Strategic Plan 2021-2024
IDLO’s Strategic Plan aims to promote people-centered justice and the rule of law to build more peaceful, inclusive and resilient societies.
Our Strategic Plan 2021-2024:
sets out IDLO’s overall strategic direction
defines our contribution to global efforts to sustain peace and achieve sustainable development
identifies areas where we need to invest and strengthen the Organization
OUR VISION
A world in which every person lives in dignity and equality under the rule of law.
IDLO’s mission is to champion people-centered justice and promote the rule of law to advance sustainable development and help build more peaceful, inclusive and resilient societies.
Strategic Goals & Objectives
The Plan has two Strategic Goals and six Strategic Objectives that are interconnected and reflect our understanding of the rule of law as both an outcome and enabler of peace and sustainable development as well as our commitment to maximizing the rule of law’s contribution to a more peaceful, just and equitable future.
Strategic Goal 1: Justice systems are more effective and responsive to people’s needs
Strategic Objective 1
Empowering justice seekers
Empowering people to access justice and claim their human rights through formal and informal pathways, including digital platforms, and promoting participatory decision-making at the grassroots level that is inclusive of civil society.
Strategic Objective 2
Making laws and institutions work for people
Promoting smart legal reform, enabling the delivery of essential justice services, strengthening criminal justice chains, combatting corruption and increasing accountability and enabling equitable digital innovation.
Strategic Objective 3
Reducing the justice gap for women and girls
Complementing gender mainstreaming with focused interventions to support the full enjoyment by women and girls of their human rights, including through the elimination of gender discriminatory laws, promoting women’s participation in the justice sector and combatting gender-based violence.
Strategic Goal 2: Rule of law drives peace and sustainable development
Strategic Objective 4
Inclusive economic development
Promoting enabling legal frameworks, strengthening governmental capacities to enforce commercial and economic laws, negotiating and implementing investment agreements and resolving disputes, and supporting the economic empowerment of women and girls.
Strategic Objective 5
Climate justice and sustainable use of natural resources
Supporting the realization of environmental rights and climate justice, promoting climate-resilient development and increased access to land and natural resources, and strengthening food security for marginalized and vulnerable groups.
Strategic Objective 6
Healthy lives and well-being for all
Promoting greater access to health services, supporting pandemic preparedness and strengthening regulatory and fiscal capacity to prevent and manage non-communicable diseases.
