• If loss or deprivation of nationality on discriminatory grounds has already occurred, undertake interventions with relevant government ministries to advocate for restitution of nationality. • Provide information, legal advice and legal aid to affected populations and assist with the monitoring of restitution of nationality and implementation of reformed nationality laws. • Support initiatives by the legal community aimed at achieving legislative reform or ending discriminatory application of nationality laws. SDG 16, Target 16.9: (Relevant if your country office is in a State where individuals are at a heightened risk of statelessness because of lack of birth registration and/ or because there are populations which are entitled to nationality under the law but cannot acquire documentary proof of nationality. Also relevant if the State hosts stateless migrants and has not implemented a statelessness determination procedure). • Advocate for the implementation of SDG16, Target 16.9 and selection of appropriate national Indicators relating to measuring progress with respect to the achievement of universal birth registration, as well as the provision of proof of nationality where an entitlement to such exists under the law. • Complement the efforts of UNICEF, UN regional commissions, UNFPA, WHO, UNDP, the World Bank, regional development banks, bilateral donors, including in the context of the UNDAF, to promote and provide technical support for birth registration and to improve civil registration and vital statistics systems. • Support the provision of information, legal aid and documentation campaigns to assist stateless individuals and individuals at risk of statelessness with applications for birth registration and proof of nationality. • Advocate and provide technical advice for the reform of laws, policies and procedures to ensure that those entitled to nationality under the law acquire documentary proof of nationality. • Promote accessible and uniform procedures for the issuance of nationality documentation. • Provide technical support to governments to issue nationality documentation. • Advocate and provide technical advice to relevant ministries and parliaments for the establishment of statelessness determination procedures and protection regimes. • Encourage accession to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. • Engage with national and regional initiatives aimed at improving CRVS and promote the improvement of CRVS as an important development priority in national development plans. • Support States to identify legal, procedural and practical obstacles, including those encountered at the community level, to registering births or to the issuance of proof of nationality. • Promote birth registration, including by facilitating access to procedures at the community level, deploying mobile teams to address existing deficits and integrating birth registration with other public programmes, such as those relating to childbirth, maternal-infant care, immunization and education. THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND ADDRESSING STATELESSNESS 8