24 | PA PE R L E S S PE O PL E O F P O S T- C O N F L I C T I R A Q nationality certificate) for children born in the last five years - without also requiring the father’s civil ID, father’s nationality certificate or his death certificate/ missing persons certificate.  Stating publicly that the right to legal identity is a universal right to anyone born to an Iraqi father or to an Iraqi mother, as enshrined in the Iraqi Constitution and international law. This statement should emphasise that all Iraqis have the right to access civil documentation, regardless of affiliations of their relatives, and that denying IDs or services to families with children who were born under IS rule is a form of collective punishment and a violation of Iraqi law and the Constitution.  Delinking ‘security clearance’ from the procedures to obtain civil documentation at an operational level. MINISTRY OF INTERIOR: to provide power of attorney to IDPs rather than requesting their presence in person at civil status directorate offices. »» Reinstitute and scale up resources to a mobile court system in areas that are estimated to have high civil documentation needs, including urban, peri-urban areas, and camps. »» Scale up allocation of resources to civil directorate offices and personal status courts, including for sufficient staffing and reopening courts and offices in retaken areas. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: »» Reissue and expand the 2018 directive allowing undocumented children to attend school by including the ability to sit exams and obtain official certificates by accepting alternative proof of identity such as birth certificates if available or witness statements. »» Establish a clear appeals system for those who have been denied security clearance and access to civil documents; disseminate information on the procedure to ensure transparency. »» Ensure the 2018 directive is publicly available and disseminated to all relevant directorates and is communicated to headmasters, particularly in districts most affected by the conflict. »» Ensure the minimum time frame needed for acknowledgement of cases of death, and issuing death certificates, is reduced from four to two years, as per Iraqi law »» Ensure children without documentation are able to attend school, sit exams, and receive certificates, including in camps. »» In recognition of the backlog at civil directorate offices, do not penalise Iraqis travelling on old or expired IDs or other civil documents. »» Issue a national directive affirming that individuals without documentation should not be denied medical services, including the ability to deliver births in hospital. »» Enable displaced people and elderly to apply for civil documentation throughout the country, rather than requiring they return to their area of origin, including by ensuring that legal protection organisations can continue MINISTRY OF TRADE AND THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS: MINISTRY OF HEALTH: »» Ensure that those registered for public assistance are able to access it regardless