The project goal is to provide leadership and support in defining, elaborating and advancing substantive principles of constitutionalism and the rule of law in a constitution making and follow through process. Constitutional principles are elaborated prior to data collection, collation and analysis. The principles are used as guidelines for debate and building consensus on the issues.

Examples of activities:

• The ICJ Kenya Constitutional Memorandum to the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission
• The ICJ Kenya Petition to the Chief Justice in regard to suit instituted by two High Court Judges seeking an injunction to bar the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission from making recommendations on judicial reform in the Draft Bill of the Constitution of Kenya
• Constitutional litigation on the human/wildlife conflict arising from cases of humans being killed and their crops destroyed by wild animals in areas bordering national parks.
• Membership to the Basic Rights Campaign which advocates for the facilitation for citizens to access clean water, education, health services and other basic amenities through constitutional provisions
• Participation and Monitoring of the National Constitutional Conference in Bomas of Kenya