Belgrade WUDC 2022

1. Round 0QWERTYPractise this motion
2. Round 1In disaster-prone areas, This House Would replace all state rebuilding and reconstruction efforts with direct cash transfers to affected citizensPractise this motion
3. Round 2This House Prefers the Franchise Model to the Qualifier Model for E-Sports leaguesPractise this motion
4. Round 3This House Believes That LGBTQ+ movements in developing countries should integrate patriotism into their messaging* *including actions such as celebrating LGBTQ+ soldiers, talking openly about being "queer and a patriot", displaying the pride flag with the national symbol, and avoiding actions such as supporting independence movements within the country or publicly criticizing nationalismPractise this motion
5. Round 4This House Would prohibit companies from regulating the private behaviors of their employees in employment contracts* *e.g., mandatory drug tests, no smoking policies, regulating their employees' social media, prohibiting models/actors from dating etc.Practise this motion
6. Round 5This House Opposes the emphasis on the struggle against the Ottoman Empire in the history curriculum of Balkan countriesPractise this motion
7. Round 6In times of economic crisis, This House Would implement fiscal central bankingPractise this motion
8. Round 7This House Opposes the popularization of therapy speakPractise this motion
9. Round 8This House Prefers that the Eastern bloc countries had formed their own Union instead of joining the European Union (EU)Practise this motion
10. Round 9This House Opposes the pressure to focus on promoting one's career at the expense of forming a familyPractise this motion
11. Partial Double-OctofinalsThis House Believes That the environmental movement should take more radical action in the fight against climate change (e.g., blocking roads, vandalism, blowing up pipelines etc.)Practise this motion
12. OctofinalsThis House Would ban corporate residential landlords* *Corporate residential landlords refers to corporations that own and maintain multiple apartments for the purpose of renting them out for residential usePractise this motion
13. QuarterfinalsThis House Would ban the use of advanced analytics in political campaignsPractise this motion
14. SemifinalsThis House Prefers religions that "center the self" to religions that "reject the self"Practise this motion
15. Grand FinalThis House Supports a decline in global reliance on the dollarPractise this motion
16. ESL QuarterfinalsThis House Opposes the rise in anti-establishment discoursePractise this motion
17. ESL SemifinalsBehind a veil of ignorance, This House Prefers to be born with an exceptionally high sense of self-awareness* *Self-awareness is one's innate ability to consciously know and understand their own character, feelings, motives, and desiresPractise this motion
18. ESL FinalsThis House Supports the 10 pilots flying to their deathPractise this motion
19. EFL SemifinalsThis House Would grant the power to pardon convicted criminals to pardoning committees instead of government executives (e.g. presidents, governors etc.)Practise this motion
20. EFL FinalsThis House Prefers a world in which humans cannot experience nostalgia* *Nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for something in the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associationsPractise this motion

