1 | 3 Teams in debate: Kyoto A (OG) Yogyakarta B (OO) Stanford A (CG) NSU A (CO) | 2 | | | Jonathan Leader MaynardⒸ , Aditi Chalisgaonkar , Zalami Attarpoor | THBT the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of Islamic study) throughout the Islamic world | |
2 | 4 Teams in debate: Babes-Bolyai A (OG) NSU A (OO) IUKL A (CG) George Fox A (CO) | 5 | | | Rebecca BarrettⒸ , Arushi Raina , Ira Regmi | THW allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation to them in place of a prison sentence | |
3 | 1 Teams in debate: NSU A (OG) Cape Town B (OO) Brandeis A (CG) Imperial A (CO) | 5 | | | Aashay SahayⒸ , Alris Alfharisi , Dhruva Bhat , Eliza ParerⓉ | TH regrets the rise of a 'hookup culture' (one which accepts and encourages casual sexual encounters focused on physical pleasure, without necessarily including emotional bonding) | |
4 | 3 Teams in debate: NTU B (OG) Oxford C (OO) NSU A (CG) Macau A (CO) | 7 | | | Gearoid WrixonⒸ , Claudia Primavera , Ryota Kosuge , Swetha Prabhakaran | THBT developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for elected office | |
5 | 4 Teams in debate: SISB A (OG) KDU A (OO) Alaska B (CG) NSU A (CO) | 10 | | | Paul GrossⒸ , Bhavesh Agarwal , Jack Williams , Syed Sarosh ShsanⓉ | THBT the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the interests of the small and medium-sized negotiating countries | |
6 | 1 Teams in debate: ANU B (OG) Cambridge B (OO) NSU A (CG) SMU A (CO) | 10 | | | Ben KornfeldⒸ , Arthur Shirichena , Karabo Van Heerdon , Parker Burns | THW make the receipt of welfare payments to raise children conditional on the use of long-term, but reversible, contraception | |
7 | 1 Teams in debate: Princeton B (OG) NSU A (OO) LSE A (CG) HWS A (CO) | 10 | | | Romeo MaioneⒸ , Rebecca Lew , Stephanie White | THBT government agencies that regulate drugs should only test whether a drug is safe, not whether it is effective, before approving it for public use [info slide: http://goo.gl/gomgDI] | |
8 | 2 Teams in debate: NSU A (OG) SISB A (OO) IUT B (CG) Delhi B (CO) | 11 | | | Andy HumeⒸ , Dora Angelina Aruan , Monica Ferris , Nitya Uma | THBT NATO should unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former Soviet Union, excluding Russia | |
9 | 4 Teams in debate: Berlin B (OG) NSU A (OO) Haifa A (CG) TEC Mexico A (CO) | 14 | | | Stephanie WhiteⒸ , Naresh Kandoi , Peter Kipp , Tariq Maketab | TH regrets the commodification of indigenous cultures | |