Access Debate Tournament
The debate tournament called “Access Debate Tournament” was held on the 7/24/2020. You can find all the debate topics that were debated on the tournament in this article. If you …
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Controversial topics
In the land of debaters and in the land of real people out there, there are some of the topics that are more controversial than others. This is a list …
Funny debate topics for your debates
If you are a debate coach or a debate mentor that organises debate tournaments or debate trainings, you always need new debate topics. And of course some of them need …
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topics
LD debate topic for school year 2018 – 2019 September – October Resolved: In the United States, reporters ought to have the right to protect the identity of confidential sources. …
The Edinburgh Cup 2017
This tournament is organized by the University of Edinburgh and the 2017 event was held on 14th of October 2017. 40 teams joined up and debated these motions: Round 1: This house …
Cambridge IV 2015
The Cambridge IV tournament is organised by Cambridge Union Society and was run on 11/20/15 Round 1: This house believes that medical staff should be able to opt out of providing treatments on …
Cambridge IV 2017
Round 1: This house would give companies tax breaks on all revenues paid as renumeration (salaries and bonus) to all female employees Round 2: THR the substitution of digital entertainment (e.g. tv, …
Oxford IV 2015
Round 1: This House Would Ban Religious Primary and Secondary Schools Round 2: This house believes US immigration policy should only prioritise merit-based standards of acceptance over the reunification of families. Round …
Oxford IV 2016
Round 1: When police are put on trial for alleged instances of a violent wrongdoing, this House would decrease the burden of proof to the balance of probabilities. Round 2: This House …
Oxford IV 2017
Oxford IV is one of the most known tournament, in 2017 it was organised at 11/10/17, and had the CA team consisting of Sella Nevo, Joshua Bailey, Evan Lynyak, Teck Wei Tan, …
Helsinki Mini 2016
The Helsinki Mini tournament was held ont the 22nd October 2016 in Helsinki, Finland. Here are the motions that were debated at that tournament. CA Team: Craig McDonald (CA), Milla …
Istanbul Meridyen Debating Academy
The Turkey debate tournament was held 3-4 September 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. It was CA’ed by a great team, namely Melda Eren (CA), Monica Forman (CA), Nika Jelendorf (CA), Rebecca …
CEBU IV
ROUND 1: “Gurlie” – This house celebrates the “fetishization” of the LGBT in porn (men who watch lesbian porn; women who watch gay porn; shemale) – This house would fabricate …
Philippine Debate Open 2015
Round 1: Minorities – This house would prohibit disadvantaged groups from being portrayed as antagonists in fictional media – This house believes that sexually provocative female celebrities, who publicly identify …
Philippine Inter-Collegiate Debating Championship 2015 Motions
Test Debate This house believes that feminists should support the sexual objectification of men Round 1 (Education) This house believes that state funding for public schools should be contingent on …
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Motions for the XIII NLS India Debate
Main Finals – This house prefers a world without Facebook. Novice Finals – This house prefers a world with only one language. Main Semifinals – This house believes that Singapore …
2015 Mahidol BP Open
The tournament was held in the British Parliamentary debate format, in june 27-28th 2015. Grandfinals motion: This house believes that the British monarchy should actively and openly influence local/national politics. …
Durham Open 2014
Durham Open tournament was held in Durham on the 8-9 November 2014. Here are the motions that were debated in the 5 elimination rounds and the Semis, and finals: Round …
Oxford IV 2014
Here are the motions from the Oxford IV debate tournament, held on the 14-16 of November 2014. Round 1: This house believes that in order for a law to be …
Cambridge IV 2014
This is one of the best known tournaments, the Cambridge IV. It was held on 21/23 November 2014 in Cambridge, UK. The motions for the tournament were: Round 1: This …
Cicero Debattoernooi 2014
The Cicero Debattoernooi debate tournament was held on the 22nd of November 2014 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The tournament was held in the Dutch language, here are the motions, translated …
Cambridge Women’s 2014
The Cambridge Women’s debate tournament was held on 23rd November in Cambridge, UK. The women debated: Round 1: This House Would legalise the buying and selling of sexual servicesRound 2: …
Yorkshire Novice Cup
The Yorkshire Novice Cup was held on 23 November 2014, in Hull, UK Round 1: This House would replace all sin taxes with an increase in income tax Info slide: Sin taes …
Moscow Open 2014
Moscow Open 2014 was organised on the weekend 28th till 30th November 2014. Here are the motions: Round 1: This house believes that laws about abortion should be decided in …
Westminster Open 2014
This debate tournament was held between December 6th and 7th 2014. If you look through the motions that were debated, you can see there are a couple of complicated motions, …
