historically dis-privileged groups, we prefer economic reparations (e.g. direct payments, community investment, reappropriation of industry) to political reparations (e.g. additional vote-weighting, quotas in parliament, granting of autonomous control over land) |
| 2021-04-02 | Online Easters | Open_Final | That we support the establishment of "kakistocratic courts" in Wester Liberal Democracies |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 1 | THW compel social media platforms to pay news companies for displaying their content on their sites |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 1 | THO the urbanisation of rural areas |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 1 | THW ban unpaid internships |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 2 | Assuming that individual's adherence to their own moral code can be objectively measured, THW give more votes to individuals with higher adherence scores |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 2 | THBT Biden's centrism does more harm than good |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 2 | THP a world without coalition politics |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 3 | THBT western countries should sanction Burmese military companies |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 3 | THBT ASEAN countries should actively adopt neutral foreign policy stances as opposed to aligning with a superpower |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 3 | TH, as the Chinese Communist Party, would focus its resources on providing welfare as opposed to investing in foreign policy projects (i.e. the military, the One Belt One Road Initiative, aid to foreign countries etc.) |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 4 | TH, as an Asian Parent in a western society would not become a Tiger Parent |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 4 | THR the adoption of respectability politics by minorities |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | 4 | THBT racial minorities should form a unified social movement instead of campaigning under individual distinct movements |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Quarter | THR the narrative that "SMEs are the backbone of the economy" |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Quarter | THBT the EU parliament should seek to set minimum wages for member states |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Quarter | THBT the US Federal Reserve should abandon quantitative easing as a policy option |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Semi | THP a world in which social norms privilege introverts as opposed to extroverts |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Semi | THBT individuals have the right to prioritize their immediate communities (family, friends, country etc.) over distant communities |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Semi | THO art that glorifies patriotism |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Final | THBT majority Muslim countries should cut ties with China until the treatment of Uighurs is improved |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Final | THP a world where the state of Israel had been created in Germany as opposed to the Middle East |
| 2021-02-20 | AUDC | Open_Final | THBT the protestors in Myanmar should choose to engage in violent protests as opposed to peaceful protests |
| 2021-02-06 | LSE Open | 1 | THR modern medicine's prioritisation of longevity over quality of life (e.g. extending lifespan vs. palliative care) |
| 2021-02-06 | LSE Open | 2 | THP a world where, after COVID-19 is no longer a threat to public health and safety, remote work remains the norm |
| 2021-02-06 | LSE Open | 4 | THO "political consumerism" |
| 2021-02-06 | LSE Open | 5 | THS the rise of private cities in the developing world |
| 2021-02-06 | LSE Open | Open_Quarter | THW require no-fee brokerages (e.g. Robinhood) to introduce a minimum asset threshold for all investors |
| 2021-02-06 | LSE Open | Open_Semi | THBT the election of Joe Biden is in the interests of Israel |
| 2021-02-06 | LSE Open | Open_Final | THBT the LGBTQ+ movement should emphasise family values as a part of their activism, rather than adopt the view that family values do not matter |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 1a | This House Believes That governments should make the exchange of shares a condition for bail outs |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 1b | THR the rise of abstract art |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 2a | On the condition that gangs fulfil basic social needs (such as basic healthcare, education and sanitation), This House Believes That the state should cease to combat them. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 2b | THBT social movements should emphasise an individual’s capacity to change their circumstances in the face of oppression, as opposed to emphasising the structures that restrict and determine an individual’s fate. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 3a | This House, as South Korea, regrets passing the bill to ban the spreading of propaganda into North Korea |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 3b | TH, as China, would adopt the Chongqing model of economic development instead of the Guangdong model |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 4a | TH, as opposition parties in authoritarian democracies, would actively prioritise their militant wings over their political wings. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 4b | THBT the West should invest domestically in schools that provide alternative progressive interpretations of religious text to combat radicalism |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 5a | This House Prefers a world in which the Indian subcontinent had become a united federal state as opposed to being partitioned into two sovereign states |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 5b | THR the creation of progressive political icons in the US (e.g. AOC, Bernie Sanders) |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 6a | This House Supports the use of marketing boards in the agricultural sector. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 6b | THR the risse of cosmopolitan culture |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 7a | As a religious leader of the majority religion in a religiously heterogenous state, THW promote the notion of religious pluralism over religious inclusivism |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 7b | TH prefers a world where people believe in determinism over one where people believe in free will |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 8a | This House believes that environmentalists should campaign for environmental justice as opposed to overall protection of the environment |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 8b | THR the NFL's decision to implement interviewing and hiring incentives (i.e. higher draft picks) for African-American coaches rather than pursuing the punishment of management for unequal hiring practices |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 9a | This House Supports efforts that aim to strictly delineate military and civilian spheres of influence (e.g. banning military generals from running for political office/appointment of military leaders into civilian positions, delegating military decision making entirely to military commanders) in Southeast Asia. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | 9b | THBT criminal justice policy should be decided by appointed technocrats rather than elected representatives. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | EFL_Final | THW ban research into the creation of Artificial General Intelligence |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | ESL_Final | In countries with weak central governance, this house prefers civil-society-supported military coups |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | Open_Quad | THW only allow the media and campaigning organisations to depict or publish information about the deceased in a tragedy with the explicit permission of the family. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | Open_Double | THW require educational institutions in wealthy countries with high numbers of international students to pay a percentage of those students' tuition to educational institutions in developing countries |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | Open_Octa | THR the pervasiveness of colonial determinism in discourse surrounding African development. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | Open_Quarter | THBT the Bolivian government should prosecute the perpetrators of the 2019 coup. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | Open_Semi | THBT the state is morally illegitimate. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | Open_Final | TH, as the RNC, would advocate for the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump. |
