Round 1Prepared motion
Preliminary rounds
Round 2Sports
This house believes that the International Olympic Committee should recognise an athlete's right to protest
This house believes that the African Union should attempt to contain growing Gulf* influence in the horn of Africa**
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* Gulf States refer to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. ** States in the horn of Africa include Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea.
Round 4Economy and Work
This house would significantly reduce income tax rates for women
Round 5Prepared motion
TH prefers leaderless social justice movements.
Round 6Ethics and Philosophy
This house regrets the dominant belief that the customer’s needs and desires should always come first
Round 7Prepared motion
THBT developing countries should prioritise import substitution industrialisation over export oriented industrialisation.
Break rounds
OctofinalsPolitics and Government
This house supports periodic, fixed-date constitutional conventions in constitutional democracies
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Unlike amendments which amend specific clauses in a constitution on an ad-hoc basis, a constituional convention is the gathering of delegates for the purpose of writing, rewriting, or maintaining the entire constution of a nation
OctofinalsEconomy and Work
This house supports Rainbow Capitalism
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Rainbow Capitalism (or Pink Capitalism) refers to the incorporation of LGBTQ+ content by businesses into their products so as to capitalize off the purchasing power that Queer people have. Examples include: Adidas 'pride' sneakers, Apple Watch 'pride' bands, H&M rainbow socks, etc.
OctofinalsScience and Technology
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)
OctofinalsPolitics and Government
In times of economic crises, this house believes that the government should withhold information that is likely to damage market confidence
QuarterfinalsEthics and Philosophy
This house regrets the Westernisation of the elites in post-colonial countries
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During and after colonization, local elites preferred to be educated in European languages and/or in European universities/cities. As part of this education, western culture and etiquette became the dominant norm in the institutions of the country (civil service, government, education system, etc.).
QuarterfinalsInternational Relations
This house objects to the giving of international military aid
Grand FinalHealth and Medicine
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.
About WSDC
The World Schools Debating Championship is the biggest international high school debate tournament, with national teams from more than 60 countries. Each team has up to five members, three of whom speak in each debate, in the World Schools format, with some motions released in advance and others with one hour of prep.
Motions from a community motion archive, credited to the tournament. Prep notes are written by the Debatery Editing Team to help you start thinking; they are not the only way to run either side.