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
BGU IV, Beer Sheva, Israel 2012
R1: TH supports a preference for mothers in custody trials
R2: THW grant high ranking army officers the right to veto government decisions regarding security
R3: THW abolish intellectual property rights over music
R4: THW abolish mandatory retirement age
R5: TH prefers a strong dictatorship to a weak democracy
Final:THBT Marx would have approved of the internet
Münster Ironman, Münster 2012
R1: THBT separate sports competitions for women harm the feminist cause
R2: THW set up Christian mission schools in Pakistan
R3: THW ban transport of persons and goods by beaming
R4: THW not want a German Europe
Final: THW set up brothels in military bases abroad
Zeit Debatte Tübingen, Tübingen 2012
R1: Should prisoners temporarily lose their right to vote?
R2: Should punishment for use of doping be subject to a statute of limitation?
R3: Should people who are in a relationship with an enemy of the constitution (Verfassungsfeinden) be considered enemies of the constitution too?
R4: Should people have the right to erase/block the autocomplete for their names in search engines?
R5: Should James Bond retire?
Semi: Should citizens be forced to borrow money to the state in times of crisis? (Should it become mandatory for citizens)
Final: Should corporate sponsorship of dangerous (life-threatening) sports and stunts?
Cicero Debattoernooi, Tilburg 2012
R1: THW force universities to create stricter entrance requirements, even if this would lead to fewer students
R2: THW ban the publication of any photographic and film material that portrays crime suspects
R3: TH, being a teenager, would not open a Facebook account
R4: THW force schools to offer students intensive interaction with different worldviews
R5: THW allow the Supreme Court to reject laws if they contradict the constitution (this is not SQ in the Netherlands)
Semi: THW grant the ECB the right to limit member country’s sovereign debt
Final: THW subsidise genetical modification on humans
John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg, London 2012
R1: THW Abolish National School Curriculums
R2: THBT in Times of High Unemployment, Governments Should Remove all Minimum Standard Regulations in the Labour Market
R3: THB India should not allow Tesco or Walmart into their national market
R4: THW Punish Parents when Their Children Bully Others at School
R5: TH Regrets the Rise of the Career Politician
Semi: THBT, where resources are scare, minority campaign groups should fund minority art, literature and films rather than funding lobbying for legislative change
Final: THB that the Press Cannot be Trusted to Regulate Itself