| 2021-01-02 | Doxbridge Worlds | Schools_Final | THBT post-colonial states should emphasise their pre-colonial history and culture as opposed to focusing on the impacts of colonialism in their history curricula. |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 1 | THR the decline of tightly integrated families |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 2 | THBT protest movements should actively integrate religious figures and institutions in opposition to authoritarian regimes |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 3 | THW ban the development of Neuralink technology, or any other brain-computer interface |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 4 | TH, as India, would accept China's proposal |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | 5 | THBT heads of state in democratic nations should be limited to one term in office |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Semi | When evaluating financial risk and value, THBT financial institutions and credit rating agencies should actively account for climate and nature based impacts and risk |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | ESL_Final | THW join the resistance against the AI |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | Novice_Final | Assuming it could be done instantly, THW remove all nuclear weapons and the capacity to build them from the current world |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | Open_Quarter | THBT, rather than give money to Foreign Aid and International Development Institutions, developed countries should instead directly fund the Global Solidarity Fund |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | Open_Semi | THBT humanity should invest considerable amount of resources into the exploration of deep space (e.g. colonising, space mining, exploring deep space, finding alien races) |
| 2020-11-20 | Cambridge IV | Open_Final | TH regrets the demonisation of populist leaders (e.g. Donald Trump, Marine LePen, Jair Bolsonaro) |
| 2020-11-15 | Oxford Womxn's Open | 1 | THBT it is in the interest of left-wing Democrats to refrain from public criticism of Joe Biden's administration |
| 2020-11-15 | Oxford Womxn's Open | 2 | THP the German model of higher education |
| 2020-11-15 | Oxford Womxn's Open | 3 | THO the glorification of maximising productivity (for example: the rise of productivity influencers, long working hours being generally seen as admirable) |
| 2020-11-15 | Oxford Womxn's Open | 4 | THR the continued existence of NATO after the fall of the Soviet Union |
| 2020-11-15 | Oxford Womxn's Open | Open_Z | TH, as the woman, would commit to not engage in romantic relationships |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | 1 | THBT contemporary social movements should focus on class differences rather than on identity-based differences (gender, race, religion etc.) |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | 2 | THP lockdown policy decisions in federal governments to be made regionally (e.g. by states, provinces) rather than by the centralized government |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | 3 | THP activist messaging to focus on how things could be (a positive vision for the future) rather than on how things are (how bad things are currently) |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | 4 | THW allow victims of violent crimes to veto the prosecution of their offender |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | 5 | THBT governments in the developing world should limit migration to megacities |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | ESL_Quarter | THW leave Dharma |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | ESL_Semi | THP to live in a world where most individuals lead polyamorous relationships, as opposed to single-partner relationships |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | ESL_Final | THR the Americanization of social justice debates, e.g. focus on police brutality as a result of BLM, use of english terms by social movements rather than words in local languages and the focus on American icons such as MLK or RBG |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | Novice_Semi | THW hold social media platforms liable for illegal content that is posted (fake news, defamation, etc.) |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | Novice_Final | THO the glorification of career achievements as a basis for self worth |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | Open_Octa | THR the increasing emphasis upon publicity and performative expressivism in social movements. |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | Open_Quarter | TH, as Saudi Arabia, W provide funding and support to Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and encourage their aggression against the Ethiopian federal government |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | Open_Semi | THW prefer to be born with HSAM |
| 2020-11-14 | Oxford IV | Open_Final | THR the narrative that there is no objective truth |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | 1 | THW refrain from using alarmist messaging during pandemics (e.g. dramatic death rate predictions), and instead adopt optimistic messaging aimed at improving morale (e.g. celebrating recovery rates, showcasing regular activities done with COVID protection measures etc) |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | 2 | THR the rise of Big Data |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | 3 | TH, as the mother of a girl living in a third world nation, would teach their daughter to embrace the persona of "a modern working woman" |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | 4 | THW aggressively prioritise programs with high MVPF |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | 5 | THW expose Harvey Dent |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | 6 | Assuming Trump wins the 2020 Presidential Election, TH, as a Democrat citizen of a minority ethnicity in the US, would choose to find ways to immigrate |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | ESL_Semi | TH regrets the villainization of people who are perceived to be intently pursuing positions of power |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | ESL_Final | THW agree to sabotage "The Process" |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | Open_Quarter | TH, as ASEAN, would kick out member states that are overtly influenced by external actors |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | Open_Semi | This house regrets the characterisation of a set of typical moods as “normal” and mood disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety) as “abnormal” |
| 2020-10-30 | Malalysia AW*DC | Open_Final | THW prefer a world where the dominant religion is religion X as opposed to religion Y |
| 2020-10-23 | Effective Altruism Championship | 1 | THBT animal rights groups should focus their advocacy on creating a world where farmed animals are treated well and killed humanely, rather than on eradicating animal-based products |
| 2020-10-23 | Effective Altruism Championship | 2 | THW make charitable status dependent on an evidence-based assessment of the organisation's utility (by an external panel of experts) |
| 2020-10-23 | Effective Altruism Championship | 3 | THBT our strongest moral obligation is to our surrounding community rather than to humanity at large |
| 2020-10-23 | Effective Altruism Championship | 4 | In times of pandemics, THW significantly the minimum safety and efficacy standards required for the approval of treatments and vaccines * including but not limited to measures such as: waiving medium-term and long-term safety testing, accepting drugs that do not yet show superior outcomes compared to existing treatments, allowing more severe side effects than those that are usually permitted |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | 1 | THW no longer grant legal privileges to married couples solely because of their marital status (e.g. marital tax deduction, joint filing tax benefits, health insurance benefits, immigration beneifts, etc.) |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | 2 | THW dissolve the NCAA and allow all schools to independently set student athlete guidelines |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | 3 | THW abolish all merit based K-12 schools |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | 4 | THO the implementation of NSNP policies in the developing world |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | 5 | THBT religious leaders should lead by warning rather than lead by example |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | 6 | THBT Planned Parenthood should heavily prioritise providing health care services at the expense of political advocacy |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | Novice_Final | THP a world where all works of fiction are published anonymously |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | Open_Quarter | TH, as Saudi Arabia, would not join the Emirati and Bahraini moves to normalize relations with Israel |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | Open_Semi | THW offer significant tax breaks to venture capitalists investing in majority Black-owned businesses |
