Resource type: Facilitation Guide
Cumberland Lodge and The Attorney General’s Office have launched a new Human Rights Charter Facilitation Guide, a free resource for teachers and youth workers designed to help young people learn more about national and international human rights law, how it applies to their lives, and what they would include if they were writing a Human Rights Charter today.
The guide builds on a workshop held at Cumberland Lodge in November 2025 in partnership with the AGO, which brought together students from schools, universities, and youth organisations.
Aimed at 16-18 year olds, the guide contains approximately 4 to 5 hours of learning material,
although this can be broken down into shorter segments, and activities can be adjusted to
suit the group. The learning outcomes include:
- deepening understanding of human rights law, its history, and why it still matters today;
- identifying new and emerging threats to human rights and how they intersect with young
people’s lives; - producing a Human Rights Charter that will engage other young people in learning about
the importance of human rights.
The Guide is free to download below: