Former WSDC Motions

Page

WSDC 2018

R1: THW require professional sports teams to be owned by their local communities instead of individuals or corporations
R2: THO the development of lethal autonomous weapons; Info slide: lethal autonomous weapons are a type of autonomous military robot designed to select and attack military targets (people or installations) without intervention by a human operator.
R3: THR the widespread belief that motherhood is a rewarding experience.
R4: THBT states should allow all non-citizen migrant workers to vote in local and national elections
R5: THS a school voucher system
R6: THW not allow sellers and service providers to advertise their products beyond showing information and images that reveal technical product details.
R8: THR the rise of call-out culture. Info slide: Call-out culture is a term used to describe the social trend of expressing outrage and publicly shaming people or groups who have said or done things seen as offensive, often against minorities.

DOF: THB democratic states should not own or run media organisations
OF: 
THP a world with no belief in the afterlife.
SF: 
THBT rehabilitation should be the only consideration in criminal sentencing.
GF:
 THBT the West should end all arms sales and military cooperation with Saudi Arabia

WSDC 2017

R1: THW ban for-profit universities and colleges
R3: THW deny tax-exempt status to religious institutions that refuse to appoint female leaders
R5: THW make labor union membership compulsory in large industries
R7: THBT the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence in Eastern Europe does more harm than good

WSDC 2014

Round 0: THW Ban Children From Becoming Professional Models
R1: THBT post-revolution states should delegate trials of former rulers & high-ranking officials to the International Criminal Court.
R3: THW allow prisoners to volunteer for drug trials in exchange for lighter sentences.
R4: THW require companies to pay their interns.
R5: THBT slum tourism does more harm than good.
R6: THW not allow unvaccinated children to attend public schools.
R7: THW lift tax exemptions from religious institutions that refuse to recognize marriage equality.
OF: THW not Prosecute Defamation
GF: THBT Asean political union is an impossible dream.

WSDC 2015

R1: THW ban the use of zero-hour contracts 
R2: THW require defendants in criminal trials to be represented exclusively by public defenders 
R3: THS academic tracking in primary and secondary education
R4: THW not consume art created by people who have committed deeply immoral acts
R5: THBT cities with significant immigrant populations should actively break up ethnic enclaves
R6: THW ban political opinion polls
R7: THS a right to die
R8: THW forgive Greece’s debt

OF: THW require members of the clergy to report all crimes to authorities including those made in confession.
SF1: THBT the military struggle against ISIS should be conducted solely by Middle East nations
S2: THR the media focus on the personal lives of politicians
GF: THBT governments should provide a guaranteed universal basic income

WSDC 2016

GF: THBT states should be allowed to pay other states to relocate and settle refugees.
SF: THBT versions of history taught by states through the education system should not be designed to promote national pride.
QF: THBT governments should ban their citizens from joining overseas groups fighting against terrorism which are not official military forces.
OF: THBT large tech companies should refuse to provide data on their customers to governments, even if it involves refusing to comply with a law which compels them to do so.
PDO: THW abolish religious primary and secondary schools.

R8: THW require individuals to pass a political general knowledge test in order to vote.
R7: THBT Obama’s administration has done more harm than good.
R6: THBT it should be a criminal offence to make comments which could promote hatred against people of particular races, religions, disabilities, sexualities or gender identities.
R5: THBT technology companies with significant market shares should not be eligible for patent protection.
R4: THW televise criminal trials.
R3: THW require democratic states to hold a national referendum to ratify free trade agreements.
R2: THBT major film and television awards shows should abolish awards categories separated by gender.
R1: THBT, after meeting their basic needs, individuals have a moral responsibility to donate their wealth towards poverty alleviation.