| 2020-10-09 | NAUDC 2020 | Open_Final | THR the dominant narrative that media holds political figures accountable |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 1 | That we regret the norm that doctors should defer to their patients' wishes, even where doing so is not in those patients' best interests. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 1 | That we oppose the medicalisation of learning disabilities. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 1 | That, as Joe Biden, we would choose to run on a ‘Medicare-for-All’ platform. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 2 | That the #MeToo movement has failed working class women. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 2 | That the government should provide incentives for the urban poor to migrate to rural areas. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 2 | That we support gamification in the workplace. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 3 | That we regret the ongoing prominence of cricket in postcolonial countries. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 3 | That we prefer a world where sports are not commercialised |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 3 | That we would abolish the ‘one-year-out’ rule in the NBA. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 4 | That Palestinians should abandon their claim for statehood and opt for a civil rights struggle instead. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 4 | That we regret the Trump-Taliban peace deal agreement. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 4 | That we, as Benny Gantz, regret signing the coalition agreement between Likud and the Blue and White alliance. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 5 | That we regret the expectation that children should be shielded from all forms of danger. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 5 | That we would proportionately subsidise (e.g. scholarship and funding) university courses according to the employability of their graduates. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 5 | That we support a permanent move to online tertiary education. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 6 | That young people should reject traditionally empowered political parties. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 6 | That legislative bodies (e.g. parliament, congress, senate, councils) should be formed by sortition democracy. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 6 | That the Democratic Party should not embrace 'Never Trump' Republicans. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 7 | That we should ban high frequency trading |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 7 | That we should limit the trading of individual shares and derivative products to licensed professionals. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 7 | That we should ban mortgage-based financial derivatives. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 8 | That we should ban mergers and acquisitions of mass media companies. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 8 | That social media companies should aggressively censor offensive and discriminatory content. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | 8 | That we prefer a world where social media networking sites are only available on a paid subscription basis. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Quarter | That the state's failure to address a pandemic should be considered as a crime against humanity. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Quarter | That criminal trials should continue even when the accused is deceased |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Quarter | That the state should pay reparations to individuals convicted in the past for actions that are no longer recognised as a crime. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Semi | That developing countries should prioritise the massive construction of infrastructure over the direct provision of high subsidies and social welfare. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Semi | That we regret the rise of nation-states built around exclusive notions of language, race, and religion. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Semi | That it is illegitimate for states to limit immigration unless there is a clear threat to national security. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Final | That it is morally wrong to use subconscious manipulation to nudge citizens towards socially desirable choices. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Final | That activist movements should embrace cancel culture as a tool to promote social change. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | EFL_Final | That France should abandon the principle of laïcité. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Octa | That we should abolish literary awards (e.g. the Man Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature). |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Octa | That we regret the stigmatisation of hedonistic lifestyles |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Octa | That we support the creation of children's literature which teaches that people are neither good nor evil. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Quarter | That Non-Western LGBTQ activists should reject sex positivity |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Quarter | That we regret the belief that individuals possess defined personality traits. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Quarter | That portrayals of religious deities and prophets in media should receive prior approval from relevant religious authorities. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Semi | That Western companies with a significant number of employees from the Indian diaspora should actively campaign against the caste system. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Semi | That ASEAN should transform itself into a political union |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Semi | That, as developing nations, we would prefer to align with China than the United States. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Final | That, as a woman of colour living in a majority-white country, we would embrace, compete in and establish national beauty pageants for women of our ethnic heritage. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Final | That capitalism is incompatible with racial equality |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | ESL_Final | That we, as a Catholic priest, would actively endorse liberal values that do not align with the Catholic Church. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Double | That we, as original producers of non-Western films, would deny Hollywood the right to produce remakes, unless a quota for non-Western actors/actresses is guaranteed. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Double | That we prefer transformative to curatorial fandom |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Double | That Disney should remove from circulation cartoons from its history that contain racist caricatures. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Octa | That we should stop the practice of requiring community's approval to build houses of worship. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Octa | That, as minorities, we would engage in respectability politics |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Octa | That we would require companies to use absolute blind recruitment |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Quarter | That we should allow parents to sell shares in their children’s future income streams. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Quarter | That we should reallocate public investment funds from start-ups to traditional small and medium-sized enterprises. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Quarter | That the European Central Bank should monetise the government deficits of Eurozone countries experiencing financial crises. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Semi | That, in countries where military service is mandatory only for men, as self-proclaimed feminist women, we would actively volunteer in the military. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Semi | That we regret narratives that portray human progress as inevitable |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Semi | That we regret the emphasis placed on individual rights by social justice movements. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Final | That we should grant legal personhood to culturally significant features of the natural environment. |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Final | That we support compassionate conservation |
