• Presentation on Family law in Greece including major reforms governing the protection of children’s rights and the introduction of shared parenting as a legal presumption in Greek Family Law (Athens, May 2022 at the International Academy of Family Lawyers’ Conference – Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
• Presentation on parental rights, parental responsibilities, different types of parent, surrogacy and IVF under Greek law (Mallorca, September 2019 at the International Academy of Family Lawyers’ Conference – Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
• Presentation of ways of alternative dispute resolution (mediation and judicial mediation) (Salzburg, May 2013 at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Presentation on matrimonial property regimes under Greek law (Salzburg, May 2013 at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: “Parental conflicts and award of minors’ custody”, Athens, 2012, (Deree College), lecture given during a psychiatric-judicial congress (Haroula Constandinidou)
• Participation to the panel discussion on issues arising from the application of the EC Regulation 2201/2003 (Strasbourg, April 2011 at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: “Family Law and modern society”, Athens, 2010, at the Deree College in Athens, lecture given during a psychiatric-judicial congress (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
• Re: Dealing with Cohabitation in Greece (Rome, April 2008 at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: Enforcement of money orders in the jurisdiction of the Greek courts (London, May 2006 at the International Bar Association Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: Violent Relationships – Violence as a factor in property division (Sydney, September 2004 at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Case study on various Family Law issues (Venice, April 2004, at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: New Law for the expedition of the procedure before the Civil Courts. How much does it affect Family Law cases? Changes in taking an oath. (Madrid, April 2002, at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Conference – Haroula Constandinidou).
• Re: European Network on Parental Child Abduction (London, September 2000 at the Reunite, International Child Abduction Centre Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• “Legal Aid in Greece”, London, September 2000 – Haroula Constandinidou, Reunite European Conference on Child Abduction (published in International Family Law, July 2001)
• Re: Recognition of Foreign Marriages in Greece (Cyprus, May 2000, at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: Protypation in Family Law Relations (Thessaloniki, February 2000, at the Association of Greek Scientists – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: Community of Property (Amsterdam, April 1999, at the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Conference – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: Family Law (Athens, 1989, at the Athens College – Haroula Constandinidou)
• Re: New Family Law (Athens, 1987, at the Association of Foreign Women living in Greece – Haroula Constandinidou)

2022

• May – IAFL Conference held in Athens – Greece, (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos – Ioanna Stavropoulou)

2019

• September – IAFL Conference held in Mallorca – Spain, (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos – Ioanna Stavropoulou)

2018

• September – IAFL Conference held in Stuttgart – Germany, (Haroula Constandinidou – Ioanna Stavropoulou)
• May – IAFL Conference held in Tokyo – Japan, (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos – Ioanna Stavropoulou)

2017

• • • February – Greek Law Digest Conference held in Athens, Greece / “Legal & Business Challenges in today’s Greece” (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
    • September – IAFL Conference held in Reykjavik – Iceland, (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos – Ioanna Stavropoulou)

2015

• • • September – IAML Conference held in Taormina – Sicily, Italy (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos – Ioanna Stavropoulou)
    • March – IAML Conference held in Seville, Spain (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos)

2014

• • • March – IAML Conference held in Bordeaux, France (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos)

2013

• • • May – IAML Conference held in Salzburg, Austria (Haroula Constandinidou – Ioanna Stavropoulou)
    • November – Conference of the Hellenic Society of Family Law held in Nafplio, Greece (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos – Panagiotis Panteloukas – Maria Dilana)

2012

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Crete, Greece (Haroula Constandinidou – Konstantinos Stavropoulos – Ioanna Stavropoulou)
    • December – Psychiatric-judicial congress held in Athens, Greece (Haroula Constandinidou)

2011

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Strasbοurg, France (Haroula Constandinidou and Ioanna-Natalia Stavropoulou)

2010

• • • May – IAML Conference held in Munich, Germany (Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
    • December – Psychiatric-judicial congress held in Athens, Greece (Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)

2009

• • • May – IAML Conference held in Stockholm, Sweden (Haroula Constandinidou and Panagiotis Panteloukas)

2008

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Rome, Italy (Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa (Haroula Constandinidou and Joanna Stavropoulou)

2007

• • • March – IAML Conference held in San Diego, California, USA (Haroula Constandinidou and Joanna Stavropoulou)
    • April – IAML Conference held in Krakow, Poland (Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
    • September – IAML Conference held in St. Petersburg, Russia (Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
    • October – ERA Conference held in Trier, Germany (Haroula Constandinidou, Konstantinos Stavropoulos and Panagiotis Panteloukas)

