This House Believes That the Internet Should Be Considered as a Common Heritage of Mankind

A principle of international law which holds that defined territorial areas and elements of humanity’s common heritage (cultural and natural) should be held in trust for future generations and be protected from exploitation by individual nation states or corporations. (Wikipedia) There are generally two possible ways to expect where this debate will go: one is…

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This House Believes That Doctors Should Be Obligated to Report Suspected Cases of Domestic Abuse

First of all, defining domestic abuse. You can read more here. Any form of physical, sexual or mental and emotional abuse which might amount to criminal conduct and which takes place within the context of a relationship. The relationship will be between partners (married, co-habiting, civil partnership or otherwise) or ex-partners. The abuse can be…

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‘I’d like a world where kids didn’t have to go through that’, says Disability Rights Advocate & Debater Khansa Maria

Azhar: Hey! Welcome back to another episode of Debating404’s podcast! You’re watching Debater’s Chronicles where we look at the journeys of debaters, adjudicators and coaches, who have made a difference, not just in the context of debate. I’m Azhar and today we have Khansa Maria with us. Let’s start things off. Khansa tell us a…

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This House Believes That Indonesia Should Use Economic Diplomacy Instead of Cultural Diplomacy in Strengthening Relationship with Australia

The usual and ongoing question of whether or not economic diplomacy is better than cultural diplomacy gets ever more specific in this debate motion, because the characteristics of both of these diplomacies have to be assessed in conjunction with traits of both Australia’s and Indonesia’s respectively. Also, there will be varying interests in a bilateral…

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