| 2020-07-11 | Monash Australs 2020 | Open_Final | That, as environmentalists, we would choose a strategy of working closely with corporations. |
| 2020-05-02 | Doxbridge Online Open 2020 | 1 | THS online piracy in developing countries |
| 2020-05-02 | Doxbridge Online Open 2020 | 2 | THBT environmental movements should be pro-capitalism in their policies and advocacy (e.g., appealing to corporations for green policies, advocating for individual responsibility and sustainable consumption; rather than lobbying governments for extreme regulation, protesting for divestment) |
| 2020-05-02 | Doxbridge Online Open 2020 | 3 | THBT it is in the interest of Germany to support EU bonds |
| 2020-05-02 | Doxbridge Online Open 2020 | 4 | THP a world with radical honesty |
| 2020-05-02 | Doxbridge Online Open 2020 | Open_Final1 | THBT it is preferable to be single, than pursuing a successful long-term monogamous relationship |
| 2020-05-02 | Doxbridge Online Open 2020 | Open_Final2 | THW allow companies to buy the rights to govern economically failing cities. |
| 2020-05-02 | Doxbridge Online Open 2020 | Open_Final3 | THBT parents should teach morality to their children through religious context (e.g. “it is a sin to lie”; "help thy neighbour" etc.) |
| 2020-05-02 | Doxbridge Online Open 2020 | Schools_Final | THBT, when allocating resources to their children, working class families should allocate most of their resources to support the most talented child in the family. |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | 1 | Assuming it is feasible to measure rehabilitation, THW release prisoners purely based on their level of rehabilitation as opposed to having set prison sentences. |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | 2 | THW hold social media companies liable for the spread of fake news |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | 3 | THBT it is justified for women to lie about their relationship status and future plans during job interviews |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | 4 | THP a world where all romantic relationships are consensually polyamorous |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | 5 | TH nationalise all development and usage of AI that are likely to replace human labour |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | HighSchool_Semi | THBT it is legitimate for individuals to evade taxes in authoritarian states |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | HighSchool_Final | THO the narrative that we should be empathetic |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | Open_Quarter | In times of crisis, THP a technocracy over a democracy |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | Open_Semi | Given the technology to accurately measure and transfer happiness, THW progressively tax and redistribute happiness. |
| 2020-04-11 | Asia Open Debate Championship | Open_Final | TH welcomes China's mask diplomacy |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 1 | This House would impose a BBC-style impartiality requirement on all news platforms. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 2 | This House supports the rapid global elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to free trade. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 3 | This House would allow children to sue their parents for religious indoctrination. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 4 | This House would abolish the Olympic Games. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 5 | This House believes that the Mexican government should adopt measures that enable one cartel to monopolise the drug market. (These measures can include but are not limited to: targeting enemy cartels; selective arrests; stopping military deployments to areas controlled by this cartel; and renouncing the headhunt on its current leaders.) |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 6 | In liberal democracies, This House would implement a Social Credit System. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 7 | This House believes that ASEAN should abandon "the ASEAN Way". |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 8 | This House believes that the feminist movement should support the narrative that "beauty does not matter" over the narrative that "all bodies are beautiful". |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | 9 | This House would abolish primary and secondary school grades/years that group children based on age, and instead group them by competency and intelligence. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | EFL_Semis | This House prefers a world where, starting today, all humans have identical intellectual abilities (equivalent to the current global average). |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | EFL_Final | This House would abolish the private ownership of (housing) property in major metropolitan areas. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | ESL_Quarters | In a relatively equal society where the "protected sphere model" is the norm, This House, as a parent, would raise their children according to the "deferred happiness model". |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | ESL_Semis | This House prefers a world without the Neuralink. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | ESL_Final | This House believes that the United States government should cede the authority to prosecute criminal trials involving African Americans (as either victims or alleged perpetrators) to African American interest groups, and allocate funding for this. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | Open_Partial_Double_Octos | This House prefers religions in which all individuals have roughly equal religious obligations and are encouraged to develop a personal connection with the divine, over religions in which religious obligation and access to the divine are concentrated in religious authority figures. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | Open_Octos | This House prefers a cynical and pessimistic perception of democratic politics to an idealistic and optimistic one. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | Open_Quarters | This House believes that developing countries should acquire, on the open market, large stakes in major publicly-traded global corporations (eg. Google, JP Morgan, Shell, and Pfizer). |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | Open_Semis | This House prefers a "Brave New World" to the status quo in Western Liberal Democracies. |
| 2020-01-01 | Thailand WUDC 2020 | Open_Final | This House, as China, would grant universal suffrage to Hong Kong. |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | 1 | This House regrets the Humanization of Villains in Film and Media [i.e Joker]. |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | 2 | The House believes that charitable organizations [e.g Omaze] should not be allowed to obtain donations in exchange for the offer of potential prizes. |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | 4 | This house believes that governments in developing nations should prioritize funding for early childhood development to the exclusion of funding for tertiary education. |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | 6 | In instances where the collapse of financial institutions is imminent, The House supports a bail-in. |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | 7 | This House Supports the public offering of Saudi Aramco |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | 8 | This House, as the trans community, would prioritize psychosocial rather than physical makeup as a metric for gender dispositions. |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | 9 | This House believes that religious institutions should use radically leftist interpretations of their teachings in areas of high rates of poverty (e.g Liberation Theology, Islamic Socialism) |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | Open_Octos | THS the use of deep fake technology as a legitimate political tool |
