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Social media platforms that algorithmically amplify demonstrably false election information should bear legal liability for resulting democratic harms.

Independent judicial review is essential for protecting minority rights even when it overrides the preferences of electoral majorities.

Proportional representation produces more representative legislative bodies than first-past-the-post electoral systems.

Private military companies operating outside international humanitarian law represent a growing and largely unaddressed threat to civilian protection.

Autonomous weapons systems that select and engage targets without meaningful human control should be banned by international treaty.

Climate change is a threat multiplier for armed conflict and insecurity and should be formally integrated into national security strategies.

Multilateral economic sanctions are rarely sufficient on their own to change the strategic behaviour of authoritarian governments.

Liberal democracies should collectively increase defence spending given the demonstrated willingness of authoritarian states to use military force.

Humanitarian military intervention without UN Security Council authorisation is justified when genocide or mass atrocities are actively ongoing and the Council is deadlocked.

Nuclear deterrence remains the primary guarantor of great-power peace, making significant nuclear disarmament strategically premature in current conditions.

Antimicrobial resistance is a public health emergency requiring binding international rules on antibiotic use in agriculture and medicine.

Governments should prioritise healthy life expectancy and wellbeing indicators over GDP growth as the primary measures of national progress.

A permanent international pandemic preparedness fund financed by treaty obligation — not discretionary aid — is necessary after the failures of COVID response.

Mental health conditions receive a fraction of the clinical and research investment justified by their economic and social burden.

The public health burden of ultra-processed food consumption is severe enough to justify mandatory advertising restrictions and reformulation requirements.

Compulsory licensing of essential medicine patents is justified when patent protection prevents access in low- and middle-income countries.

Universal healthcare funded through general taxation achieves better population health outcomes than insurance-based systems at comparable total cost.

The 15% global corporate minimum tax agreed through the OECD is necessary but should be raised further to meaningfully reduce profit shifting to tax havens.

Central banks should formally weight full employment as an equal mandate to price stability, not treat inflation control as the sole objective.

High collective bargaining coverage reduces wage inequality more effectively than minimum wage legislation alone.