IVED 2014: Prepared Motions

Three rounds of the 2014 Indonesian Varsities English Debate in Salatiga will have prepared motions. The adjudication core consisting of chief Rizki Akita (Universitas Diponegoro) and her deputies Alris Alfharisi (Institut Teknologi Bandung), Elghafiky Bimardhika (Universitas Indonesia) and Thoriq Murtadho (Universitas Gadjah Mada) announced them yesterday. Here they are:

ECONOMICS

THW disallow commercial and investment banks to merge

THBT countries with aging population should ease the entry of productive-age immigrants

THW compel multinational corporations to maintain a minimum proportion of employees from their original countries before they can outsource their manufacturing work to other countries

LAW

THW abolish life sentence for non-violent crimes

THW not punish a person who committed premeditated murder if s/he was experiencing ongoing domestic violence

THBT nations should not have the right to self-defense (under Article 51 of the UN Charter) against terrorist groups

REGIONAL POLITICS

THBT the dissolution of the Golden Dawn Party inflicts more harm than good to Greece

As Western government, THW prohibit Western extraction companies to invest and operate in pariah states

THBT Latin American countries should legalize drugs, even without the approval of the United Nations and United States