Youmna MAKHLOUF
Maître de conférence - Ph.D.
Faculty of Law and Political Science (FDSP)Center for Legal Studies in the Arab World (CEDROMA)
(+961) 1 421 000 ext youmna.makhlouf@usj.edu.lb
Youmna Makhlouf is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the Saint Joseph University of Beirut, director of the legal clinic, a lawyer and a member of the NGO Legal Agenda. She holds a Ph.D. in law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Her dissertation, which was awarded the “Mention de l’Université” (Paris II,
Panthéon-Assas) and the “Mention spéciale du prix AHJUCAF 2023“, explores the identity of the individual in Lebanese private law.
+ Degrees
• Ph.D. in Law
• Master of Laws, Research Specialty: General Private Law
• Bachelor of Laws
+ Teaching experience at USJ
Labour and social security law, Inheritance law
+ Professionnal experience outside USJ
+ Expertise field
Law, Political Sciences
+ Research topics
gender, identity, nationality law, family law, personal status, religious laws, labour and social security law, inheritance law
+ Publications and communications
« La conception libanaise de la liberté religieuse », RDP 2023, numéro 1.
« Liban : le
maintien d’une pénalisation moralisatrice » in « L’interruption de
grossesse en droit comparé. Entre cultures et universalisme » Under the
direction of Guillaume Rousset, 2022, ed. Larcier, pp. 35-44.
“Legal and Policy Considerations in Lebanon Related to Proposals
for Paraphilic Disorders in World Health Organization's International
Classification of Diseases Manual, 11th Version”, Youmna Makhlouf, Hala Kerbage, Nicole Khauli, Zeina Ramadan, Brigitte Khoury, The journal of sexual medicine, mars 2020, Volume 17, numéro 3, Pages 491–504.
“Family
law reform in Lebanon: A strategic role for Islamic feminism. Islamic feminism
and Arab family laws: Perspectives from Morocco, Egypt and Lebanon”, Reem
Maghribi, Youmna Makhlouf, Al-Raida Journal, Vol. 44, Issue 2, 2020 pp 139 –
155.
Baudouin Dupret, Samer
Ghamroun, Youmna Makhlouf, Marième N'Diaye, Ayang Utriza Yakin, Alexis Blouet,
(2020), "Playing by the Rules: The Search for Legal Grounds in
Homosexuality Cases - Indonesia, Lebanon, Egypt, Senegal", In Legal Rules
in Practice: In the Midst of Law's Life (Baudouin Dupret, Julie Colemans, Max
Travers, eds.), Routledge, pp. 255–282.
+ Awards and recognition
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