| 2019-12-09 | PAUDC Akofena 2019 | Open_Quarters | THR human ability to adapt to social adversity |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2018 | 1 | This house believes that the criminal justice system should not consider retribution as a factor in sentencing. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2018 | 2 | This house prefers a world in which universities charged tuition based on student earnings after graduation. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2018 | 3 | This house believes that governments should prioritize the economic improvement of minority communities over the preservation of their culture. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2018 | 4 | This house prefers a world in which, upon childhood, all people intuitively come to know their natural expiration date. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2018 | 5 | When responding to civilian casualties, this house believes that the military action taken does not have to meet the principle of proportionality. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2018 | Open_Final | This house believes that the interests of the Chinese people would be better served by a peaceful transition into a democracy, rather than a continuation of one party rule. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2019 | 1 | This house regrets the decline of the humanities in higher education. Information Slide: In academic settings, “the humanities” is contrasted with the study of natural sciences, social sciences, and professional training. Core fields in the humanities include: literature, philosophy, history, religion, art, etc. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2019 | 2 | This house supports laws that protect the health of fetuses (whose mothers intend to carry them to term). |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2019 | 3 | In the event that current talks produce a compromise Brexit deal, this house would put it to a referendum, with “remain” as the alternative |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2019 | 4 | This house would take a pill that permanently made one entirely contented with one’s current life situation. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2019 | 5 | This house opposes the centrality of sport to national identity. |
| 2019-12-01 | HWS Round Robin 2019 | Open_Final | This house believes that the Black Lives Matter movement should embrace open carry gun laws and engage in armed community patrols. Info Slide: The Black Panthers began as a group of black citizens in Oakland, California who engaged in armed patrols of the city streets, specifically focusing on observing police behavior and arrests. In response, California enacted much stricter gun control legislation. |
| 2019-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2019 | 1 | This house believes that hacking is a legitimate form of protest against large corporations. |
| 2019-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2019 | 2 | This house regrets films and television shows that glorify gang culture. |
| 2019-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2019 | 3 | This house believes that states should not attempt to regulate digital currencies like bitcoin. |
| 2019-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2019 | 4 | This house supports the right of fiction authors to use a pseudonym and/or remain anonymous. |
| 2019-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2019 | 5 | This house believes that environmental movements should support climate engineering that fundamentally alters the environment in an attempt to combat global warming. |
| 2019-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2019 | Open_Semi | In emerging democracies, this house would break up persistently dominant political parties. |
| 2019-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2019 | Open_Final | This house believes that feminist organisations should not criticize female politicians for their views on women's issues. |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | 1 | THR the increasing professionalization of youth athletics |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | 2 | In cities with scarce housing availability THW reallocate funds intended for building or subsidizing affordable housing to providing the means for those in need to relocate to different cities with lower costs of living. |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | 3 | THBT that Western Nations should impose heavy penalties on domestic corporations that punish their employees for engaging in legally permitted speech. |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | 4 | Assuming feasibility, THW distribute development aid to individual citizens rather than governments. |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | 5 | THW have all settler colonial states (Canada, U.S., Australia, Mexico, Brazil, etc.) pay rent to their indigenous populations for all government-owned property. |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | Novice_Final | THP a world without a belief in life after death (heaven, reincarnation, past lives, hell, etc). |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | Open_Quarter | Assuming neither standard is upheld in the status quo, THBT society should aim towards becoming a meritocracy as opposed to a society where people are treated equally regardless of merit. |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | Open_Semi | In the aftermath of genocides, ethnic violence or crimes against humanity THO efforts to ban or suppress discussion of ethnicity and/or religion |
| 2019-10-04 | Hart House IV 2019 | Open_Final | THBT all nations should take active steps to eliminate all borders. |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 1 | THBT Greece should introduce significant financial incentives for companies and individuals currently based in Athens* to relocate to other Greek cities *Over a third of the Greek population lives in Athens. |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 2 | THBT it is in the interest of the Chinese Communist Party to cease attempts to infringe on "One Country, Two Systems" in Hong Kong, rather than continuing its current approach. |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 3 | THW encourage women to be selfish |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 4 | THBT it is in the interest of dominant organised religions for their leaders to declare more progressive interpretations of traditional dogma* *e.g. on dietary and pilgrimage requirements, the acceptability of contraception, same-sex relationships |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 5 | THBT consumers should predominantly aim to buy locally produced goods and services |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 6 | THW break up Disney |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 7 | THBT schools should teach children to be skeptical of parental authority |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 8 | In circumstances where a unanimous decision is currently required, THP majority voting as the European Council's decision-making approach |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | 9 | THW make police commanders personally criminally liable for instances of police brutality committed by their subordinates |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | ESL_Quarters | In situations where deliberate economic policies by another state have caused substantial economic harms, THBT international law should recognise that military retaliation can be justified |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | ESL_Semis | THBT the US Democratic Party should prioritise employment issues, even at the expense of significant harms to the environment. |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | ESL_Finals | TH Opposes the Defining Decade norm |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | Open_Octos | THBT local governments in developing countries should allocate significant portions of their budget via Participatory Budgeting |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | Open_Quarters | THBT it is in the interest of the Kremlin to take measures to reduce Russian dependency of China (e.g. limit the selling of raw materials to China, reduce the share of Yuan in Russia's currency reserves, not allowing Chinese companies to develop strategic infrastructure such as 5G in Russia) |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | Open_Semis | THBT communities that have been victims of atrocities should emphasise the narrative of the 'banality of evil' when interpreting those atrocities |
