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Ms. Youmna MAKHLOUF

Faculty of Law and Political Science
National Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics

Assistant professor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext youmna.makhlouf@usj.edu.lb

Youmna Makhlouf is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law Political Science of the Saint Joseph University of Beirut, director of the legal dispensary, a lawyer at the Court a member of the NGO Legal Agenda. She holds a doctorate in law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Her thesis (awarded with the mention of the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas the special mention of the AHJUCAF 2023 prize) explores the identity of the individual in Lebanese private law.

Highest degree : PhD in Law - Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) - France


DegreesUniversityCountryYear
Ph.D. in LawUniversité Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)France2021
Master of Laws, Research Specialty: General Private LawUniversité Paris 1 Panthéon- SorbonneFrance2007
Bachelor of LawsSaint Joseph University of BeirutLebanon2006

Laborand Social Security Law, Inheritance Law

Professional ExperienceOrganizationStart dateEnd date
Attorney at Law01/01/2011

Law, Political Sciences

gender, identity, nationality law, family law, personal status, religious laws, labour  social security law, inheritance law

« 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 Policy Considerations in Lebanon Related to Proposals for Paraphilic Disorders in World Health Organizations 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 Arab family laws: Perspectives from Morocco, Egypt Lebanon”, Reem Maghribi, Youmna Makhlouf, Al-Raida Journal, Vol. 44, Issue 2, 2020 pp 139 – 155.

Baudouin Dupret, Samer Ghamroun, Youmna Makhlouf, Marième NDiaye, 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 Laws Life (Baudouin Dupret, Julie Colemans, Max Travers, eds.), Routledge, pp. 255–282.