without contacting the authorities of a foreign State, refugee status determination shall proceed. 82. In both separate and combined procedures, in certain circumstances it must be possible for an individual to re-activate a suspended statelessness claim. A statelessness claim may be re-activated in the event that: • the refugee claim fails; • refugee status is recognised but subsequently ceases; • refugee status is cancelled because the inclusion criteria of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention were not met;48 or • if additional evidence emerges that an individual is stateless. Similar considerations apply to individuals with claims to both statelessness status and a complementary form of protection. D. ASSESSMENT OF EVIDENCE (1) Types of evidence 83. Statelessness determination requires a mixed assessment of fact and law. Such cases cannot be settled through analysis of nationality laws alone as the definition of a stateless person requires an evaluation of the application of these laws in practice, including the extent to which judicial decisions are respected by government officials.49 The kinds of evidence that may be relevant can be divided into two categories: evidence relating to the individual’s personal circumstances and evidence concerning the laws and other circumstances in the country in question. 84. Evidence concerning personal history helps identify which States and nationality procedures need to be considered in determining an applicant’s nationality status.50 In any given case, the following non-exhaustive list of types of evidence may be pertinent: • testimony of the applicant (e.g. written application, interview); • response(s) from a foreign authority to an enquiry regarding nationality status of an individual; • identity documents (e.g. birth certificate, extract from civil register, national identity card, voter registration document); 32 48 Please see UNHCR, Note on the Cancellation of Refugee Status, 22 November 2004, http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/41a5dfd94.html 49 This is discussed in paragraph 48 above. 50 Please see paragraph 92 below.