Constitutional Assistance

UNDP’s approach to providing constitutional assistance is grounded in core principles and practices intended to maximize the likelihood of an outcome that is nationally respected and most likely to achieve the goals of sustainable peace and human development. These goals and practices include:

· Seizing the opportunity for peacebuilding and promoting sustainable human development

· Promoting international norms and standards

· Ensuring national ownership

· Supporting and promoting inclusivity, participation and transparency

· Mobilizing and convening a wide range of expertise

· Supporting and promoting effective implementation

Through the Justice Futures CoLab, UNDP's constitutional assistance includes support to constitutional reform process design and execution; capacity strengthening of constitution-making and implementation bodies; strategies for public participation; comparative constitutional design options, including for strengthening fundamental rights, such as rights of women and marginalized or vulnerable groups; strategies for resolving contentious issues; and empowering civil society actors.