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Jelte wrote an update on the Bondsraad, which took place yesterday in Utrecht. Read about the discussed topics here: https://t.co/wtsIbP0gvp https://t.co/wtsIbP0gvp

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Our new article discusses Ybo's favourite argument made during the Leiden Open 2019. A truly interesting discussion on the judicialization of politics:... https://t.co/KVwfJpvEG6

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Yesterday evening, the Debatbond and N.S.D.V. Trivium hosted the fourth edition of the Dutch Debating League. Mike Weltevrede participated representing the Leiden Debating Union, and wrote an article... https://t.co/HgsC1KHu2o

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This week an interesting contribution by Victor Domen, who makes the case for using judge tests as a metric for the judge break at debating tournaments. Read the article here:... https://t.co/d4PgjoLhP7

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After an eventful day at WUDC, Gigi becomes best ESL speaker in the world!!! Marike also becomes 7th best ESL speaker!!
Congratulations on this amazing achievement!!🎉

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Unfortunately, Gigi and Tommy did not make it through the quarter finals.
Nevertheless, we are incredibly proud of the amazing achievements of the whole Dutch Delegation.

For those interested, this is the... https://t.co/IaxPUlEUW1

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Unfortunately, David and Marike do not progress further in the tournament.

However, Gigi and Tommy do make it to the quarter finals!

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The motion for the open octo final can be found in the picture.

Best of luck to David & Marike and Gigi & Tommy!

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David and Marike advance to the open Octo’s!!🎉

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The open partial double octo’s are about to start! David and Marike will debate in this round on the motion:

Contextslide:
The World Health Organisation has adopted conventions on various health topics, which... https://t.co/3EnBZUW4UL

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No Dutch teams in the ESL category, but Gigi and Tommy as well as Marike and David break open!🎉

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Judge break is out:
Both Daan and Linsey get to judge outrounds

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Round 9, the last inround of this year’s WUDC will be on the motion:

This House Believes that developing countries should privatize their State-Owned Enterprises (such as airlines, railways, utility companies)

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The motion for round 8 is:
This house believes that the United States should disengage from Syria

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The open rounds are over, so there will be no more results until the break. The standings so far are:

Lana and Zeno - 7 points
Marike and David - 11 points

The motion for round 7 reads:
This house would actively encourage women not to have children

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At the start of round 6, Lana and Zeno are on 7 points and David and Marike are on 11.

The motion for this round is...
This house supports granting megacities autonomous control over their economic and social... https://t.co/0eJcUHn4C5

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After 4 rounds, Lana and Zeno have scored 6 points and David and Marike have scored 8. Gigi and her partner currently have 11 points.

Round 5 will be on the motion:
This House would implement substantial... https://t.co/L81AiQIVFa

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Day 2 of WUDC starts with the following motion:

Infoslide:
Decolonisation refers to the process of critiquing and moving away from value systems that were imposed on countries during colonialism. Some examples... https://t.co/CEgsYkCo7i

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The last debate of todat at Cape Town WUDC is about the motion This House Opposes the norm that romantic love should be the primary source of fulfillment in a person’s life.

Goodluck to all!

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The motion for round 2 of WUDC reads...
This house believes that the protections of international law conventions and treaties should not apply to combatants of terrorist organisations (e.g. Prohibition on torture, prisonar of war status, guarantee of post-conflict release)