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King’s College IV, London
R1: THBT Bert and Ernie should get married
R2: TH regrets the 2001 Afghanistan invasion
R3: (infoslide explaining that in 10 years it will be possible to send a manned mission to Mars but they won't be able to return alive) THBT NASA should fund suicide missions to Mars
R4: THBT Governments should not assist in the rebuilding of disaster prone areas
Final: THBT feminist christians should leave the Church of England
Nikolausturnier, Münster, Germany 2012
R1: THW force insurance companies to have equal insurance premiums for men and women
R2: THW give the members of every political party the right to determine the voting behaviour of their deputies
R3: THW offer Maria its own bed
Final: THW make all the proceeds that a professors earns with their books and other academic work available to their universities
Moscow Open, Moscow, Russia
R1: THBT citizens have no moral obligation to obey laws which they personally believe may be unjust
R2: TH supports direct elections of governors in Russia
R3: THW only allow pornography produced and directed by Women
R4: THBT consumer electronics firms should not be allowed to patent technologies which are not essential to the working of their product
R5: TH, as Germany, would leave the EU
Semi: THW remove all special legal privileges from religious organisations
Final: THBT Russia should immediately withdraw all support from the Assad regime
IDEA Debate@Europe final event, Amsterdam 2012
R1 THBT the European Union should ban art, including literature or film, that directly insults any religion
R2 THBT the EU should oblige its member states to include positive references to LGBT individuals and issues in their high school textbooks
R3 THBT the European Union should guarantee membership to regions of existing EU member states, such as Catalonia or Scotland, that secede
R4 THB that Europe should weaken its austerity measures to guarantee its citizens greater social support
Final THW ban far-right parties from competing in elections in European countries
Cork IV, Cork, Ireland 2012
R1: THW require prospective parents to obtain parenting licences prior to having children
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R3: THW require all news media to graphically depict under-reported armed conflicts
R4: THBT the EU should suspend the membership rights of countries if they elect extremist parties to government (for example, Greece's Golden Dawn or the UK's British National Party)
R5: THB artists should not set out to sympathetically portray characters who hold morally repugnant world views
Semi: Context slide: (abbr.) Blind voting means voters indicating a series of preferences of policies, these preferences are only later matched to respective parties. Motion: THW introduce blind voting in national elections
Novice final: THW ban all medical procedures intended to change an individual's racial appearance
Final: THB the ICC should open an investigation on war crimes in Palestine
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