Position papers are up on Huxley!

Hi guys! Conference starts this Friday and we're even more excited for debate after reading and commenting on all of your position papers.

We have uploaded your graded papers with feedback onto Huxley, so check them out. Even if you turned it in late, we are still going to supply you with comments so don't fret :)

If you have any questions on your feedback, feel free to email or comment on the blog. We hope that our feedback will help you prepare for debate and answer some lingering questions that you might have had about the topics.

Some common things that we saw to look at before conference:

Topic 1:

  • The topic is not LGBT/Digital/Environmental rights: those are just case studies that we used to show how the UDHR doesn't cover some rights that have become much more important in recent years. Your solutions can be about editing the UDHR and the Covenants to include these rights, but we are not looking for ways countries can protect these rights. 
  • Research how active your country is in the many mechanisms that the UN protects human rights, such as the UNHRC's reports on your country.
  • How might the UN compensate victims of human rights violations? 
  • What are the UN's current ways of punishing human rights violations? Looking up specific successes and failures might help you think about ways to improve the current system. 
Topic 2: 
  • Know what connections your country has to Asian population growth specifically. These include financial/economic connections and social (such as migration or tourism).
  • Directly addressing population growth through female empowerment and family planning is absolutely important, but just one part of a comprehensive solution. Think about how to address the negatives of population growth related to urbanization, environmental degradation, and stressed infrastructure (all issues that are especially prevalent in Asia). 
  • Relating to family planning, think about how to reach out to countries that are conservative and might not approve of things like abortion or contraceptives.

Comments

  1. UnknownFebruary 28, 2019 at 10:13 PM

    Thank you for all of the helpful feedback. We are looking forward to meeting you in committee. From the representatives of Botswana, we are excited for debate at the Berkeley conference.

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