452 Melbourne University Law Review [Vol 40:401 D Role of the UNHCR It is recommended that the UNHCR be granted special rights in the statelessness determination procedure, given its expert knowledge and its ability to facilitate inquiries between states.276 The UNHCR may be involved in the procedure in Hungary and Moldova, and to a lesser degree in the Philippines and Georgia.277 Hungarian law provides that a UNHCR representative may take part in any stage of the statelessness determination procedure, including that he or she: (a) may be present at the applicant’s interview; (b) may give administrative assistance to the applicant; (c) may gain access to the documents/files of the procedure and may make copies thereof; (d) shall be provided with the administrative decision and the court’s judgment by the alien policing authority.278 E Children and Other Vulnerable Groups The vulnerabilities of unaccompanied minors, persons with disabilities, survivors of sexual and gender-based violence or any other vulnerable groups must be specifically considered by decision-makers, and in such cases the decision-maker should assume a greater share of the burden of proof.279 As McAdam notes, unaccompanied minors should ‘be granted an ex officio, independent guardian throughout the determination process’ to assist with their claim, as is the case in Hungary.280 Children who arrive with their parents may also be stateless. It is important that their claims are properly 114/2007 (V 24) Korm Rendelet a Harmadik Országbeli Állampolgárok Beutazásáról És Tartózkodásáról Szóló 2007 Évi II Törvény Végrehajtásáról [Government Decree 114/2007 (V24) on the Execution of Act II of 2007 on the Admission and Right of Residence of Third-Country Nationals] (Hungary) s 164(1) (‘Government Decree 114/2007’). 276 UNHCR, Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons, above n 20, 28–9 [71], 42 [116]. 277 See Gyulai, ‘ENS Guidelines’, above n 136, 22–3. 278 2007 Évi II Törvény a Harmadik Országbeli Állampolgárok Beutazásáról és Tartózkodásáról [Act II of 2007 on the Admission and Right of Residence of Third-Country Nationals] (Hungary) s 81. Note that the translation of this Act derives from Gyulai, ‘ENS Guidelines’, above n 136, 22. See also Government Decree 114/2007 s 164(1). 279 UNHCR, Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons, above n 20, 42–3 [118]–[121]. 280 McAdam, ‘Position Paper’, above n 238, 8 [35].