Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    Assuming the One Ring has been destroyed and Sauron defeated, TH, as a Hobbit, Would never leave the Shire

    • Schools Final

  • 1
    THBT western liberal democracies should admit immigrants by lottery rather than by prioritizing factors such as salary, education, and language competency (excluding immigrants with serious criminal convictions)

    • ESL Final

  • 1
    TH supports BRICS* countries creating regional 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"

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT Asian regimes accused of committing human rights violations should be investigated by TRCs rather than subject to punitive mechanisms (ICTs, ICC)

    • Schools Semifinals

  • 1
    THW ban relatives of past office holders from ever running in elections

    • ESL Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT freedom movements in authoritarian regimes should prioritize women as their leaders (e.g. Maria Kolesnikova in Belarus, Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, Alaa Salah in Sudan)

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THBT feminists in Muslim-majority countries should advocate for the abolishment of Sharia Courts rather than working to reform it (e.g. advocating for more female judges, pushing for feminist interpretations of the Quran)

    • ESL Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THW require all art institutions to dedicate a significant portion of funding to commissioning art from new artists

    • Octofinals

  • 1
    THBT authors should remain silent on interpretations of their work after the work has been published

    • Round 5

  • 1
    This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes.

    • Round 4

  • 1
    This House Would implement a system of voter insurance for national elections.

    • Round 3

  • 1
    This House Regrets the narrative that the process of overcoming illnesses (e.g. cancer) is a "fight".

    • Round 2

  • 1
    This House Supports the adoption of variable minimum wage laws.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    This House Would allocate the majority of government sports funding to encourage grassroots participation (e.g. amateur community clubs, after school sports clubs, etc.) rather than invest in achieving success in prestigious competitions (e.g. intensive coaching academies, player and personnel salaries, etc.)