A/HRC/13/34 63. States are expected to observe minimum procedural standards in order to ensure that decisions concerning the acquisition, deprivation or change of nationality do not contain any element of arbitrariness. In particular, States should ensure that a review process can be carried out by a competent jurisdiction of an administrative or judicial nature in conformity with the internal law of each State and the relevant international human rights standards. 64. States should ensure that an effective remedy is available to persons whose right to a nationality has been violated. 65. The above principles on the right to nationality, as well as the rules concerning the prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of nationality, the principle of nondiscrimination, the avoidance of statelessness and the requirement of procedural guarantees and effective remedies are also fully applicable to situations of State succession. GE.09-17512 15