Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Nikolas Sabján, PhD., LL.M.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Sabján
I.2 - Name
Nikolas
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD., LL.M.
I.4 - Year of birth
1993
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Law
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Šafárikovo námestie 6, Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
nikolas.sabjan@flaw.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/36708?do=filterForm-submit&surname=sabján&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyhľadať
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Law
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7017-0468

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
Law
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Law/Leiden University, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
Law/LL.M in Public International Law
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Theory and History of State and Law
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Assistant professor Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Law Since 2021
Lawyer Slovak National Centre for Human Rights 2018-2019
Chief State Advisor Ministry of Justice of Slovak Republic 2024-2025

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Current Reflections on EU Anti-Discrimination Law Academy of European Law 2025

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Public International Law 1 Law II. Law
Public International Law 2 Law first law
Theory of Law 2 (Basics of Political Science and International Law) Management and Law I. Law
first
first
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
15
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Moot Court in Public International Law – written part, international competition 1 Law I.+II. Law
Moot Court in Public International Law – written part, international competition 2 Law II. Law
Law of International Organizations Law II. Law
International Contract Law Law II. Law

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
35
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
35
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
35
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
35
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

The need to revisit legal conciousness as a core concept of legal theory: the case of the Slovak republic / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%] ; Meteňkanyč, Olexij [Autor, 50%] ; The concept of legal consciousness [07.07.2022, Bukurešť, Rumunsko]. – DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-87962-3_9. – SCO. In: Legal consciousness [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] / v. H. Holtermann, Jakob [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Křešić, Mario [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Novak, Marko [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – [recenzované]. – 1. vyd. – Cham (Švajčiarsko) : Springer Nature, 2025. – (Law and philosophy library, ISSN 1572-4395, ISSN 2215-0315 ; 142). – ISBN 978-3-031-87961-6. – ISBN (elektronické) 978-3-031-87962-3, s. 165-197 [tlačená forma] [online]

2

The recent transgender court decision in Czechia : two steps forward, one step back (a commentary on case (Pl. ÚS 52/23) / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%] ; Meteňkanyč, Olexij [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.46282/blr.2024.8.2.946. – SCO ; WOS CC. In: Bratislava law review [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : semi-annual scholarly legal journal of Faculty of law, Comenius University in Bratislava. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Právnická fakulta UK. – ISSN 2585-7088. – ISSN (online) 2644-6359. – Roč. 8, č. 2 (2024), s. 243-259 [tlačená forma] [online]

3

Application of EU sanctions in member states - case of the Slovak republic / Matuška, Peter [Autor, 50%] ; Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%]. – SCO. In: Czech yearbook of public & private international law [elektronický dokument] / [bez zostavovateľa] [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Válek, Petr [Recenzent] ; Scheu, Harald [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Roč. 14. – Praha (Česko) : Czech Society of International Law, 2023. – ISBN 978-80-87488-54-6. – ISSN 1805-0565, s. 207-223 [online]

4

A critical legal perspective on the recent Czech transgender case / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 100%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.46282/blr.2022.6.1.288. – WOS CC ; SCO. In: Bratislava law review [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : semi-annual scholarly legal journal of Faculty of law, Comenius University in Bratislava. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Právnická fakulta UK. – ISSN 2585-7088. – ISSN (online) 2644-6359. – Roč. 6, č. 1 (2022), s. 125-136 [tlačená forma] [online]

5

Confiscating Russian central bank assets as a manifestation of EU's strategic autonomy? / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 100%]. In: The legal implications of the EU's geopolitical awakening [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] / Idriz, Narin [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Kassoti, Eva [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Larik, Joris [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – [recenzované]. – 1. vyd. – č. 1. – Den Haag (Holandsko) : Centre for the law of EU external relations, 2025. – (CLEER papers, ISSN 1878-9587, ISSN 1878-9595), s. 183-205 [tlačená forma] [online]

