A/HRC/31/29 prisoners or detainees, minorities, asylum seekers and irregular migrants, 62 and that any discrimination in access to health care is proscribed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/2000/4, para. 18). Despite these provisions, stateless children often face discrimination in their enjoyment of this right. More than 30 States require documentation to treat a child at a health facility. In at least 20 States, stateless children cannot be legally vaccinated. 63 Stateless Roma children in Europe have been denied access to public paediatric services or to child health education. Additional factors, such as travel restrictions, higher medical costs for non-nationals and discrimination, impede stateless children’s right to health.64 D. Right to family life 36. Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides for the right of every person to be protected against arbitrary or unlawful interference with his private and family life. Article 23 recognizes that the family is entitled to protection by society and the State. Articles 7, 9, 10, 16 and 18 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child stipulate that States should ensure that the child’s right to a family life is preserved and protected. The arbitrary deprivation of nationality of children can have a negative impact on the enjoyment of these rights, compounded also by limitations to the right to enter or reside in the territory of a State (A/HRC/19/43, para. 21). The Human Rights Committee has ruled that a deportation order issued against two stateless parents of a child was a violation of rights relating to the protection of the family and of the child (CCPR/C/72/D/930/2000, annex). Similarly, the European Court of Human Rights has held that the failure to recognize the legal link between parents and their surrogate children and the deprivation of nationality of the children amounts to a violation of the children’s right to a family life.65 E. Freedom of movement 37. Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantee the freedom of movement of all persons, including children. The lack of documentation – in particular, the inability to obtain passports – and, in some circumstances, the imposition of restrictions on movement of stateless minorities, undermines stateless children’s enjoyment of the freedom of movement. As noted by the Secretary-General, persons who have been arbitrarily deprived of their nationality may face severe limitations on their ability to travel and to choose a place of residence if, by depriving them of their nationality, the State has put them in a situation of irregularity concerning their country of residence (A/HRC/19/43, para. 8). F. Right to an adequate standard of living 38. Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognizes the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his 62 63 64 65 12 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general comment No. 14 (2000) (E/C.12/2000/4), para. 34; Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comment No. 15 (2013) (CRC/C/GC/15), para. 8. UNHCR, I Am Here, I Belong (see footnote 1), p. 12. Ibid. See Mennesson v. France.