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| Date | Tournament | Round | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 1 | THBT the US should abandon complete denuclearization as a prerequisite to easing sanctions on NK |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 1 | THBT the US should abandon complete denuclearization as a prerequisite to easing sanctions on NK |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 2 | THR the rise in political consumerism |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 2 | THR the rise in political consumerism |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 3 | Given a way to accurately measure an individual's empathy, THW only allow individuals with high levels of empathy for people beyond their immediate circle to vote in elections. |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 3 | Given a way to accurately measure an individual's empathy, THW only allow individuals with high levels of empathy for people beyond their immediate circle to vote in elections. |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 4 | THBT the IMF should require collateral in exchange for loans |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 4 | THBT the IMF should require collateral in exchange for loans |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 5 | TH, as the Pope, would abolish the concept of Hell |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | 5 | TH, as the Pope, would abolish the concept of Hell |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | Novice_Final | THS the creation of a global citizenship market |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | Novice_Final | THS the creation of a global citizenship market |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | Open_Quarters | TH, as the EPP, Would Expel Fidesz |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | Open_Quarters | TH, as the EPP, Would Expel Fidesz |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | Open_Semi | In cities and areas with rapidly increasing housing costs, THW tax new residents and use the revenue to subsidize housing costs for citizens already residing in the area |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | Open_Semis | In cities and areas with rapidly increasing housing costs, THW tax new residents and use the revenue to subsidize housing costs for citizens already residing in the area |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | Open_Final | THR the narrative that forgiveness is a virtue |
| 2019-03-16 | Budapest Open 2019 | Open_Final | THR the narrative that forgiveness is a virtue |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | 1 | THW allow local communities to vote to reduce the amount of policing present within their districts |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | 2 | THBT China should remove its restrictions on rural to urban migrants. |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | 3 | THP a world where everyone has Highly Superior Autobiographical (with info slide) |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | 4 | Given that private gun ownership is legal, THS the existence of women's gun rights organizations (with info slide) |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | 5 | THBT African countries should adopt English as the principal language of instruction in schools |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | Novice_Final | THO the dominant narrative in popular culture that there exists a soulmate for everyone |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | Open_Quarters | In countries that have the death penalty, THW implement execution duty (with info slide) |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | Open_Semis | THW allow individuals to sue religious organizations for compensation for the harmful effects of choices made as a result of adherence to religious doctrine |
| 2017-03-04 | Budapest Open 2017 | Open_Final | THBT it is the Moral Imperative of Liberals within Eastern European countries to stay within their Home Country rather than Emigrate to More Progressive Countries |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 1 | THW ban private political donations, and fund all political parties and campaigns from general taxation. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 1 | THW ban private political donations, and fund all political parties and campaigns from general taxation. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 2 | THW not allow workers to renounce their employment rights (e.g. holiday pay, defined working hours, sick pay, minimum wage) in return for work experience or financial benefit. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 2 | THW not allow workers to renounce their employment rights (e.g. holiday pay, defined working hours, sick pay, minimum wage) in return for work experience or financial benefit. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 3 | THBT Oskar Gröning should not have been prosecuted. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 3 | Oskar Gröning chose to join the SS during the 1940s, and was positioned at Auschwitz concentration camp as a financial clerk. After the end of the war, he remained silent about his experiences for forty years. In response to Holocaust denial by a number of authoritative and well-known individuals, he spoke about his experiences and actions, highlighting the horrors that occurred. This contributed to a decision of the German government to prosecute him as an accessory to murder in 300,000 cases. THBT Oskar Gröning should not have been prosecuted. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 4 | THBT European Leaders should not have agreed to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 4 | THBT European Leaders should not have agreed to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 5 | THBT it is legitimate to release the unpublished personal memoirs of deceased public figures, even when this is against the express wishes of the individual or their family. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | 5 | THBT it is legitimate to release the unpublished personal memoirs of deceased public figures, even when this is against the express wishes of the individual or their family. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | Open_Quarters | This House supports the French government's decision to dismantle the "Calais jungle." |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | Open_Semis | THBT Barack Obama should nominate an individual considered to be a moderate conservative by US citizens to the Supreme Court. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | Open_Semis | THBT Barack Obama should nominate an individual considered to be a moderate conservative by US citizens to the Supreme Court. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | Open_Finals | THW ban all further research into artificial intelligence that can independently learn and develop. |
| 2016-03-11 | Budapest Open 2016 | Open_Final | THW ban all further research into artificial intelligence that can independently learn and develop. |
| 2014-02-28 | Budapest Open | 1 | THW prohibit religious organizations from speaking out against homosexuality |
| 2014-02-28 | Budapest Open | 2 | THBT states should take active measures to limit the spread of American pop culture |
| 2014-02-28 | Budapest Open | 3 | THBT it is in Russia's interest to annex the Crimea |
| 2014-02-28 | Budapest Open | 4 | THBT the Black Rights Movement should oppose the appropriation of the Confederate flag by black public figures. (Info slide: Kanye West recently released a clothing line which featured the Confederate flag. The Confederate flag was the flag used by the pro-slavery southern US states in the American Civil War. The American Civil War was a conflict over the use of black slaves. The flag is still used by various groups, including white supremacists in the US.) |
| 2014-02-28 | Budapest Open | 5 | THBT developing countries should support commercial surrogacy (Info slide: Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries a child for another person or couple) |
| 2014-02-28 | Budapest Open | Open_Semis | TH opposes the sympathetic and humanizing portrayal of Nazi soldiers in popular media |
| 2014-02-28 | Budapest Open | Open_Final | THW suspend elections in countries with very high levels of government debt |
| 2013-03-01 | Budapest Open | 0 | TH regrets the turn away from socialism |
| 2013-03-01 | Budapest Open | 1 | THW create separate state schools for those who are LGBTQ |
| 2013-03-01 | Budapest Open | 2 | THBT former colonial powers should never intervene militarily in their former colonies |
| 2013-03-01 | Budapest Open | 3 | THBT in order to continue to eat meat individuals should personally slaughter a major meat animal |
| 2013-03-01 | Budapest Open | 4 | THW abolish all term limitations for elected officials in high offices |
| 2013-03-01 | Budapest Open | Open_Semis | THW require all isolated religious communities to give all 18-year-olds a Rumspringa |
| 2013-03-01 | Budapest Open | Open_Final | THBT an EU institution should block websites in EU member states that use negative racial/ethnic/religious stereotypes |
| 2012-03-02 | Budapest Open | 1 | THW not imprison those convicted of non-violent crimes |
| 2012-03-02 | Budapest Open | 2 | THW make development aid conditional upon the improvement of women’s rights. |
| 2012-03-02 | Budapest Open | 3 | THW lift the ban on Communist symbols in all post-communist EU member states |
| 2012-03-02 | Budapest Open | 4 | THW only provide state pension to those mentally or physically unable to work. |
| 2012-03-02 | Budapest Open | Open_Semis | THW ban medicine designed to erase human memories |
| 2012-03-02 | Budapest Open | Open_Final | THBT violent activities to achieve anti-capitalist aims in Western societies are justified |