6

Marx. Marxizmus. Vybrané problémy štátu a práva [textový dokument (print)] [monografia] / Kluknavská, Andrea [Autor, 50%] ; Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%] ; Chovancová, Jarmila [Recenzent] ; Gábriš, Tomáš [Recenzent] ; Mészáros, Tomáš [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Praha (Česko) : Wolters Kluwer. Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2022. – 132 s. [tlačená forma]. – ISBN 978-80-7676-382-1

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

The need to revisit legal conciousness as a core concept of legal theory: the case of the Slovak republic / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%] ; Meteňkanyč, Olexij [Autor, 50%] ; The concept of legal consciousness [07.07.2022, Bukurešť, Rumunsko]. – DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-87962-3_9. – SCO. In: Legal consciousness [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] / v. H. Holtermann, Jakob [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Křešić, Mario [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Novak, Marko [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – [recenzované]. – 1. vyd. – Cham (Švajčiarsko) : Springer Nature, 2025. – (Law and philosophy library, ISSN 1572-4395, ISSN 2215-0315 ; 142). – ISBN 978-3-031-87961-6. – ISBN (elektronické) 978-3-031-87962-3, s. 165-197 [tlačená forma] [online]

2

The recent transgender court decision in Czechia : two steps forward, one step back (a commentary on case (Pl. ÚS 52/23) / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%] ; Meteňkanyč, Olexij [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.46282/blr.2024.8.2.946. – SCO ; WOS CC. In: Bratislava law review [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : semi-annual scholarly legal journal of Faculty of law, Comenius University in Bratislava. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Právnická fakulta UK. – ISSN 2585-7088. – ISSN (online) 2644-6359. – Roč. 8, č. 2 (2024), s. 243-259 [tlačená forma] [online]

3

Application of EU sanctions in member states - case of the Slovak republic / Matuška, Peter [Autor, 50%] ; Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%]. – SCO. In: Czech yearbook of public & private international law [elektronický dokument] / [bez zostavovateľa] [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Válek, Petr [Recenzent] ; Scheu, Harald [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Roč. 14. – Praha (Česko) : Czech Society of International Law, 2023. – ISBN 978-80-87488-54-6. – ISSN 1805-0565, s. 207-223 [online]

4

A critical legal perspective on the recent Czech transgender case / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 100%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.46282/blr.2022.6.1.288. – WOS CC ; SCO. In: Bratislava law review [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : semi-annual scholarly legal journal of Faculty of law, Comenius University in Bratislava. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Právnická fakulta UK. – ISSN 2585-7088. – ISSN (online) 2644-6359. – Roč. 6, č. 1 (2022), s. 125-136 [tlačená forma] [online]

5

Confiscating Russian central bank assets as a manifestation of EU's strategic autonomy? / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 100%]. In: The legal implications of the EU's geopolitical awakening [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] / Idriz, Narin [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Kassoti, Eva [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Larik, Joris [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – [recenzované]. – 1. vyd. – č. 1. – Den Haag (Holandsko) : Centre for the law of EU external relations, 2025. – (CLEER papers, ISSN 1878-9587, ISSN 1878-9595), s. 183-205 [tlačená forma] [online]

6

Marx. Marxizmus. Vybrané problémy štátu a práva [textový dokument (print)] [monografia] / Kluknavská, Andrea [Autor, 50%] ; Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%] ; Chovancová, Jarmila [Recenzent] ; Gábriš, Tomáš [Recenzent] ; Mészáros, Tomáš [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Praha (Česko) : Wolters Kluwer. Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2022. – 132 s. [tlačená forma]. – ISBN 978-80-7676-382-1

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

The recent transgender court decision in Czechia : two steps forward, one step back (a commentary on case (Pl. ÚS 52/23) / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%] ; Meteňkanyč, Olexij [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.46282/blr.2024.8.2.946. – SCO ; WOS CC.In: Bratislava law review [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : semi-annual scholarly legal journal of Faculty of law, Comenius University in Bratislava. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Právnická fakulta UK. – ISSN 2585-7088. – ISSN (online) 2644-6359. – Roč. 8, č. 2 (2024), s. 243-259 [tlačená forma] [online]