| 2019-08-05 | Athens EUDC 2019 | Open_Final | THBT the Greek government should have rejected the 2015 bailout deal and sought to negotiate further concessions, even at the risk of not receiving a bailout. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | 1 | This House Would expel states which fail to spend a minimum of 2% of GDP on defence from NATO. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | 2 | This House Believes that feminist movements in the developing world should integrate religious messages and institutions into their advocacy, rather than distancing themselves from them. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | 3 | This House Believes That the West should massively discourage and disincentivise economic collaboration and exchange with China. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | 4 | This House Would raise their child to prefer to be single. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | 5 | THBT the democratic nominee should commit to abolishing ICE |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | ESL_Semi | This House Believes That it is in the interest of the Russian Federation for Vladimir Putin to run for a fifth term as President in 2024. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | ESL_Final | This House prefers technocracy to democracy. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | Open_Quarters | This House Believes That it is in the interest of the Russian Federation for Vladimir Putin to run for a fifth term as President in 2024. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | Open_Semi | This House prefers technocracy to democracy. |
| 2019-05-11 | Cambridge IV 2019 | Open_Final | THBT Palestinians should prioritise striving to consolidate a Palestinian state in the Westbank and the Gaza Strip as opposed to seeking the right to return to Israel. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 1 | That, as a feminist parent, we would send our daughter to an all-girls school as opposed to a comparable co-ed school. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 1 | That feminists should actively campaign for quotas and increased female involvement in the military. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 1 | That we should ban pregnant women from working during the last month of their pregnancy. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 2 | That we should allow scientific journals to publish anonymous papers. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 2 | That schools should be allowed to expel students who are violent or consistent bullies, even if there is not a school immediately willing to take them. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 2 | That, assuming feasibility, governments should cap parents' expenditure on their children to an amount equivalent to the current median expenditure per year. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 3 | That we should hold pharmaceutical companies liable for harms caused by widespread misuse of their drugs. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 3 | That we should allow doctors to override Advance Care Directives. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 3 | That judges should prescribe Naltrexone instead of mandating Alcoholics Anonymous for offenders of minor alcohol related crimes. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 4 | That African American rap artists have a moral obligation to donate their disposable income to African American low socioeconomic-status areas |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 4 | That the queer community should abandon the trend of making queer events/celebrations open to cis/straight allies (eg. bars, parties, events, mardi gras, etc). |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 4 | That schools should encourage children from minority backgrounds to 'code switch'. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 5 | That prominent social activists (e.g. the leaders of Black Lives Matter, Aung San Suu Kyi) should not choose to run for office. ( |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 5 | That it would be in the interests of the Democratic Party if Kamala Harris were to win the Presidential nomination instead of Bernie Sanders. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 5 | That we would, as the Coalition, dedicate substantial resources into challenging the legal status of minor parties and their candidates (eg. Section 44, the number of signatures, etc.) |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 6 | That the state should offer criminals a new identity upon serving their sentence (e.g. new name, new background, optional plastic surgery). |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 6 | That judges should not consider whether evidence was collected legally when deciding to admit it. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | 6 | That we should ban prison guards from striking. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | Open_Octo | That the public, via referendum, should be given the power to pardon/give amnesty to whistleblowers. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | Open_Quarters | That, as a Rohingya Muslim fleeing the Myanmar military, we would join ARSA. (Octo-finals) That we regret the custom of giving gifts. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | Open_Quarters | That we regret narratives of deference to the elderly (e.g. "older people are more experienced"). |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | Open_Semi | That the Bretton Woods institutions (i.e. the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank) have done more harm than good. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | Open_Semi | That, assuming feasibility, we should charge corporations a tax equal to their Social Cost instead of company tax. |
| 2019-04-18 | Easters 2019 | Open_Final | That the queer community should actively embrace religious organisations and queer religious individuals in its leadership positions and advocacy. |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 1 | This House, as South Africa, would forcibly break up exclusive Afrikaaner enclaves |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 2 | This House believes that the protections of international law conventions and treaties should not apply to combatants from terrorist organisations (e.g. prohibition on torture, prisoner of war status, guarantee of post-conflict release) |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 3 | This House opposes the norm that romantic love should be the primary source of fulfilment in a person's life |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 4 | This House believes that the ongoing process of decolonisation should include actively disempowering religions that were imposed on the country during colonialism |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 5 | This House would implement substantial measures to impose long-termism in corporate investment culture (e.g. minimum holding periods for shares, yearly rather than quarterly financial reporting, long-term executive compensation plans) |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 6 | This House supports granting megacities autonomous control over their economic and social policy (e.g. immigration, health, criminal justice) with national taxation policy remaining under the control of the federal government |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 7 | This House would actively encourage women not to have children |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 8 | This House believes that the United States should disengage from Syria |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | 9 | This House believes that developing countries should privatise their State-Owned Enterprises (such as airlines, railway utility companies) |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | EFL_Semis | This House would grant individuals and organisations open standing to challenge the constitutionality of laws enacted by their government |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | EFL_Final | This House believes that it is unjustified to assist evil regimes in systematically persecuting members of their identity group in order to mitigate and moderate the regime's abuses (e.g. Israel Kasztner in Nazi-controlled Hungary, Wang Jingwei in Japan-occupied China). |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | ESL_Quarters | This House would subsidise art that glorifies the working class |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | ESL_Semis | This House supports governments significantly increasing their use of big data-based predictive models in decision-making to replace human judgements (e.g. criminal justice policy, allocation of healthcare resources, housing development) |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | ESL_Final | In the lead up to the 1994 negotiated settlement in South Africa, this house believes that the ANC should have demanded further concessions (e.g. removing the amnesty provision in the TRC, greater land and economic rights) even at the expense of prolonging the conflict. |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | Open_Partial_Double_Octos | This House believes that the WHO should adopt a convention which bans the sell of drugs with high resistance tendencies (e.g. antibiotics) to countries which do not comply with WHO guidelines regarding their medical and agricultural use |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | Open_Octos | This House believes that an approach of Political Expansionism on the part of the Chinese state is in the interests of the Chinese people |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | Open_Quarters | This House supports a norm of embracing anger in public discourse rather than one of aspiring to dispassionate objectivity |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | Open_Semis | This House would impose a narrow banking regulation |