2006

• • • May – IAML Conference held in Thessaloniki, Greece (Haroula Constandinidou, Konstantinos Stavropoulos and Joanna Stavropoulou)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Shanghai, China (Haroula Constandinidou and Joanna Stavropoulou)

2005

• • • March – IAML Conference held in Chicago, ILL., USA (Haroula Constandinidou and Joanna Stavropoulou)
    • May -IAML Conference held in Vienna, Austria (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Brussels, Belgium (Haroula Constandinidou and Joanna Stavropoulou)
    • September – ERA Conference held in Trier, Germany (Haroula Constandinidou)

2004

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Venice, Italy (Haroula Constandinidou and Joanna Stavropoulou)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Sydney, Australia (Haroula Constandinidou, Konstantinos Stavropoulos and Joanna Stavropoulou)

2003

• • • May – IAML Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark (Haroula Constandinidou and Maria Dilana)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Barcelona, Spain (Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)

2002

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Madrid, Spain (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Berlin, Germany (Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)

2001

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Prague, Czech Republic (Haroula Constandinidou)

2000

• • • February – Union of Hellenic Scientists Conference held in Thessaloniki, Greece (Haroula Constandinidou, Joanna Stavropoulou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
    • May – IAML Conference held in Paphos, Cyprus (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • May – IBA Conference held in London, England (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September -Reunite Conference held in London, England (Haroula Constandinidou)

1999

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Haroula Constandinidou, Joanna Stavropoulou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
    • September – IAML Conference held in St. Tropez, France (Haroula Constandinidou)

1998

• • • April -IAML Conference held in Ascona, Switzerland (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September – IAML Conference held in San Francisco, USA (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September – International Society of Family Law Conference held in Prague, Czech Republic (Haroula Constandinidou)

1997

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Athens, Greece (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September -IAML Conference held in Florence, Italy (Haroula Constandinidou)

1996

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Goeteborg, Sweden (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Hong Kong (Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)
    • November – Reunite Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland (Haroula Constandinidou, Joanna Stavropoulou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos)

1995

• • • April – IAML Conference held in Paris, France (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • September – IAML Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey (Haroula Constandinidou)

1994

• • • IAML Conference held in London, England (Haroula Constandinidou)
    • April – IAML Conference held in Seville, Spain (Haroula Constandinidou)

1993

• • • Barcelona Bar Association Conference held in Barcelona, Spain (Haroula Constandinidou)

1992

• • IBA Conference held in Cannes, Family Law Committee (Haroula Constandinidou)

The latest major legislative development relating to family law in Greece concerns legal gender recognition. On 10th October 2017, the Greek Parliament voted in favour of a new law, which recognizes gender identity as a protected aspect of an individual’s personality and, therefore, allows the selection of one’s legal gender.

Law 4491/2017 “Legal Recognition of Gender Identity, National Mechanism for Devising, Monitoring and Evaluation of Action Plans for the Children’s Rights and other provisions” explicitly states that gender identity is the “internal and personal” way in which a person experiences their gender, regardless of the gender attributed at birth based on physical characteristics. As a result of this, when there is a discord between one’s legally assigned gender and their perception of themselves, a person is allowed to petition the correction of their legally assigned gender.

This option extends to all adults with full contractual capability. Furthermore, the new law allows minors over 17 years old to select their legal gender, provided that they have the consent of the persons exercising their parental care. Minors over 15 years old may also correct their assigned legal gender provided that they have the above persons’ consent and prior to receiving the approval of a special committee, consisting of a child psychiatrist, a psychiatrist, an endocrinologist, a pediatric surgeon, a psychologist, a social worker and a pediatrician as chair, all of which must be specialists in this area.

Consensual divorce procedure in Greece has now been significantly simplified by virtue of the new law 4509/2017 “Measures of treatment for persons who are exempted from sentence due to a psychological or mental disorder and other provisions”, which came into force on 22nd December 2017 and, inter alia, amended articles 1438 and 1441 of the Greek Civil Code. The main innovation of this new law is that a Court decision is no longer required for spouses wishing to acquire a consensual divorce. The termination of the involvement of the Court in the consensual divorce procedure is practically translated to quicker divorces, as instead of circa eight months to one year required previously, consensual divorces may now be obtained in less than one month.

«Regimes matrimoniaux dans le monde – Grèce» by Haroula Constandinidou and Konstantinos Stavropoulos, French legal journal «Actualite’ Juridique Famille», December 2017 edition, Dalloz