(Web of Science Core Collection:WOS:001523622800001; Current Content Connect:CCC:001617935200006; SCOPUS:2-s2.0-105022422777) 2078980: Women, gender, and constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe: introduction to the symposium / Havelková, Barbara [Autor] ; Moschel, Mathias [Autor] ; Sledzinska-Simon, Anna [Autor]. – DOI 10.1093/icon/moaf026. – SCO ; WOS CC ; CCC. In: ICON-International Journal of Constitutional Law. – Oxford (Veľká Británia) : Oxford University Press. – ISSN 1474-2640. – ISSN (online) 1474-2659. – Roč. 23, č. 2 (2025), s. 486-500

2

 Application of EU sanctions in member states - case of the Slovak republic / Matuška, Peter [Autor, 50%] ; Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%]. – SCO. In: Czech yearbook of public & private international law [elektronický dokument] / [bez zostavovateľa] [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Válek, Petr [Recenzent] ; Scheu, Harald [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Roč. 14. – Praha (Česko) : Czech Society of International Law, 2023. – ISBN 978-80-87488-54-6. – ISSN 1805-0565, s. 207-223 [online]

2083110: Targeted financial sanctions and the evolving European union AML/CFT framework : what’s changing and why it matters / Pavlidis, Georgios [Autor, 100%]. – DOI 10.46282/blr.2025.9.2.1055.In: Bratislava law review [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : semi-annual scholarly legal journal of Faculty of law, Comenius University in Bratislava. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Právnická fakulta UK. – ISSN 2585-7088. – ISSN (online) 2644-6359. – Roč. 9, č. 2 (2025), s. 193-210 [tlačená forma] [online]

3

A critical legal perspective on the recent Czech transgender case / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 100%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.46282/blr.2022.6.1.288. – WOS CC ; SCO. In: Bratislava law review [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : semi-annual scholarly legal journal of Faculty of law, Comenius University in Bratislava. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Právnická fakulta UK. – ISSN 2585-7088. – ISSN (online) 2644-6359. – Roč. 6, č. 1 (2022), s. 125-136 [tlačená forma] [online].

(SCOPUS:2-s2.0-85182251756) 1128080: Responsive judicial review "light" in Central and Eastern Europe - a new sheriff in town? / Kosař, David [Autor] ; Ouředníčková, Sarah [Autor]. – DOI 10.1163/15730352-bja10091. – SCO. In: Review of Central and East European Law [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Leiden (Holandsko) : Brill. Brill | Nijhoff. – ISSN 0925-9880. – ISSN (online) 1573-0352. – Roč. 48, č. 3-4 (2023), s. 445-472 [tlačená forma] [online]

(SCOPUS:2-s2.0-85190866445) 1963990: Supermajorities in constitutional courts [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] [monografia] / Rivera León, Mauro [Autor]. – 1. vyd. – New York (USA) : Taylor & Francis Group. Routledge, 2024. – 241 s. [tlačená forma] [online]. – ISBN 978-1-032-59969-4. – ISBN 978-1-032-60246-2. – ISBN (elektronické) 978-1-003-45827-2. – DOI 10.4324/9781003458272. – SCO

4

Interpretácia pojmu "sociálny pôvod" v kontexte antidiskriminačného práva / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 100%]. In: ComenIUS [elektronický dokument] . – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Právnická fakulta UK. – ISSN (online) 2454-0846. – Roč. 5, č. 3 (2020), s. 121-130 [online].

(Web of Science Core Collection:WOS:000787552300001) 480503: Why are you offline? The issue of digital consent and discrimination of Roma communities during pandemic in Slovakia / Homola Nevická, Denisa [Autor, 50%] ; Mesarčík, Matúš [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1177/13582291221096615. – WOS CC. In: International journal of discirimination and the law [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Newbury Park (USA) : SAGE Publications. – ISSN 1358-2291. – ISSN (online) 2047-9468. – Roč. 22, č. 1 (2022), s. 172-191 [tlačená forma] [online]

