1 | 4 Teams in debate: Queen's B (OG) AGU A (OO) AUA A (CG) UCCPS A (CO) | 3 | | | Adam NoonanⒸ , Emily Saeli , Leonhard Weese , Yang Liuqun | THBT the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of Islamic study) throughout the Islamic world | |
2 | 2 Teams in debate: Cape Town A (OG) Harvard A (OO) Queen's B (CG) Binus A (CO) | 4 | | | Paul KarpⒸ , Othandoh Refilwe Seitei , Paul Smith , Tarit Mukherjee | THW allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation to them in place of a prison sentence | |
3 | 3 Teams in debate: NLUD A (OG) Queen's B (OO) Babes-Bolyai B (CG) TCDHS A (CO) | 6 | | | Udayan MukherjeeⒸ , Ganesh Gopalakrishnan , Jan Hovden , Zach Myshkoff | 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: Victoria Wellington A (OG) Imperial A (OO) Oxford B (CG) Queen's B (CO) | 8 | | | Steven PennerⒸ , Daniel Milton , Keana Reinu , Yamini Bansal | THBT developing countries should ban members of political dynasties from standing for elected office | |
5 | 2 Teams in debate: UTM B (OG) SPPH A (OO) Queen's B (CG) Belgrade A (CO) | 9 | | | Pete DoughtonⒸ , Naresh Kandoi , Parker Burns , Rob Ruiz | THBT the Trans-Pacific Partnership is in the interests of the small and medium-sized negotiating countries | |
6 | 3 Teams in debate: Tilbury House A (OG) Queen's B (OO) Oxford B (CG) IIUM A (CO) | 11 | | | Rebecca IrvineⒸ , Aaradhya Srivastava , Dan Mouat , Toshiaki Ikehara | THW make the receipt of welfare payments to raise children conditional on the use of long-term, but reversible, contraception | |
7 | 2 Teams in debate: Queen's B (OG) Brandeis A (OO) NYU A (CG) Belgrade B (CO) | 12 | | | Aashay SahayⒸ , Alfie Hinchliffe , Rahul Seth , Taahir Munshi | 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 | 4 Teams in debate: Stanford B (OG) NYUAD A (OO) Malaya A (CG) Queen's B (CO) | 15 | | | Charlie MorrisⒸ , Ian Curran , Stephanie White , Zanele Ncube | THBT NATO should unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former Soviet Union, excluding Russia | |
9 | 3 Teams in debate: Queen's B (OG) Melbourne C (OO) Yale-NUS A (CG) IIUM B (CO) | 17 | | | Jonathan Leader MaynardⒸ , Antony Paul , Julien Angel , Mohammad Shariful Islam Chowdhury | TH regrets the commodification of indigenous cultures | |