| 2019-01-01 | Cape Town WUDC 2019 | Open_Final | This House believes that the present condition of humanity is preferable to its condition in 100 years time. |
| 2018-12-07 | PAUDC Tanzania 2018 | 4 | THS the Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme in elementary schools in Africa. |
| 2018-12-07 | PAUDC Tanzania 2018 | 5 | THW reallocate revenues from such industries (e.g mining) to exclusively fund Universal basic healthcare for the poor. |
| 2018-12-07 | PAUDC Tanzania 2018 | 6 | THBT Liberal Democracies have an Obligation to declare all Major Cities in their Countries as Sanctuary Cities. #PAUDC2018 #Akofena19 |
| 2018-12-07 | PAUDC Tanzania 2018 | Open_Semis | This House Believes that the AU should exclusively regulate the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa |
| 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. |
| 2018-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | 1 | THR the presence of “career politicians”. |
| 2018-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | 2 | THBT writers and owners of popular canons* have a moral obligation to follow the general and clear wishes of fans (e.g. JK Rowling (Harry Potter UNiverse), Disney (Star Wars), George RR Martin (Game of Thrones Universe)). |
| 2018-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | 3 | TH prefers sports leagues that are financially unregulated |
| 2018-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | 4 | TH embraces the collection by governments and corporate entities of a significant amount of data about individuals |
| 2018-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | 5 | THW disestablish all local councils and authorities in developed nations |
| 2018-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | Open_Semi | THBT galleries and media outlets should not show content that is “of the time” but now considered offensive (e.g. racist stereotypes in the Simpsons, homophobic works of art). |
| 2018-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | Open_Final | As the democrat party, THW nominate Hillary Clinton (assuming she makes herself available) as the democrat candidate for the 2020 presidential elections. |
| 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. |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 1 | This house believes that the US should ban extremist groups (e.g. the KKK and neo-Nazi groups) |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 2 | This house believes that the WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade. |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 3 | THR the rise of “Sharing Culture” |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 4 | This house believes that states should significantly fund female-only tech companies |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 5 | This house, as Israel, supports the Jewish People’s Intelligence Services Doctrine. |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 6 | This house supports universities treating students as customers (eg by allocating significant resources to improving students lifestyles, and granting students influence over university decisions and the content and delivery of course curricula) |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 7 | This house believes that Western institutions should neither cooperate with, nor use the data produced by, non-Western medical institutions that do not meet Western standards on human clinical trials |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 8 | This house believes that LGBT groups should actively seek to include Side B Christians. |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | 9 | This house supports the creation and use of Lethal Autonomous Robots (Lethal Autonomous Robots are fully autonomous military weapons that can select and engage targets without human intervention). |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | ESL_Final | THB that Western European states at high risk for terror attacks should implement 'state of emergency' laws. |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | Open_Semis | THR the mass deregulation of the financial sector |
| 2017-08-13 | Tallin EUDC 2017 | Open_Final | TH as the Kremlin would commemorate the 1917 Russian Revolution as a tradegy rather than a triumph for the nation. |
| 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 |
| 2016-11-19 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016 | 1 | THBT liberals should not use pejorative labels such as racist, bigot, sexist etc to describe people whose beliefs they disagree with. |
| 2016-11-19 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016 | 2 | THW transition to a cash-less society. |
| 2016-11-19 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016 | 3 | THW significantly increase people’s leisure time at the expense of greater prosperity, progress and growth. |
| 2016-11-19 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016 | 4 | THW not allow “intersex” female athletes (such as Caster Semenya) to compete in female sporting competitions unless they take hormone suppressants. |
| 2016-11-19 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016 | 5 | THW not prosecute former child soldiers for crimes committed as adults. |
| 2016-11-19 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016 | Open_Semi | THW force large companies above a certain size to be fully publicly listed. |
| 2016-11-19 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016 | Open_Final | THBT environmental NGOs should promote genetic engineering. |
| 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. |
| 2015-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2015 | 1 | That academic social science departments should make active efforts to hire faculty that do not have progressive beliefs. |
| 2015-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2015 | 2 | This house would restrict the benefits of the schengen agreement to citizens of the EU only. |
| 2015-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2015 | 3 | That the government should regulate automated driving systems (e.g. google driverless cars), so that in the event of a potential accident, the programme makes decisions that prioritise the safety of those outside of the vehicle over that of the passengers within. |
| 2015-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2015 | 4 | That non-white actors shouldn’t pursue roles where characters they would portray are based on ethnic stereotypes. |
| 2015-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2015 | 5 | That governments in democracies should not control the school history curriculum. |
| 2015-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2015 | Open_Semi | That people who currently choose to be vegetarian on the grounds of animal welfare should instead consume products where the production process treats animals well. |
| 2015-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2015 | Open_Final | That technology companies should refuse to provide governments information about their customers, even if that would mean breaking the law. |
| 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 |
| 2014-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2014 | 1 | THW limit private land ownership |
| 2014-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2014 | 2 | THW abolish prisons |
| 2014-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2014 | 3 | TH regrets the concept of an afterlife |
| 2014-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2014 | 4 | THW allow private entities to discriminate on grounds that are forbidden for the state to discriminate on (or words to that effect) |
| 2014-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2014 | 5 | THBT western media should refuse to publicise videos or events designed to generate terror |
| 2014-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2014 | Open_Semi | THW allow retired parents to seek support payments from their adult children |
