Dr. Nikolaos Koumoutzis

Law

Nikos Koumoutzis is an Associate Professor at the School of Law, University of Nicosia, and since September 2026 a member of its Athens Branch (UNIC Athens), specialising in European human rights law and family law. His research focuses on the accommodation of Islamic institutions and normative systems in Western legal contexts; the legal framework of reproductive technologies, particularly issues of access and the determination of parentage in both domestic and cross-border settings; and the intersection of law, gender, and sexual orientation, with particular attention to the recognition of transgender individuals and same-sex couples. His work combines doctrinal analysis with comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives.

He teaches, inter alia, family law and bioethics and regularly participates in international conferences in these fields. He has also served as an external member of academic electoral committees at universities in France and Greece and is involved in international academic networks.

He is the author of two monographs (Parental responsibility for a child born out of wedlock and the father’s right to respect for family life (2010 – in Greek); National restrictions on gay, lesbian and same-sex parentage under review by the European Court of Human Rights (2025 – in English)), and of a substantial body of publications in Greek- and English-language peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.