A/HRC/16/43 Representative identified the absence of guidance by the Government of Haiti on how to reconstruct the devastated city and find durable solutions for those displaced in the aftermath of the earthquake as a key problem, causing prolonged stays in sub-standard camps and creating the risk of a protracted humanitarian crisis. 36. The increasing number of forced evictions of IDPs was a subject of particular concern. The Government needs to ensure that there are no forced evictions without due process and that no IDP is evicted without being offered a reasonable alternative place to live. 37. Furthermore, pre-existing patterns of violence against women and children were being replicated in the camps. It is necessary to increase the presence of both the Haitian police and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in the camps. The Representative also called on the Government to send a clear signal to the police and the justice system that ending widespread impunity for the perpetrators is a priority. 38. As regards humanitarian assistance, a certain shift is necessary. While some needs are displacement-specific and need to be addressed in the context of the existing camps and informal settlements, other urgent needs such as access to health, water, sanitation and education are common to many people living outside camps and should be addressed through a neighbourhood approach. This will provide access to basic services to all the affected population, and will reduce the risk that people are drawn into unsustainable camps. 39. The Representative also urged the Government of Haiti, as a matter of priority, to endorse and communicate publicly a plan on how to provide durable solutions for those in the camps and to inform and consult with the displaced on its implementation. He called on development donors to support flexible, early-recovery funding such as smaller-scale neighbourhood reconstruction projects, which will provide hope and much needed livelihoods. 40. Shortly after the Representative’s visit, a major cholera epidemic broke out, which will keep the country in a humanitarian crisis for a longer period and affect the IDP population in particular. Humanitarian donors and the international community at large therefore need to remain strongly engaged in Haiti. Iraq 41. The Representative carried out an official visit to Iraq from 26 September to 3 October 2010 (see A/HRC/16/43/Add.1). He was encouraged by the progress and commitments made to date by the Government of Iraq to address the humanitarian and human rights situation of internally displaced persons, including the adoption of a national policy on displacement, commitments made with regard to IDPs in the context of the universal periodic review, and their continued engagement with the international community on internal-displacement issues. 42. The scale and complexity of the internal displacement situation in Iraq, however, require that these efforts by the Government of Iraq and the international community be strengthened and consolidated in the form of an inclusive and comprehensive action plan which addresses both the immediate humanitarian needs and human rights of displacementaffected communities, as well as a strategy to achieve durable solutions for the estimated 1.55 million Iraqis remaining in displacement in the country (since 2006). Approximately 500,000 persons, a majority of whom are believed to be IDPs are currently living in very difficult and hazardous conditions in informal settlements in Baghdad and other cities. An action plan should also be developed and implemented in close collaboration between federal authorities and the Regional Government of Kurdistan (KRG) in order to ensure that 10