Jerusalem Open 2014
The debate topics from the tournament Jerusalem Open in 2014. Round 1: This house believes that foreign Western governments should stop attempting to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict.Round 2: This house believes …
Ljubljana IV 2014
Round 1: This house believes that countries with booming populations should allocate every adult a single, tradable permit to have a child.Round 2. This house would launch a ground invasion …
USU Universities 2014, Purdue University
Round 1: This house supports doctors who refuse to take people as patients who are unvaccinated because of a religious or philosophical objection that they or their parents holdRound 2: …
2nd BFSU Challenge 2014
Round 1: This house would close all tuition centers and “after-school” cram schoolsRound 2: This house believes that the state should regularly compel people to give bloodRound 3: This house …
Poland National Championship 24-25 May 2014
Round 1: THBT big sports events should be organized only in countries with highest standards of living.Round 2: THBT radical means (eg posters with dead foetuses, Holocaust comparisons etc.) do …
Green Herald Inter School 2014
Round 1 – This house would put a CAP on the amount of money one can spend behind ones’ pets. Round 2 – This house would limit the number of …
IMUDO 2013
Round 1: This house would Allow Adults to Retrospectively Sue Their Parents for Bad Parenting (non-criminal)Round 2: This house believes that States Should Set Up Permanent Inhumanity ExhibitionsRound 3: This …
Great Gender Debate 2013
Round 1: This house would give incentives to women to participate in the military forcesRound 2: This house believes that we should stop gender affirmative action in refugees admissionRound 3: …
Dublin City 2014
Round 1: This House Would Ban All Political DonationsRound 2: This House Would Establish Brothels on Military BasesRound 3: This House Believes That it is Legitimate for Nations to Rewrite …
Colgate debate Open 2014
Round 1: This house would ban private sponsorship of police.Round 2: This house regrets the rise of anti-hero in mediaRound 3: This house believes that US foreign policy should prioritize …
Bucharest Cup 2014
Here are the debate topics from the tournament Bucharest Cup 2014. Here they are written out: Round 1: This house believes thatT criminal defendants should only be allowed to use …
Mediterranean Universities Debating Championships 2012
The Mediterranean Universities Debating Championships in 2012 were held at the Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 29 – August 3. Round 1: This house believes the state should send …
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Berlin IV 2012
Motions from the Berlin IV debate tournament in 2012. Here are the topics that were debated: Round 1: This house would assasinate Bashar al AssadRound 2: This house believes that …
Israeli Nationals 2012
Israeli Nationals in 2012 were held at the MTA College in Israel, June 10-11 2012. Here are the motions Round 1: This house would compel citizens to vote in national …
German Language Championships 2012
Motions from the German Language Championships held in Austria, June 7-10. The motions are translated from the German language, because the tournament was in German. Round 1: This house would …
Iron Man BP Tournament Utrecht 2012
Motions from the Iron Man BP Tournament, University College Utrecht, June 2, the Netherlands: Round 1: This house believes that there should be no restrictions on political donationsRound 2: This …
Topics from Bruder Grimm Cup 2012
These are the translated debate motions from the German Bruder Grimm cup, held on May 26th and 27th 2012 in Marburg, Germany. Round 1: This house would make football clubs …
Split Union Open 2014
Debate topics from the tournament Split Union Open, held in Split, Croatia, May 18th 2012. Round 1: This house would ban single sex schoolsRound 2: This house would disband NATORound 3: This house would …
Vienna IV 2014
Debate motions from the Vienna IV 2014, held in Vienna, Austria, on 7th to 9th March, 2014. Round 1: This house believes that non-governmental organizations (NGOs)/charities should reject sponsorship …
“Denny Crane” Faculty of Political Science 2012
Motions from the tournament “Denny Crane” Faculty of Political Science, held in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 12th 2012: Round 1: This House prefers Guantanamo Bay rather than the current practice …
Zeit Debatte Munster 2012
Motions from the tournament in German language Zeit Debatte Munster, Germany, held on May 11-13 2012: Round 1: This house would ban broadcasting of boxing matches from TVRound 2: This house …
Israeli Open 2012
This are the debate topics, that were debated at the Israeli Open held in Israel, April 21 2012: Round 1: This house, which is the West, would sanction China.Round 2: This …
Dutch National Championships 2012
NK Debatteren, the Dutch National Championships were held in the Netherlands, April 21-22 2012. Here are the motions, translated from the Dutch language: Round 1: This house believes that political …
Süddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft 2012