5

Výklad pojmu iné postavenie z pohľadu zákazu diskriminácie v judikatúre súdov [textový dokument (print)] [monografia (do 2021)] / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 50%] ; Cenkner, Michal [Autor, 50%] ; Svák, Ján [Recenzent] ; Čunderlík, Ľubomír [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Wolters Kluwer, 2018. – 56 s. [3,01 AH] [tlačená forma]. – ISBN 978-80-8168-949-9. – ISBN 978-80-8168-950-5

(SCOPUS:2-s2.0-105027439567) 2082869: Prohibition of Discrimination on Grounds of Disability in Slovak, Czech, and Polish Labor Law / Dolobáč, Marcel [Autor, 50%] ; Kundrát, Ivan [Autor, 50%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.14746/ppuam.2025.17.07. – SCO. In: Przeglad prawniczy uniwersitetu im Adama Mickiewicza [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Poznaň (Poľsko) : Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. – ISSN 2083-9782. – ISSN (online) 2450-0976. – č. 17 (2025), s. 173-196

(KIS:UMB B. Bystrica_UmbUnCat/0302476) 419508: Prvá hlava : čl. 1-10 / Svák, Ján [Autor, 4%] ; Giba, Marián [Autor, 8%] ; Balog, Boris [Autor, 31%] ; Baraník, Kamil [Autor, 41%] ; Domin, Marek [Autor, 11%] ; Jesenko, Michal [Autor, 5%]. In: Ústava Slovenskej republiky (Zväzok 1. základné princípy a ľudské práva) [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : komentár / Bröstl, Alexander [Recenzent] ; Cibulka, Ľubor [Recenzent] ; Holländer, Pavel [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Wolters Kluwer. Wolters Kluwer SR, 2021. – (Komentáre Wolters Kluwer). – ISBN 978-80-571-0380-6. – ISBN (elektronické) 978-80-571-0381-3, s. 10-129 [11,46 AH] [tlačená forma] [online]

6

ID: 172317 | Critical approaches to law and ideology: taking the ideological critique of the rule of law seriously / Sabján, Nikolas [Autor, 100%] ; Dny práva 2018, 12 [15.11.2018-16.11.2018, Brno, Česko]. In: Dny práva 2018 - Days of law 2018 (8. část : Návrat k nedemokratickým režimům ve střední Evropě?) [elektronický dokument] : sborník z konference / Vyhnánek, Ladislav [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Vikarská, Zuzana [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Valdhans, Jiří [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Večeřa, Miloš [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Smejkalová, Terezie [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Benák, Jaroslav [Recenzent] ; Eckhardt, Piotr [Recenzent] ; Sobek, Tomáš [Recenzent] ; Manko, Rafal [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Brno (Česko) : Masarykova univerzita, 2019. – (Acta Universitatis Brunensis Iuridica : Editio Scientia ; 678). – ISBN 978-80-210-9511-3, s. 127-149 [online]

1011413: Legal form, covid and the political: notes towards a critique of the Corpus iuris pandemici / Manko, Rafal (Autor) . – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.18778/0208-6069.96.03 In: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : Folia Iuridica. – Lódź (Poľsko) : Uniwersytet Lódzki. Lódź University Press. – ISSN 0208-6069. – ISSN (online) 2450-2782. – č. 96 (2021), s. 33-46 [tlačená forma] [online]

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Marxizmus stále živý? K prehodnoteniu učenia K. Marxa v súčasnom právnom a ekonomickom myslení, VEGA 1/0138/18, člen riešiteľského kolektívu

2

Sebaurčenie intersex, transrodových a nebinárnych osôb, APVV-23-0252, člen riešiteľského kolektívu

3

Trans-Identita pri mladistvých Etické a právne otázky spojené s terapeutickými postupmi, VEGA 1/0350/21, člen riešiteľského kolektívu

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Coach Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (medzinárodný simulovaný súdny spor) 2018/2019
Coach Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (medzinárodný simulovaný súdny spor) 2019/2020
Coach Telders International Law Moot Court Competition 2020/2021
Coach Telders International Law Moot Court Competition 2022/2023
Coach Telders International Law Moot Court Competition 2023/2024
Coach Telders International Law Moot Court Competition 2025/2026

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Universität Wien Vienna 01.03.2020 - 31.07.2020 Erasmus+

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-02-14