In particular, the Centre will:

• Provide on-going support and assistance to lawyers in the region who are in the process of litigating human rights, constitutional and public interest cases;
• Provide regular training to the legal profession within the respective jurisdictions on constitutional, human rights and democracy issues;
• Support, assist in, and identify, prospective cases allowing for timely preparation and resolution of cases;
• Engage all members of the legal profession, including the judiciary, on issues of constitutionalism, human rights and democracy and provide assistance where required;
• Promote awareness of human rights litigation frontiers and capacity-building possibilities and stimulate advocacy for law reform, human rights and constitutionalism.

Further, the Centre shall strive to:

• Enable the skills and resources within the respective jurisdictions allowing lawyers to initiate human rights, public interest and constitutional cases that they would not have otherwise undertaken;
• Develop regional lawyers’ interest in involvement in human rights, public interest and constitutional litigation;
• Establish a repository of up-to-date information on contemporary human rights, public interest and constitutional issues in the region generally and litigation thereon specifically;
• Provide a forum through which lawyers in the region can exchange information and enter into communities and networks of mutual interest and support.
• Facilitate the development of regional networks of lawyers’ organizations and other initiatives aimed at strengthening rule of law, constitutionalism and human rights.

The provision of training and support for lawyers at the forefront of human rights cases will be a unique development for the region.