CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 25 Dua’a, just two years old, was born during the military operations to retake Mosul from IS group. Her family fled to a displacement camp, but has yet to be able to obtain a civil ID. Without an ID, she won’t be able to eventually attend school like her peers. ©NRC/Alan Ayoubi of their place of residence. Whether they remain displaced or if they have returned to their areas of origin should not impact their ability to access public assistance. »» Evaluate the efficacy and added value of the housing card as one of the documentation requirements for this type of assistance. DONOR GOVERNMENTS, DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN INVESTMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ: »» Continue support for cash assistance programs, including those linked to legal assistance programming, in recognition that affordability of these procedures is the primary barrier in accessing civil documentation. »» Scale up support to legal assistance programming, scale up support to mobile courts and provide technical support to the key line ministries, including the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to enact polices that speed up access to documentation, including as a key part of their stabilisation policies. »» Encourage reforms in Iraq’s civil documentation system with the relevant Iraqi authorities when engaging in dialogue on stabilisation, recovery and reconstruction efforts, including delinking the security clearance process from procedures to obtain civil documentation »» Refrain from enacting policies that impede humanitarian agencies ability to deliver principled, needs based-assistance. HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES: »» Ensure that distribution of humanitarian assistance is not contingent upon the possession of civil documentation, and that people in need who do not have documentation are not deprioritised for humanitarian assistance or cash-for-work opportunities.