Ultimately we know it's the government that is responsible for ensuring protection in IDP situations. Our challenge now is to figure out how to support those mechanisms to carry out their mandates.

The fuel-efficient stoves decrease the amount of trips outside the camp.

We're talking about a significant and potentially vulnerable population in IDP [internally displaced persons] settings.

Not only has the Iraqi government failed to provide minimal protection for its citizens, it has actively pursued a policy of rounding up and torturing innocent men and women. Its failure to punish those who have committed acts of torture has added to the breakdown of the rule of law and to spiraling human rights violations in Iraq.

Our challenge is to use this environment of dramatic change to push for better governance and for protection of human rights.

the government isn't in the consumer protection business anymore.