The Süddeutsche Regionalmeisterschaft was held in Ingolstad, Germany, April 21-22 2012. The debates were held in the German language, here are the translated motions that were debated: Round 1: This …
Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft
The Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft was held in Jena, Germany, April 21-22 2012. Here are the motions translated from the german language: Round 1: This house would abolish state imposed heritage protectionRound …
Norddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft 2012
The Norddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft was held in Kiel, Germany, April 21-22 2012. The tournament was held in German language, here are the translated motions: Round 1: This house calls for a common …
Estonia open 2012
The Estonia open was held in Tallin, Estonia on April 19-22 2012. Here are the motions that were debated: Round 1: This house would abandon the single European monetary currencyRound 2: …
Science Po Le Havre IV 2012
Publishing motions from the Science Po Le Havre IV, held in France, April 13-15 2012: Round 1: This house would ban racist and extreme nationalist political partiesRound 2: This house would …
Jacobs Open 2012
The Jacobs Open tournament was held in Germany, April 13-15 in 2012. Here are the motions: Round 1: When paying teachers, This house would take into account their students’ academic …
Budapest Open 2014
The Budapest Open is a fairly new tournament, but it has been organised great, and had a lot of participants from the Native countries (Vermont, New York etc.) and it …
USU Open 2012
The motions from the USU Open, held on April 13-16 2012. Round 1: This house would legalize multi-partner marriages for both men and women.Round 2: This house would ban private …
Paris IV 2012
The Paris IV tournament was held in Paris, France on April 6-7 2012. Here are the motions: Round 1: This house would remove all constraints on companies firing workersRound 2: …
HSE Open 2012
The HSE open debate tournament in 2012 was held in Moscow, April 7-8. The motions: Round 1: This house believes that all teachers should openly declare their sexuality to their pupilsRound …
Dutch Open 2012
The Dutch open tournament was held in the Netherlands on March 30-31. Here are the topics that were debated: Round 1: This house would forcibly relocate indigenous peoples where their …
Mykolas Romeris IV 2012
This are the debate topics that were debated on the Mykolas Romeris IV tournament in Lithania on 24-25th March 2012 Round 1: This house would ban beauty pageants for under …
DCU Open 2012
The DCU open in 2012 was held on 23rd and 24th March in 2012. The participants had to debate on these debate topics: Round 1: This house believes that …
Heriot-Watt Open 2012
The Heriot-Watt Open tournament was held on 24th of March in Scotland. Check out the motions that were debated: Round 1: This house would allow corporations to pay higher salaries to …
Vienna IV 2012
The Vienna IV 2012 in Austria was held on the weekend ob the 9th and 11th March 2012. Here are the motions: R1: THW introduce mandatory trips to Nazi concentration …
Budapest Open 2012
Round 1: This house would not imprison those convicted of non-violent crimesRound 2: This house would make development aid conditional upon the improvement of women’s rights.Round 3: This house would lift the ban …
Manchester IV 2012
Round 1: This house belives that India should remove its ban on ‘The Satanic Verses’Round 2: This house would invest in big casinos to rejuvenate economically disadvantaged areasRound 3: This house …
Aberdeen Open
Round 1: This house believes that the Gay Rights Movement Should Campaign For The Abolition of Marriage, Rather Than Marriage EqualityRound 2: This house believes that the UK Should Leave …
LSE Open 2012
Motions from the great london school of economics tournament, held on February 17th and 18th 2012: Round 1: This house would legalise all forms of assisted suicide for mentally sound peopleRound …
Thank you!
I’ve been running this website for years and from time to time I need to thank people that make this possible. Gathering motions from different tournaments that I don’t attend …
Cardiff IV 2011
Round 1: This house believes that inheritance should be taxed at 100%.Round 2: This house would allow individuals to sell their vote on the market.Round 3: This house believes that …
Cardiff IV 2012
The motions from the tournament Cardiff IV in 2012, that was held on February 11th 2012: Round 1: This house would create a separate league for athletes who choose to take …
Galway Open 2012
Galway Open is a great tournament held in Ireland. In 2012 it was held on February 11th and 12th. Round 1: THB It is Illegitimate for the State to Attempt …
Aghveryan IV 2012
Round 1: This house would punish sports teams for the criminal and violent behaviour of their fans.Round 2: This house would ban foreign citizens from adopting Armenian children.Round 3: This …
French Debate Association Tournament 2012
The tournament was held from February 26 till March 6 in Paris France Heat One: THBT we live in a mediaocracyHeat Two: THB in the Holy Trinity: Apple, Google and …
Irish Mace Debates Round 2 2012
The Irish Mace Round 2 in 2012 was held from January 24th till February 4th. Here are the motions: Heat One: THW remove all hate speech lawsHeat Two: THW allow …
