IDLO provides developing countries, countries in economic transition and those emerging from armed conflict with the resources, tools and professional skills to establish or strengthen the rule of law and good governance practices. 

IDLO works with judicial and legal professionals, institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations toward achieving five main strategic objectives that contribute directly to development:

• National Strategies & Frameworks
• Legal Empowerment
• Global Challenges
• Networks
• Knowledge Generation

IDLO uses a variety of programs in order to reach its objectives.  These programs are fully consistent with the 2005 UN Summit and the Millennium Development Declaration, and follow the Paris Declaration, as supplemented by the Accra Outcome Document’s approach of empowering recipients to take charge of their development agendas.