Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    (A) In cases involving determining the legality of constitutional amendments, THBT judges should exercise significant judicial restraint
  • 2
    (B) THBT post colonial states should presumptively invalidate all civil laws inherited from colonial regimes
  • 3
    (C) Assuming the technology to make people obedient to all criminal laws exists, THBT states should administer it to their population

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    (A) THBT countries with substantial defense capabilities should actively intercept foreign military communications of post conflict states
  • 2
    (B) THBT term limits for military leadership positions would do more harm than good to states with a past history of democratic backsliding due to hostile military takeovers
  • 3
    (C) THBT military whistleblowers who reveal classified espionage programmes should be retroactively exonerated

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    (A) In cases involving determining the legality of constitutional amendments, THBT judges should exercise significant judicial restraint
  • 2
    (B) THBT post colonial states should presumptively invalidate all civil laws inherited from colonial regimes
  • 3
    (C) Assuming the technology to make people obedient to all criminal laws exists, THBT states should administer it to their population

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    (A) TH, as the BJP, W reject demands from India’s opposition parties to conduct a nationwide caste census
  • 2
    (B) THBT left wing activists should engage in widespread vigilante action to protect undocumented migrants from deportation by the Trump administration
  • 3
    (C) THO incumbent governments criminally prosecuting ex heads of state after they have left office (Imran Khan, Jacob Zuma, etc.)

    • Round 5

  • 1
    (A) THBT the Catholic Church should abandon clerical celibacy
  • 2
    (B) THW disallow religious congregations from disrupting public activity (blocking roads for religious events, use of loudspeakers for prayer meetings, hosting congregations in public parks, etc.)
  • 3
    (C) THBT religious leaders should emphasize the outlook of 'Leaving it to God' during times of hardship

    • Round 4

  • 1
    (A) THW ban the export of surveillance technologies (e.g., facial recognition, spyware) from democracies to authoritarian regimes
  • 2
    (B) THBT African states should militarily intervene to remove undemocratic military regimes from power regardless of consensus within the African Union (e.g., Niger, Gabon, Burkina Faso)
  • 3
    (C) THBT South East Asian countries should prioritise regional energy interdependence (e.g., ASEAN power grid) over national energy security

    • Round 3

  • 1
    (A) THBT the feminist movement should actively discourage women from engaging in feminine linguistic behaviour
  • 2
    (B) THBT the 'Strong Mother' trope has done more harm than good for the feminist cause
  • 3
    (C) TH, as the feminist movement, W actively deplatform TERFs from feminist spaces

    • Round 2

  • 1
    (A) TH, as a progressive investor with a minority stake in a large multinational company, W divest from it if the company chooses to align itself closely with conservative governments
  • 2
    (B) THW break up the Chaebols in South Korea's energy sector (eg: the SK Group, LG, etc)
  • 3
    (C) In developed countries, THW compel Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to comply with sustainability reporting standards

    • Round 1

  • 1
    (A) THW replace all university fees with a lifetime tax on student earnings
  • 2
    (B) TH, as an Ivy League University, W implement strong political neutrality laws on campus
  • 3
    (C) THO educational stultification in tertiary education