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Astana European Universities Debating Championships 2020
2020-06-01 · BP
Part of the European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) series →
Motions
Astana EUDC 2020 (2020)16 motionsCA: Monica F., Raffy M., Melda E., 🇭🇷 Tin P., Tom M.
- Round 1THW only allow university admission on the basis of standardized testing, as opposed to non-quantitative methods (e.g. essays, alumni interviews)
- Round 2This House Would ban Amazon's internal arbitration courts
- Round 3This House Opposes the commercialization of Mindfulness
- Round 4This House Believes That pro-democratic activists should use fake news and synthetic media (e.g. "deepfake", fake video or audio recordings) to advance their cause.
- Round 5THR the trend of central banks setting extremely low interest rates after the 2008 financial crisis
- Round 6THBT 10 Minute School should remove the videos.
- Round 7Given the technology, This House Would erase society's memory and evidence of the criminal past of former convicts after their release from prison.
- Round 8This House Believes That leaders of an occupied nation should not assist the occupying powers in maintaining stability.
- Round 9This House Would ban ownership consolidation of newspapers by a single entity e.g. private equity firms, single media company.
- Partial Double QuartersThis House Would ban insurance coverage for sexual misconduct claims.
- ESL QuartersThis House Would force individuals suspected of being a "stolen child" under the junta to undergo DNA testing to establish whether they are indeed stolen children.
- QuarterfinalsThis House Would transfer management of all water resources to an international body.
- ESL SemifinalsTHBT countries should suspend all elections in times of severe health crises
- SemifinalsTH, as Israel, would form a strategic military alliance with the Kurds in Syria.
- ESL FinalTHW only recruit atheists to be part of the group, and would not allow any religious books or items of worship on board
- Grand FinalTHW allow police officers to refuse orders on grounds of conscience
What gets set here
Law & Crime31%
International Relations19%
Education13%
Politics13%
Social & Identity6%
Economics6%
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14% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 18 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.3.
Last edition: 24 of 168 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break24 teams
- ESL break16 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Alex B. | OW | This House Opposes the commercialization of Mindfulness | 86 |
| 🇬🇧 Jamie B. | MG | This House Opposes the commercialization of Mindfulness | 86 |
| 🇬🇧 Alastair S. | MO | This House Opposes the commercialization of Mindfulness | 86 |
| 🇳🇱 Emma L. | DPM | THR the trend of central banks setting extremely low interest rates after the 2008 financial crisis | 85 |
| Ido B. | LO | This House Believes That leaders of an occupied nation should not assist the occupying powers in maintaining stability. | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Ron L. | LO | This House Opposes the commercialization of Mindfulness | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Joshua Y. | DLO | This House Would ban Amazon's internal arbitration courts | 85 |
| Jack S. | MG | This House Believes That pro-democratic activists should use fake news and synthetic media (e.g. "deepfake", fake video or audio recordings) to advance their cause. | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Sara B. | GW | This House Opposes the commercialization of Mindfulness | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Hamza C. | OW | THR the trend of central banks setting extremely low interest rates after the 2008 financial crisis | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Goh Y. | LO | This House Would ban Amazon's internal arbitration courts | 85 |
| 🇳🇱 Emma L. | DLO | THBT 10 Minute School should remove the videos. | 85 |
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