A/HRC/31/29 States should ensure that proof of identity, including nationality, is available to all children where this is a requirement. 46. Arbitrary deprivation of nationality places children in a situation of increased vulnerability to human rights violations. States should ensure that such children are not denied the enjoyment of other human rights. They must not be discriminated against on the basis of their statelessness or any other grounds. In particular, they should be allowed to enjoy fully their right to an identity, education, health, an adequate standard of living, family life and freedom of movement. They must be protected at all times against gross violations, including exploitation, trafficking, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and the arbitrary deprivation of liberty. 47. Where children have, in contravention of international law, been arbitrarily deprived of their nationality and rendered stateless, States must ensure that effective and appropriate remedies are available, including reinstatement of nationality. 48. The Secretary-General encourages States to cooperate fully with such international initiatives as the UNHCR Global Campaign to End Statelessness and to abide by their commitments under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular goal 16, target 9, which requires States to provide legal identity for all, including birth registration, and goal 5 on gender equality. 49. The Secretary-General calls upon States to accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, if they have not already done so, and to implement their provisions. 15