Quality Framework for human rights workshops

Here's exactly how we hold our own work to that standard — click through it.

A facilitator mid-session, guiding a group through a theatre exercise — hands open, energy in the room.

Every delivery is designed against eight questions.

Flip each card to see the question it answers. No design goes out if any card is blank.

0 of 8 flipped — tap to explore

Purpose — What is this session actually trying to do? | People — Who is in the room and why are they right for this? | Method — Which approach and why is it the best fit? | Conditions — What does the space need to make this safe? | Consent — How is participation offered and withdrawn? | Debrief — How do we close and what happens immediately after? | Risk — What could go wrong and how have we prepared? | After — What do we log, share, and carry into next time?

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Two modes

Delivery

What it is

A fully designed programme, tested and ready for participants.

How it's named

Named with its version number — e.g. "Rights in the Room v1.2".

What is logged

Full eight-element quality log, outcomes, debrief notes.

When it moves

After a quarterly review or a significant learning event.

Lab

What it is

An experiment — still being shaped. Participants know this upfront.

How it's named

Always carries the "(Lab)" tag — never presented as finished.

What is logged

A brief pilot log — what happened, what surprised us, open questions.

When it moves

Into Delivery only after a structured review signs it off.

The Human Rights Test

Every request we accept is tested against four questions. All four. Every time.

Question 1

Which right or participation principle is actually being practised — not only mentioned?

Question 2

Who has the power to change the plan?

Question 3

What would make this inaccessible — and what have we already changed?

Question 4

What will we refuse to extract from participants for a report or a feed?

If a request fails this test, it is a no.

Methods we currently stand behind

Five approaches that have completed our quality review and earned their place.

Theatre of the Oppressed Playback Theatre Biographical Theatre Improvisation Embodied Storytelling

New formats are tested in our Lab and only join this list after a structured review.

How we check ourselves

Quality isn't a one-off review. It rotates.

After each delivery Facilitator logs the eight-element table. Debrief notes filed within 48 hours.
Monthly Team check-in: patterns from logs, anything worth flagging, Lab updates.
Quarterly Structured review. Lab formats evaluated for promotion. Methods list revisited.
Annually Full framework review. Evidence gathered. External feedback sought.

We date our first logged reviews on this page as they happen — not before.

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This is the short version.

The full framework — definitions, ownership, and what counts as evidence — is one download away.

Download the full Quality Framework (PDF)

See the Human Rights Education Framework →

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