York IV 2012
Here are the motions from the 2012 York IV tournament. Round 1: This house would force broadcasters to display, promote and report women’s sport equally to men’s sport.Round 2: This …
Trinity IV 2012
Motions from the Trinity IV debate tournament in 2012 Round 1: This house would disclose the ethnicity of a sperm/egg donor to the prospective parentRound 2: This house believes that …
Rotterdam BP Tournament
The Rotterdam BP tournament was not held in English, so these are the translated motions. Netherlands, January 21 2012. Round 1: This house would allow ‘Fight Clubs’ to be foundedRound 2: …
Oxford Women’s Open 2012
Round 1: This house belives that religious organisations should be subject to all aspects of civilian law (including, but not limited to: employment practice, adoption policy,…)Round 2: This house would …
Zeit Debatte Hamburg 2012
Round 1: Should pensioners be obliged to do voluntary work?Round 2: Should the 9th of November be Germany’s national holiday?Round 3: Do we need a common European asylum and migration …
SSE Riga IV 2011
Round 1: THBT Western nations should make development aid conditional on the protection of LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) rights.Round 2: THBT governments should lie to their populations in time …
KCL IV 2011
The King’s College London IV 2011 was held on December 3. Here are the motions from the tournament, and if you would like to visit the Facebook page, folow this …
Paris Centrale IV
The Paris Centrale IV debate tournament was held in Paris, on December 2nd and 3rd, 2011. Here are the motions: Round 1: THBT parenthood should be by license onlyRound 2: …
Cork IV 2011
Motions from the Cork IV, held on the first weekend in December 2011. Round 1: This house believes that all bail-out packages should be approved by a popular referendum in …
Moscow Open 2011
Here are the motions from the Moscow Open 2011 tournament, held on November 26th and 27th in Moscow, Russia. Round 1: This house would ban the smacking of childrenRound 2: This …
Zeit Debatte Karlsruhe 2011
The Die Zeit Debatten are a long running tournaments in Germany. Here are the motions from the tournament in the German town Karlshruhe, held on November 26th and 27th. The …
ESU England Mace
The ESU England Mace tournament was held in England on November 26th and 27th 2011. Here are the motions that were debated on the tournament: Round 1: This house would allow …
LSE Open 2014
The London School of Economics Open 2014 just finished, and here are the motions from the tournament: Round 1: THBT Governments should not assist in the rebuilding of disaster prone …
Irish Times Round 2 2011
Debate motions from the Irish Times Round 2 in 2011, held between November 25 – November 30 Heat 1 – “This house would Remove all State Funding from RTE”Heat 2 – …
Bogwall tournament 2011
Here are the motions from the Bogwall debate tournament, held between 18th and 19th November 2011 Round 1: This house would ban under 18’s from appearing on reality TV showsRound …
John Smith Memorial Irish Mace 2011
Motions from the John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1, held on November 8th – December 5 2011. Heat 1 THW positively discriminate for women in the armed forcesHeat 2 THW …
Durham IV 2011
This is one of the more important tournaments, Durham IV was held on November 5th and 6th in 2011. Here are the motions: Round 1: This house believes the police …
UCU Open 2011
Round 1: This house believes that the USA should stop its military support of TaiwanRound 2: This house believes that the state has a duty to provide free, unlimited and …
Imperial College Open 2011
Debate motions from the 2011 Imperial College Open, held on the 29th of October R1: THBT the media should not report the declared motivations of protesters who use violenceR2: THBT …
NAMDA Novice tournament
These are debate motions from the NAMDA Novice tournament, held on the 29th of October 2011 R1: THW Only Imprison Criminals Who Threaten the Safety of Citizens.R2: THW End Fiscal …
UCD Vice-President’s CUP 2011
UCD’s Vice-presidents cup was held in Ireland October 28-29 R1 THW outsource the capture of elusive criminals to bounty-hunters.R2 THBT Ireland should create constituencies, elected by people who emigrate from IrelandR3 …
Irish Times Debates First Round 2011
Debate motions from the First rounds of the Irish Times Debates, held on the 30th October – November 12, 2011 Heat 1 “THW cut all foreign aid in times of …
SOAS IV 2011
Round 1: This house would give harsher punishments to those who commit crimes during riotsRound 2: This house would have minimum quotas for different ethnic groups living in public housing estatesRound …
Edinburgh Cup 2011
Edinburgh Cup debate tournament was held on the 8th and 9th of October 2011 Round 1: This house would ban nuclear energyRound 2: This house would abolish the British MonarchyRound …
Kiev Open 2011
Kiev Open debate tournament was open in Ukraine in the 1st and 2nd of October 2011. Here are the motions: Round 1: This house believes that there should be no …
Dutch Pro-Am Tournament
This tournament was held on AUC Amsterdam, on the 1st of October. Here are the motions: 1. THW make parents pass a test before having children2. THW halt all development aid …