1. Round 1This House would impose a BBC-style impartiality requirement on all news platforms.Practise this motion
2. Round 2This House supports the rapid global elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to free trade.Practise this motion
3. Round 3This House would allow children to sue their parents for religious indoctrination.Practise this motion
4. Round 4This House would abolish the Olympic Games.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This House believes that the Mexican government should adopt measures that enable one cartel to monopolise the drug market. (These measures can include but are not limited to: targeting enemy cartels; selective arrests; stopping military deployments to areas controlled by this cartel; and renouncing the headhunt on its current leaders.)Practise this motion
6. Round 6In liberal democracies, This House would implement a Social Credit System.Practise this motion
7. Round 7This House believes that ASEAN should abandon "the ASEAN Way".Practise this motion
8. Round 8This House believes that the feminist movement should support the narrative that "beauty does not matter" over the narrative that "all bodies are beautiful".Practise this motion
9. Round 9This House would abolish primary and secondary school grades/years that group children based on age, and instead group them by competency and intelligence.Practise this motion
10. Open Partial Double-OctofinalsThis House prefers religions in which all individuals have roughly equal religious obligations and are encouraged to develop a personal connection with the divine, over religions in which religious obligation and access to the divine are concentrated in religious authority figures.Practise this motion
11. ESL QuarterfinalsIn a relatively equal society where the "protected sphere model" is the norm, This House, as a parent, would raise their children according to the "deferred happiness model".Practise this motion
12. Open OctofinalsThis House prefers a cynical and pessimistic perception of democratic politics to an idealistic and optimistic one.Practise this motion
13. ESL SemifinalsThis House prefers a world without the Neuralink.Practise this motion
14. EFL SemifinalsThis House prefers a world where, starting today, all humans have identical intellectual abilities (equivalent to the current global average).Practise this motion
15. Open QuarterfinalsThis House believes that developing countries should acquire, on the open market, large stakes in major publicly-traded global corporations (eg. Google, JP Morgan, Shell, and Pfizer).Practise this motion
16. Open SemifinalsThis House prefers a "Brave New World" to the status quo in Western Liberal Democracies.Practise this motion
17. EFL Grand FinalThis House would abolish the private ownership of (housing) property in major metropolitan areas.Practise this motion
18. ESL Grand FinalThis House believes that the United States government should cede the authority to prosecute criminal trials involving African Americans (as either victims or alleged perpetrators) to African American interest groups, and allocate funding for this.Practise this motion
19. Open Grand FinalThis House, as China, would grant universal suffrage to Hong Kong.Practise this motion

Open the Thailand WUDC 2020 prep page

1. Round 1This house would ban all communication tech companies (such as Google, Apple, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.) from encrypting their users' data, including the content of their communications, in such a way that the company cannot retrieve that data even under a court order.Practise this motion
2. Round 2This house supports job security legislationPractise this motion
3. Round 3This house would redefine the criterion for excessive force in the US to be any use of force beyond what is reasonable given all the facts of the case, including the benefit of hindsight (e.g. whether the individual had a gun, not whether it was reasonable to believe he had a gun).Practise this motion
4. Round 4This house would limit the amount of time that a museum can display a given piece of art to 3 months out of every 10 year period, rather than allow museums to display their works as long as they choosePractise this motion
5. Round 5This house would allow citizens to vote on individual bills in place of their elected representative, with the representative retaining the voting power of those of their constituents who did not directly vote on that specific billPractise this motion
6. Round 6This house believes that all states should mandate that research on and use of CRISPR technology be exclusively carried out by institutions funded entirely by the statePractise this motion
7. Round 7This House, as Iran, would cease all support for militant groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.)Practise this motion
8. Round 8This house prefers a world in which all individuals who have achieved a middle class standard of living choose to pursue the highest level of achievement in their chosen career, rather than a world in which those individuals prioritise day-to-day enjoyment over workPractise this motion
9. Round 9This house would not allow out of court settlements for workplace discrimination and harassmentPractise this motion
10. Partial OctofinalsThis house believes that ASEAN should negotiate all investment deals with Chinese government entities as a bloc (with decisions made by majority vote of its members), so that no member state can enter into investment deals without the rest of the worldPractise this motion
11. OctofinalsThis house supports the court's decision to acquit TehlirianPractise this motion
12. QuarterfinalsThis house, as a parent of a child of ASPD, would enable and support that child given that child's aims based on their current psychological makeup, instead of trying to make them more empatheticPractise this motion
13. SemifinalsThis house would create an international court with the ability to classify national debt as "odious debt" at the debtor nation's request and remove the obligation of that nation to repayPractise this motion
14. Grand FinalThis house would rather save the life of a single child, over extending the life of 5 adults by 10 yearsPractise this motion
15. ESL QuarterfinalsThis house, as the Chinese Communist Party, would lift all restrictions on foreign investments in China, except restrictions critical to national securityPractise this motion
16. ESL SemifinalsThis house prefers a non-adversarial legal systemPractise this motion
17. ESL FinalsIn democratic post-colonial states, This house believes that opposition parties to the party of independence should claim and use the legacy of anti-colonial resistance.Practise this motion
18. EFL SemifinalsThis house believes that Catholic religious officials in Mexico should not make statements in support of governmental policies, political parties, or candidates.Practise this motion
19. EFL FinalsThis house believes that it is better for the general population to be more optimistic about the current and future state of the nation (including societal cohesion, peace processes, the state of the economy) than an objectively accurate judgement.Practise this motion

