EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR ASYLUM Useful online databases • The Global Nationality Laws Database ( 82) is a collection of thematically related laws which covers 177 countries and compares laws over time. It is run by the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) and ‘is an online observatory committed to fact-based and non-partisan analysis of citizenship laws’ ( 83), based at the European University Institute. GLOBALCIT relies on a large international network of country experts who, inter alia, provide input to the database which compares data across countries and over time. It is a valuable source if you need to find out more about national laws in specific countries. A search will most likely generate several entries and you may need to check through multiple entries to ascertain the correct current state of the law. • The Legislation online database ‘covers … the legislation of 57 [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] participating States on a number of human rights and rule of law related topics’ ( 84). It is issued by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. • Refworld ( 85) is a global law and policy database on refugee law and statelessness, operated by UNHCR. Related EUAA publication The EASO, Practical Guide on the use of country of origin information by case officers for the examination of asylum application, December 2020 provides information on how to use COI at different stages of the examination of applications for international protection. 5.4. (a) Other evidence Documents issued as a result of the statelessness determination procedure An applicant may submit a document that attests that they have been formally recognised or registered as a ‘stateless person’, either in the country of asylum itself, in their country of former habitual residence or in another country, prior to the asylum claim. See Section 2.5.1. Definition of statelessness in the context of international protection for considerations relating to that procedure in the host country of refuge. If the applicant submits a document which proves the positive outcome of this formal determination procedure, their statelessness can be considered as substantiated. Depending on the authority that is competent under the national law to make the decision on the statelessness determination, the document may be a court decision or a certificate issued by the competent public administration, for example. (82) Global Citizenship Observatory, ‘Global Nationality Laws Database’, Robert Schuman Centre, undated, accessed 22 October 2024, https://globalcit.eu/national-citizenship-laws/. (83) Global Citizenship Observatory general website, undated, accessed 22 October 2024, https://globalcit.eu/. (84) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, ‘Legislationline.org’, undated, accessed 22 October 2024, https://www.osce.org/odihr/legislationline. (85) UNHCR, Refworld Global Law & Policy Database, undated, accessed 22 October 2024, https://www.refworld.org/. 54