| 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. |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | 1 | THBT Governments should not assist in the rebuilding of disaster prone areas |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | 2 | TH regrets the existence of critic or professionally determined film awards, including the Academy Awards, Palme D'Or, and Sight and Sound's Top 10 |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | 3 | THBT it is the West's interest for long term Brent Crude Oil prices to fall below US$60 per barrel. Info |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | 4 | THBT the LGBT movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choice |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | 5 | THB European Football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from successful to less successful domestic clubs |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | ESL_Semis | THBT the states of the Western Balkans should ban positive depictions of indicted or convicted war criminals |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | ESL_Final | THW financially incentivise interracial and interfaith marriage |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | Open_Quarters | THW criminalise its citizens from fighting in foreign conflicts |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | Open_Semis | THB that majority liberal supreme courts should actively misapply constitutions in order to advance progressive rights |
| 2014-02-15 | LSE Open | Open_Final | TH regrets Jiyas use of the Burka (info video) |
| 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. |
| 2013-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2013 | 1 | THW ban intl (cross border) commercial surrogacy |
| 2013-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2013 | 2 | THW, as a parent of a young woman, advise her to drink responsibly to reduce the risk of them being sexually assaulted |
| 2013-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2013 | 4 | That college athletes in the Us should be paid as professionals |
| 2013-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2013 | 5 | THW only give funding to indigenous groups that are democratically organised. |
| 2013-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2013 | Open_Semi | This house would not prosecute individuals for pirating entertainment media for their own use |
| 2013-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2013 | Open_Final | This house believes that the west should forgive debt owed by governments of developing countries |
| 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 |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | 1 | THW legalise all forms of assisted suicide for mentally sound people |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | 2 | TH regrets the strong social norms in favour of lifelong monogamy |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | 3 | THBT western countries should invest primarily in air power rather than ground troops for future military interventions |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | 4 | THBT the education system should promote equality of outcomes over equality of opportunities |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | 5 | TH welcomes the advent of extreme genetic enhancements for human beings |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | ESL_Final | THBT national governments should aim to depopulate rather than regenerate areas with few viable economic activities |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | Open_Quarters | info slide: behavioural economics, rival changes in the way choices are presented changes behaviour THBT the state should systematically use subconscious manipulation to nudge citizens towards good choices |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | Open_Semis | THBT Western foreign policy should seek to prevent China's acquisition of Africa's natural land and resources |
| 2012-02-17 | LSE Open | Open_Final | TH regrets the decline of Marxism in liberal Western democracies |
| 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 |
| 2011-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2011 | 1 | THW ban child beauty pageants |
| 2011-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2011 | 2 | THBT Israel should unilaterally preemptively strike Iran |
| 2011-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2011 | 3 | THBT individuals should be required by governments to invest a defined portion of their salary for their retirement |
| 2011-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2011 | 4 | THW forcibly remove the homeless from the streets and place them in mental institutions or rehabilitation |
| 2011-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2011 | 5 | THW consign the European Union to the dustbin of history |
| 2011-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2011 | 6 | THS comprehensive parental leave paid for by employers |
| 2011-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2011 | Open_Semi | THW camp out in solidarity with the “Occupy” protestors |
| 2011-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2011 | Open_Final | THBT newly democratised Arab nations should not allow religious parties to run for office |
| 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 |
| 2009-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 | 1 | This house would destroy the results of unethical research, |
| 2009-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 | 2 | This house believes that the European Union should be an economic union, not a political union. |
| 2009-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 | 3 | This house would ban cosmetic surgery |
| 2009-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 | 4 | THW pay for the return of hostages |
| 2009-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 | 5 | THBT groups should have to give up their weapons in order to stand for political office |
| 2009-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 | 6 | THW end all censorship apart from age restrictions |
| 2009-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 | Open_Semi | This House would legalise the baby trade |
| 2009-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2009 | Open_Final | This House would prevent criminals from publishing accounts of their crimes |
| 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 | This house would ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy. |
| 2008-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2008 | 1 | This house believes that the gay community should “out” gay celebrities. |
| 2008-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2008 | 2 | This house believes that the military should overthrow governments which have lost popular legitimacy. |
| 2008-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2008 | 3 | This house would criminalise individuals and organisations who do not recycle. |
| 2008-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2008 | 4 | This house would abolish all forms of affirmative action. |
| 2008-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2008 | 5 | This house would allow parents to cast proxy votes on behalf of their children. |
| 2008-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2008 | 6 | \ This house believes that the Palestinians should give up the Right of Return. |
| 2008-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2008 | Open_Semi | This house would make insulting religion a crime. |
| 2008-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2008 | Open_Final | This House believes freer markets, rather than more government intervention, are the solution to the current economic crisis. |
| 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. |
| 2007-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 | 1 | This house would force single parents receiving welfare to seek work. |
| 2007-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 | 2 | This house would use quotas to desegregate Northern Ireland religious schools. |
| 2007-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 | 3 | This house believes that the First World should prohibit the immigration of doctors and nurses from the Third World. |
| 2007-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 | 4 | This house would allow juries to decide on sentences. |
| 2007-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 | 5 | This house would build power stations in ex-Soviet states to reduce their dependence on Russia. |
| 2007-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 | 6 | This house would ban the broadcast and dissemination of terrorist videos. |
| 2007-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 | Open_Semi | This house would immediately establish a Palestinian state in the Fatah-controlled West Bank. |
| 2007-11-01 | New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2007 | Open_Final | This House believes Amnesty International should campaign for abortion rights. |
| 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 |