Open the Mexico WUDC 2018 prep page

1. Round 1This House Regrets the decline of tightly integrated familiesPractise this motion
2. Round 2This house believes that environmental movements should support climate engineering that fundamentally alters the environment, in an attempt to combat Global Warming.Practise this motion
3. Round 3This House believes that in areas of socio-economic deprivation, schools should train students in vocational skills to the exclusion of the Liberal Arts.Practise this motion
4. Round 4This House would prohibit the media from reporting on the mental illness of those accused of crimes.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This House belives that the international community should cut off internet access in Syria.Practise this motion
6. Round 6This House believes that developing countries should adopt economic development policies that heavily disincentivise urbanisation.Practise this motion
7. Round 7This House would ban the research and production of moral enhancement drugs.Practise this motion
8. Round 8This House believes that the United States and the European Union should seek to promote peace by heavily subsidising Israeli businesses who invest in the Palestinian territories.Practise this motion
9. Round 9This House, as a medical professional employed by the United States military or security services, would, and would encourage others, to refuse orders to provide medical treatment to individuals undergoing “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques”.Practise this motion

Open the Malaysia WUDC 2015 prep page

1. Round 1THBT the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of Islamic study) throughout the Islamic worldPractise this motion
2. Round 2THW allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation to them in place of a prison sentencePractise this motion
3. Round 3TH regrets the rise of a 'hookup culture' (one which accepts and encourages casual sexual encounters focused on physical pleasure, without necessarily including emotional bonding)Practise this motion
4. Round 4THBT developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for elected officePractise this motion
5. Round 5THBT the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the interests of the small and medium-sized negotiating countriesPractise this motion
6. Round 6THW make the receipt of welfare payments to raise children conditional on the use of long-term, but reversible, contraceptionPractise this motion
7. Round 7THBT government agencies that regulate drugs should only test whether a drug is safe, not whether it is effective, before approving it for public use [info slide: http://goo.gl/gomgDI]Practise this motion
8. Round 8THBT NATO should unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former Soviet Union, excluding RussiaPractise this motion
9. Round 9TH regrets the commodification of indigenous culturesPractise this motion
10. Open Partial Double-Octo-FinalsTHW abolish gated communities in the developing worldPractise this motion
11. Open Octo-FinalsTHBT Japan should shame its soldiers who participated in WWII, including those who did not commit war crimes themselvesPractise this motion
12. Open Quarter-FinalsTHW auction off the long-term right to govern bankrupt cities for profitPractise this motion
13. Open Semi-FinalsTHBT women should reject practices that alter the appearance of their genitalia, such as waxing and labiaplastyPractise this motion
14. Open FinalsTHBT India should adopt aggressive free market policies, including but not limited to deregulating of labour markets, allowing foreign investment and privatising state owned enterprisesPractise this motion
15. ESL Quarter-FinalsTHW remove all copyright protection for material deemed to be morally objectionablePractise this motion
16. ESL Semi-FinalsTHBT Pope Francis should publicly encourage Catholics to support radically redistributive government policiesPractise this motion
17. ESL FinalsTHW allow countries to pay other countries to settle asylum-seekers who reach their bordersPractise this motion
18. EFL Semi-FinalsTHBT the gay rights movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choicePractise this motion
19. EFL FinalsTHBT multinational companies should be liable for human rights abuses that occur anywhere in their supply chainPractise this motion

Open the Chennai WUDC 2014 prep page