H OW U N H C R A SS I STS STAT E S TO D E T E R M I N E W H O I S STAT E L E SS UNHCR can assist States in a variety of ways: www.refworld.org/statelessness UNHCR is also a resource for information on nationality laws and practices. Refworld, UNHCR’s country of origin database, includes the world’s most complete set of nationality laws, as well as relevant sources of information on the application of nationality laws. ♦  he UNHCR Handbook on Protection of T Stateless Persons can assist government officials, decisionmakers, NGOs and legal practitioners in their efforts to identify and protect stateless persons. ♦  NHCR can provide specific advice to States on the development of new U statelessness determination procedures and the enhancement of existing ones. ♦  NHCR can facilitate enquiries made by statelessness determination au‑ U thorities with authorities of other States and can counsel and support applicants and their legal representatives. ♦  NHCR may conduct statelessness determinations of individuals or groups U if necessary. Railya became stateless after the break‑up of the Soviet Union. She ended up in France where she was granted legal status as a stateless person under France’s statelessness determination procedure. To learn more about Railya, please watch http://unhcr.org/railya S t a t e l e ss n e ss D e t e r m i n a t i o n P r o c e d u r e s 7