Motions

Novice Finals

  • THW ban religious schools in multi-religious societies
  • Novice Semifinals

  • The motion for this round has not been released.
  • Grand Final

  • THW hold criminally liable religious leaders who propagate doctrines that physically harm believers (e.g., the denial of blood transfusions amongst Jehovah's Witnesses, the promotion of conversion therapy, the encouragement of extended absolute fasting, etc.)
  • Semifinals

  • THR the growing association between the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and Saudi Arabia
  • Quarterfinals

  • THBT Zimbabwe should aggressively invest in the development of its nuclear capabilities
  • Round 5

  • THP a world in which post-colonialism, African countries had prioritized investment into the development of regional bodies (e.g., ECOWAS, SADC, and the AU) over assimilation into global bodies (e.g., WTO, the World Bank, the ICC, etc.)
  • Round 4

  • THW ban the mass advertising of financial products (e.g., credit cards, mortgages, debt management schemes, stock trading platforms, etc.)
  • Round 3

  • THBT the Oscars should be determined by a public vote rather than by a vote by Academy members
  • Round 2

  • THS OpenAI's transition to a for-profit model
  • Round 1

  • This House believes that revolutionary governments (i.e., post-civil war, post-dictatorship, post-colonial, etc.) should erase symbols and commemorations of the previous regime from public spaces and institutions