Nicos Trimikliniotis’ practice combines all aspects of family law, particularly with regard to labour law, discrimination, immigration, asylum and EU Law. He also has an on-going commitment to human rights in Cyprus and has developed a socio-legal approach to understanding the operation of law in society as a tool for improving the lives of those in need.
Nicos’ focus has been on policy advice and on producing numerous academic publications. He has also taught family law to social workers at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
He also practice in areas relating to children, family law and social work law.
PUBLIC LAW AND PRIVATE LAW
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
International Human Rights
Overview
Alongside his academic work and practice, Nicos is very active in international human rights and humanitarian law. He heads the Centre for Fundamental Rights and Digital Transitions & Society hosted by the University of Nicosia, which critically examine the implications of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), on cultural and political systems, the law and fundamental rights. He leads the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the University of Nicosia that coordinates the experts of the Cypriot team for the Fundamental Rights Agency of the EU. He is the national expert on Labour Law, Asylum & Migration (Odysseus network) and Citizenship. He has researched subjects such as Family law, social work, migration and asylum law, citizenship, labour law, and discrimination, and has written hundreds of expert reports on fundamental rights in Cyprus as well as journal articles and book chapters on social transformation, border regimes, conflict, state theory, gender, nationalism and racism. Many international Reports of monitoring bodies refer to his work, Council of Europe e.g. ECRI, Report on the Framework-Convention of the Council of Europe for the Protection of National Minorities, the UN, the OSCE, EU and NGO reports. Expert consultant to EU Commission, Cyprus Government, NGOs and long community engagement in public media, local and international. In 2017 he was contracted as an expert for the Australian Government on the Cypriot nationality law for an important constitutional case before the Australian High Court (2017).
His international advisory, consultancy and research work has included:
- Violence against Children, Young People and Women: Ways of implementing the EU directives on violence against women, children and youth: good practices and recommendations: Cyprus
- Thematic Study on Child Trafficking, Cyprus, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), 2008
- Demand for Stolen Lives. Researching the Demand Side of Trafficking (DeStoLi). The Risk Group of Unaccompanied Minors: Protection measures in an enlarged European Union- Report on Cyprus
- Youth, Job Insecurity and Precariousness at Work in Cyprus
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Expertise and Distinctions
Overview
Besides his practice and academic work in law and sociology, Nicos has vast experience in leading research groups, drafting expert reports and advising on policy for the EU Commission, monitoring and investigating bodies, governmental departments, NGOs and individuals. This work has included the following positions:
- Professor (Law, Sociology & Social Science) 2016; Associate Professor (Law and Sociology), University of Nicosia (2012-Assistant Professor (2001-2012), University of Nicosia
- National expert for the Odysseus Network (2010- )
- National expert European Labour Law Network (2010- )
- National expert for the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) and EUDO (2006- )
- National expert on the Free Movement of Workers (2008-2012) and Independent Network of Labour Migration and Integration Experts (LMIE-INET) for the International Organization for Migration (2009-12).
- National Expert for the Network of Experts on Free Movement of Workers (2008- 2013)
- Senior Research consultant for PRIO Cyprus Centre on reconciliation, discrimination and migration (2008-2012)
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OTHER RESEARCH, EXPERT REPORTS AND CODES
Overview
Nicos has also conducted other research, expert reports and codes. These have included:
- National Expert Reports for EU Commission report on ‘Studies on the implementation of Labour Law Directives in the enlarged European Union’(2006)
- Thematic studies submitted to the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union (and EUMC) in the Framework of the RAXEN Network in (2004-2010)
- Thematic studies on Cyprus submitted to the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union in the Framework of the Network of the European of Experts in Fundamental Rights (FRALEX) in (2007-2009) (co-authored with Corina Demetriou)
- Reports on measures to combat discrimination, Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC, to the Legal Network of Independent Experts in the non-discrimination field Cyprus, operated by the Migration Policy Group and Human European Consultancy (2003-2007)
